Rwanda Gorilla Trekking Safaris

Rwanda is worldly known for her efforts toward mountain gorilla conservation which thrive in the Volcanoes National Park in the greater Virunga landscape where 480 mountain gorillas are known to be living. Dating back to the Dian Fossey times, Rwanda has been at the forefront of saving these critically endangered species through promotion of gorilla tourism / gorilla safaris in Rwanda which has in turn enabled the local people, national government and the international community to appreciate the significance of Mountain gorillas. Besides the mountain gorillas, the destination Rwanda feature unique species of eastern chimpanzees in the newly established Gishwati-Mukula National Park along with common Chimpanzees in the Nyungwe National Park which also has the largest grouping of Black and white colobus Monkeys on the continent of Africa. This combines to make Rwanda an ideal primate destination.

Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safaris

Uganda is a home to abundant wildlife including the endemic, endangered, and critically endangered and the vulnerable species as listed on the IUCN red list. The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has in possession a minimum of 400 critically endangered Mountain gorillas while the adjacent Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is part of the Greater Virunga landscape that is a home to the remaining 480 mountain gorillas. This puts Uganda as the top country in the world to have highest count of Mountain gorillas a reason for the flourishing of gorilla safaris in Uganda. Besides Mountain gorillas, Uganda features a count of endangered golden Monkeys in Mgahinga National Park and Common Chimpanzees in dense forests of Kibale, Kalinzu, Kyambura gorge, Semliki and Budongo along with other smaller primate species including Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Olive Baboon, Vervet Monkeys, Red colobus Monkey, the endemic Ugandan Mangabey among others.

Congo Gorilla Trekking Safaris

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Congo, positioned in Central Africa presents one of the richest Africa Safari tours. Most of the Congo tours feature the Eastern section covering Virunga National Park and Kahuzi Biega National Park.

Congo Gorilla Safaris and tours commence mostly from Kigali Rwanda due to convenience of flights but can as well start from Gisenyi Lake Kivu, the Goma Congo or Uganda’s Kisoro or Entebbe.

Virunga National Park which is part of the Virunga massif – a chain of eight volcanic Mountains straddling from Uganda through Rwanda to Democratic Republic of Congo protected as Mgahinga National Park in Uganda and Volcanoes National Park together provide habitat for 604 Mountain Gorillas which is more than a half of their world population thus presenting a rich ground for Mountain Gorilla trekking safari encounter.