What to Pack for Gorilla and Chimpanzees Trekking

 What to Pack for Gorilla Trekking And Chimpanzees Trekking

Being a wild primate search, getting the right gear for gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking may give you the desirable comfort while on a Uganda safari. Carrying the right gears is an ideal point to note.

Long trousers will protect your skin from bitting nettles while you search for the chimpanzees and mountain gorillas whose residence is the jungle

As it rains without warning, a poncho or rain coat may save the day.

Carrying a large brim hut provides protection to your head.

Tracking boots with stockings will protect your feet from the rough and boggy surface of the jungle which is crisscrossed by a network of rivers.

A pair of Gloves to cling onto something when you in case you slip in the jungle.

A flash less camera on holiday is enough to keep memories of your experience with the mountain gorilla and the chimpanzees in the jungle.

 Insect repellant may add to more protection to your skin.

How to book Gorilla Trekking and Chimpanzee trekking Safari

This primate safari requires you to have a Uganda gorilla trekking permit and chimpanzee tracking permit . Starting July 2020, the Uganda Gorilla permit will cost $700 while the chimpanzee permit in Uganda will be selling at $ 200

Accommodation during this primate safari is also very vital as you have to spend the night closer to the area where your gorilla permit has been booked. And this is the same with the chimpanzee permit as you have to be briefed about your chimpanzee experience.

A 4×4 safari vehicle is another component

To enjoy your trip in Uganda, you need a knowledgeable Safari guide.

Fuel or Gas

Arrive in Uganda the day before the start of your primate Uganda Safari to avoid panic.

Best Time for Booking a Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trekking Safari

On each day of the year Gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking can be arranged. However this primate experience just like all travel sites has peak time and low time. During the peak seasons the prices for all the safari packages  are very high yet during the low seasons, the prices for the packages my differ.

For the gorilla permit and chimpanzee permit, advance booking of you need to book a gorilla trekking permit at least 3 months. This gives you the comfort as first come first served basis is used when selling the gorilla permits to the public.

Only persons aged 15 and above years are allowed to do gorilla trekking but for chimpanzees tracking persons above the age of 12 years are allowed to meet the chimpanzees.

In case you catch a cold before gorilla trekking or chimpanzee tracking, volunteer to stay behind as these contagious diseases affect these primates and may at times cause them death.

The gorilla trekking expedition requires one to have some fitness as the terrain is dominated by volcanic action.

What to Do And Not To do while with the mountain Gorillas And Chimpanzee Trekking

The purpose for limiting the number of persons who visit the mountain gorilla each day to 8 persons is for Conservation reason. Your participation in this cause gives the herbivorous gorillas and chimpanzees food safety.

Try as much as possible to stay on the trails made by regular trekkers as to protect foliage on which the gorillas and chimpanzees survive.

For anything canned, after eating the content do not liter to save the mountain gorillas and chimpanzees from swallowing it which may lead to severe sickness and die.

Anyone with an infection is requested to stay behind so as not to infect the chimpanzees or mountain gorillas as they are highly susceptible to human infections which may turn into death.

Stay close with the rest of the trekkers as this is a jungle where you may get lost.

Ask the ranger guide to excavate a hole for you in case you want to ease yourself. Cover up completely beyond trace.

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