How To Plan Gorilla habituation Safari During Honeymoon

While on honeymoon in Uganda or Rwanda, you may choose to do gorilla habituation experience. Gorilla Habituation Experience is an adventure where tourists have four hours with the semi-habituated gorilla family.

As part of the activities you hope to do during honeymoon, gorilla habituation experience is an authentic adventure that takes you to the home of the few living mountain gorillas in the world. During gorilla habituation experience tourists accompany a team of researchers to spend four hours with a semi-habituated gorilla family. Request For A Qoutation

The gorilla habituation experience is currently happening in southern part of Bwindi impenetrable National Park. It is possible to cross from Rwanda into Uganda to do gorilla habituation experience during honeymoon. Rwanda and Uganda share a border at Gatuna and Cyanika which you can cross to enter either countries.

While planning for this African safari honeymoon experience, book the gorilla habituation permit first as it’s the only confirmation to doing this adventure. Maximum four gorilla habituation permits are open to the public per day so its best to make advance reservation.

Steps to Booking Gorilla Habituation Experience Permit

• Choose the date when to do gorilla habituation experience
• Check gorilla permit availability through a tour consultant like Arch Safaris And Tours or directly contact Uganda Wildlife Authority.
• Book the available gorilla habituation permits as soon as they are available because there is no guarantee of finding the same availability later. First come first served criteria is used to secure the gorilla permits.
• Avail some personal details to be added to your gorilla permit that is full names as per your passport, nationality, date of birth, passport expiry date and more.

What Is The Cost Of Gorilla Habituation Experience Permit

At the moment, the cost of the gorilla habituation Experience permit is $1500 per person for international nonresidents and $1000 for international residents.

The cost of the gorilla habituation experience permit includes park entrance fees, conservation support, ranger guide fees, security and more.

Other costs expected to incur during the honeymoon gorilla habituation experience safari include accommodation costs, transport costs, meals and more.

Do not forget to include some hard cash when planning for the funds to spend during the gorilla habituation experience honeymoon safari. In Uganda, credit cards are not commonly used as there few people with knowledge of how to operate them or even poor power supply to keep them functioning.

At Arch Safaris And tours we encourage our clients to generously tip their service providers who extend a great service. This token of appreciation is used to support the daily life of those who receive it and encourage them to even better their tactics.

Best Time To Do Gorilla Habituation Experience On Honeymoon

The dry season is most preferred for gorilla habituation experience that is June to September and December to January even though the wet season is still fine to attend this adventure. In the dry season, the ever wet Bwindi forest is quite dry since more sunlight penetrates the dense canopy to the ground.

Note that more crowds are expected on ground with those doing gorilla trekking, gorilla habituation experience, birding and more activities on ground. There may be less private moments and time for honeymooners on gorilla habituation experience.

Competition for logistics to support your honeymoon holiday is high with those hoping to enjoy African Safari moments in prehistoric Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The wet season is open to gorilla habituation experience and there are about 99% chances of finding these primates. The wet season for gorilla habituation experience is normally March to May and December to early February.

This is normally the low tourism season in Uganda giving ample space at normally friendly cost to those with a limited budget. Even when you wish to have exclusive gorilla habituation encounter without paying extra, the low season may be the perfect timing when fewer or no other tourists are present.

What Happens During Gorilla Habituation Experience?

During gorilla habituation experience, expect to report to the ranger guide early morning for document verification and briefing with other tourists.

Later each tourist is allocated a gorilla family to trek but the criteria used is hard to determine however sometimes they use age brackets, physical capability and more. No matter which gorilla habituation family you are allocated, the experience is always exceptional as it varies from one family to another.

The ranger guide with researchers lead the way and tourists accompany them to do gorilla habituation adventure. Open your mind to seeing more interesting features and inhabitants within Bwindi forest because it’s a biosphere reserve that is believed to survive over 25,000 years. Bwindi forest is home other primates including black and white colobus, vervet monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, red tailed monkeys and more.

The trails used to explore the forest during gorilla habituation Experience, are wet most of the time from the dense network of rivers that may over flow, regular rains that fall and more. Wear the right tracking boots to walk through this jungle without getting hurt.

Note that the mountain gorillas under the gorilla habituation experience are semi-habituated so still posses totally wild traits. Expect the gorillas to go into hiding any time in case they get suspicious. Do not be scared in case the gorillas react in a manner that is odd but wait for advise from the researchers.

When with the gorillas family, you may be requested to participate in gorilla habituation by observing and noting down some details about them, collect some samples and more.  You have ample time to observe part of the way mountain gorillas spend their day without rushing.

It is very hard to spend time observing the mountain gorillas and you do not fall in love with them. The presence and well crafted lifestyle of mountain gorillas who fend for themselves with no handouts but have to run the day is amazing. The mere fact that they can survive under the natural conditions and carry on with the day time table take including feeding, napping, playing, relocating is mesmerizing.

Four hours are allowed with the gorilla family during gorilla habituation experience so maximize every moment to the best to achieve your goal. 

What time are mountain gorillas most active

• Mountain gorillas are most active early morning when they de-nest and have to find breakfast. Throughout the day, the mountain gorillas have to consume an average of 70 kilograms of foliage for the day and night. The gorilla family is expected to enjoy nap, grooming, caregiving and more time especially from noon time.
• In terms of seasons, the dry season that is June to September and December to January mountain gorillas are very active too. The ground is less moist so they can traverse the forest with less obstacles to stop them.
• There is less food available up in the trees during the dry season since they have to share some of it with other inhabiting primates like monkeys, chimpanzees and more. Even the birds consume some of the food in the canopies so the mountain gorillas opt to get down and find better food sources in the dry season.

Note that the mountain gorillas during the wet season tend to spend time in more sheltered spots that is March to May and October to November.

No matter the season when you travel to do gorilla habituation experience, seeing these primates is guaranteed.

Can Mountain Gorilla Get Aggressive During Gorilla Habituation Experience

Even though the gorilla families open for gorilla habituation experience are semi-habituated and still posses natural traits, they are not aggressive. By nature, mountain gorillas are serene primates although mistaken for being aggressive because of there outlook.

At times the mountain gorillas may also charge when provoked. Some of the signs of their aggression may be beating the ground with palms, chest thumping, hooting, walking on one foot and more.

No need to panic upon seeing such traits but wait for the researchers to find the cause of the matter. Sometimes its internal conflicts in the gorilla family or an attack from another family or more. Be cooperative with the new tactics that the ranger guides or researchers ask you to do. This is to avoid escalating the matter.

Time To Spend On The Walk During Gorilla Habituation Experience

The time to take on the walk during gorilla habituation experience is still hard to estimate how sometourists have reported finding the mountain gorillas in two hours while other more time. Note that the mountain gorillas live a fee life in the jungle with nothing to prohibit them from exploring the forest.

Every tourists is requested to have some level of patience and divert some of their time to enjoying the natural beauty that Bwindi forest is endowed with. Carry some energy bite to keep munching on as you go along. Having some level of fitness before gorilla habituation Experience is a fantastic idea especially if you have to hike to where the gorilla family may be chilling.

Upon finding the gorilla family during gorilla habituation experience four hours are allowed with them time that is enough to consume most of your past quench to see the gorillas. For gorilla trekking, only one hour is allowed to see the fully habituated mountain gorillas so that they can be left alone to go on with the day.

What is the cost of Gorilla habituation Experience Safari?

The cost of gorilla habituation experience safari is about $1600 to more note that you need to posses a gorilla permit. Currently the cost of the gorilla trekking permit is $ 1500 for foreign nonresidents, $1000 for foreign residents and other Africans.

In addition, the cost of logistics that are necessary to support Uganda safaris has to be considered including accommodation costs, transport costs and more. Within the cost of transport is the driver guide fees, gas or fuel, vehicle hire, maintenance and more.

Do not forget to carry extra hard money to use for on ground purchases including purchasing souvenirs, accommodation where necessary, meals, drinks and more.

In case you have extra time on Uganda safari, you may choose from the several activities that the country has including chimpanzee safaris, birding in Uganda, game safaris water activities and more.

Why Do Gorilla Habituation Experience in Uganda During Honeymoon

Gorilla safaris are on the top bucket list of many adventure seekers who book African safari activities. By deciding to do Gorilla habituation Experience during your honeymoon, you get to hit two birds with one stone. Its an opportunity to be with the mountain gorillas and commemorate a life changing moment to see and be in company of some of the leftover mountain gorillas there is in the world.

When you purchase the gorilla habituation permit, you get to contribute to the fund that supports the survival of the mountain gorillas and there habitants.

Other than the mountain gorillas, the Bwindi forest is a pristine for with naturally growing trees, different plants that are out of sight in the open areas, amazing waterfalls and much more. Bwindi forest is believed to be one of the remnants of the ice age era that affected Africa in the past.

During gorilla habituation Experience, there are no or less crowds as maximum 4 tourists are allowed to accompany a team of ranger guides in search for the mountain gorillas. This allows you to take off some moment and enjoy the safari with no or less interruptions.

What to Pack as Gorilla Habituation Gears During Honeymoon

Safari boots that extend up the ankles

Safari hat

Insect repellant

Garden gloves

Rain proof gears.

Warmers

Long sleeved shirt and convertible trousers

Sun glasses

Toiletries

Camera

Backpack

Torch

 Extra clothes

Flip flops

Foldable water bottle

Journal

Why Choose Arch Safaris And Tours To Plan The Gorilla Habituation Experience

At Arch Safaris And Tours, we are a professional tour company with over 8 years experience in organizing African safaris including gorilla tours. We have a team of safari consultants with experience on how to plan gorilla safaris, chimpanzee safaris, game safaris, birding adventures, filming or photographing safaris and more. State your desired African safari and our safari team will advise according to the best of our knowledge. Providing value for money and creating everlasting holiday memories for our clients are our top aims.