A complete guide to gorilla & chimpanzee trekking, from our own specialist team.
Everything our on-the-ground team knows about gorilla & chimpanzee trekking, gathered in one place -- the real questions travelers ask us most, answered honestly, with links straight to the specifics for each one.
A season-by-season guide.
Read the guide →Bwindi has four trekking sectors, each with its own access town, terrain character and gorilla families, and the sector you choose shapes your whole day fa...
Read the guide →Kibale Forest holds one of East Africa's densest primate populations and the region's best habituated chimpanzee communities — treks are typically shorter...
Read the guide →Uganda's gorilla permit costs $800; Rwanda's costs $1,500 — nearly double for the same hour with the gorillas. Here's the honest cost breakdown.
Read the guide →Uganda's permit is $800 per person for foreign non-residents in high season, dropping to $600 in the discounted low-season months of April, May and Novembe...
Read the guide →More fit than most people expect, less fit than the word 'trekking' implies to a serious hiker. Treks range from a comfortable 30-45 minutes to a genuinely...
Read the guide →Permits are sold by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (or Rwanda Development Board across the border) in a fixed daily allocation per gorilla family — typicall...
Read the guide →Your day starts early — a 6:30-7am briefing at the park headquarters, where rangers assign trekking groups (maximum eight visitors per gorilla family) base...
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