An Insight Of The Day Of Gorilla Trekking In Rwanda

An Insight Of The Day Of Gorilla Trekking In Rwanda : In this article let us take you on the gorilla trekking safari in Rwanda as you get to understand all that is expected when you embark on your gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda from when your safari guide picks you up from an agreed location to the end of your gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda. this insight is divided in Different parts which will help you understand how you can fully prepare for your safari experience in Rwanda.
1.Pick up and transfer to the park
After you have obtained a gorilla trekking permit in Rwanda with the help of your tour operator. you will make your way to Kigali international airport or Kigali city where you will have agreed to be picked up by your guide. On being picked up, your guide will give you a briefing session of your safari experience in Rwanda like the rules and regulations to follow during your gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda and other notable aspects to understand about your gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda. After the briefing session, you will then be driven to volcanoes national park which will take you between 3-4 hours to access the home to the endangered mountain gorillas in Africa. along the way you will get to watch a number of rewarding features like the rolling hills of Rwanda, you will watch tea estates along the hills and many other rewarding features and when you get to the park you will present your gorilla trekking permits in Rwanda for verification and after you will be assigned to a different gorilla family that you will get to track.
2.Briefing session
After a traveller has been assigned to a gorilla family which you will have to track but before you make your way to embark on hiking to the gorilla family, you will undergo a briefing session of the activity for instance the rules and regulations to follow when you get to the habituated gorilla family to ensure that you have a safe gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda. among the different rules and regulations you can follow include, avoiding the use of flash mode when taking the pictures of the gorillas in the wild, eating in the presence of the gorillas is highly prohibited, you are also advised to avoid making unnecessary noise and movements while in the presence of the gorillas because it can trigger them as a threat which in a way can lead them to attack you. After the briefing session, you will embark on the hike to the gorilla family that will lead you to the gentle giants.
3.During the hike to the gorilla family

While hiking to the gentle giants, you will get to watch a number of different attractions that will make your safari experience quite memorable and among the different species that you will watch along the Virunga mountains like mount gahinga, mount muhabura, mount bisoke, mount karisimbi and mount sabyinyo and the different species that can be seen include; the endangered Albertine endemic species, you will Also get the chance to watch a number of different primates for an amazing Rwanda safari experience after you get to the habituated species you will get to spend an hour with the species.
4.Getting in contact with the species
Getting to the gorilla families, you will get to spend an hour with the habituated mountain gorillas in Rwanda that will help you understand more about the species in the wild as you observe a number of rewarding features in the wild and among the different features of the species that can be seen include the dominant silver back who has all the mating rights of the gorillas in the wild, you will also have the chance to watch the juveniles in the group grooming one another, you can also watch the adult females breast feeding the young ones and many other features.
5.End of your gorilla trekking experience
After getting access to the species spending an hour with them taking their pictures, you will head back to your starting point at the reception where they will give you a certificate of participation in the wild that you will take home and after collection of your certificate your guide will drive you back to Kigali city or the international airport and the end of your safari.
