Best Time for Gorilla trekking in Rwanda 2022

Best Time for Gorilla trekking in Rwanda 2022 : gorilla trekking in Rwanda should be among the different tourism activities you should not miss out during your Rwanda safari. The activity will give you the chance to observe the mountain gorillas in Africa which you will observe a number of rewarding attractions in the wild, you will get the chance to observe the behaviour of the gorillas in the wild. It should be noted that Rwanda is home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas that can be seen in the different gorilla trekking destinations in Africa like Virunga national park, Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga National Park.

In volcanoes national park in order to access the habituated gorilla families in the wild, you will get to access the gorilla families along the habituated gorilla families along the Virunga mountains in Rwanda like mount gahinga, mount muhabura, mount sabyinyo, mount karisimbi and mount Bisoke where you will access the habituated gorilla families in the wild and get to spend one hour with the species observing their behaviour for instance you will get the chance to observe the dominant silver back of the gorilla family who is the general overseer of the gorillas in the wild, you will have the opportunity to watch the adult females of the group nursing their young ones, you will get the chance to observe how the gorillas construct their nests for overnight stay. It should be noted that gorillas construct nests every night this is to avoid parasites from breeding in their beddings hence different nests every night in different locations.

The best time for gorilla trekking in Rwanda 2022 s during the short dry season from mid-December to early February or during the dry months of June to September this is because of the fact that the trails are easier to be hiked because of the fact that the slopes are easily hiked as compared to the time during the rainy season where the slope tend to become slippery during the hike to the habituated gorilla families in the park. however, the downsize of participating in gorilla trekking during the dry season is the fact that you will move longer distances to get to the families this is because of the scarcity of the food which makes the gorillas to hike throughout the park to get some food which includes the wild celery, fruit like wild berries, bamboo shoots and many more.

After your gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda, you can embark on a number on a number of other tourism activities during the primate safaris in Uganda and these include;

Chimpanzee trekking in Nyungwe national park is among the most rewarding safaris where you will get to spend some time with the habituated chimpanzee troops in the wild.it should be noted that in comparison to gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park, chimpanzee trekking is much more active because the chimpanzee is much more active which will also help you discover a number of rewarding attractions in the park. while you hike through cyamudongo forest and Nyungwe forest, you will have the opportunity to observe a number of bird species in the park like; the blue turaco, Ross’s turaco, coqui Francolin, long tailed cisticola, bubbling cisticola, Miombo wren warbler, Chubb’s cisticola and many other interesting bird species from the guinea Congo biome.

Golden monkey trekking in Rwanda should not miss out during your primate safaris in Rwanda. it should be noted that golden monkeys can be observed in volcanoes national park as well which will give you the opportunity to observe the behaviour of the endangered primate species that are endemic to the Albertine rift meaning they can also be found in Virunga national park and which is famous for mount Nyiragongo and Mgahinga national park.

Among other interesting activities during your Rwanda safari you should not miss out is Monkey trekking in Nyungwe national park where you will get to watch a number of different primate species in the wild as they carry out their different activities and these includes primates like; the Mona monkey, vervet monkey, black and white colobus monkey, L’hoest’s monkey, crowned monkey, olive baboon, grey cheeked Mangabey and the  red-tailed monkey among other  primate species for an amazing experience.