Gorilla Trekking Tips – Primate Watching Guide: Primate Safaris.
Looking for Primate Safari in Africa? Primate Safaris that has the expertise in gorilla watching tours for the last 19 years offers a complete guide for planning safari in Africa.
Primate Safaris has been planning specialist gorilla tracking and primate safaris for many years 2010. We have significant primate safari experience with a variety of species including the mountain gorillas of Uganda and Rwanda & Congo, western lowland gorillas in the Republic of Congo, lemurs in Madagascar, chimpanzees in Uganda and Tanzania, gelada baboons in Ethiopia and smaller, lesser-known species like the Angola colobus and golden monkey without missing the Bonobo watching.
Travel Tips
- Book two gorilla tracking permits. You are allowed an hour with the gorillas and your first track will pass in a flash, a second will allow you to sit back and really enjoy the experience.
- Take sturdy walking shoes or hiking boots, the walk can be over slippery and uneven ground.
- Take a pair of gardening gloves to project your hands from nettles and thorns.
- Hire a porter, they are a huge support and will help carry your bags as well as provide a stabilising arm on tricky stretches.
- Make sure you pack long trousers, a long sleeved shirt and a waterproof jacket.
- Gorilla tracking can take anything from 40 minutes to ten hours. As a rule, you should expect to walk a long distance in steep, muddy and wet conditions before you encounter any gorillas.
- Rwanda is generally thought of as an easier tracking destination than Uganda as the vegetation is thinner and less arduous to walk through. If you are short of time it’s logistically a better choice as the national park is closer to the airport than in Uganda.