After your visit, you can help to spread the word about gorilla tourism. Primate-based ecotourism has played an important role in creating awareness and generating funds for conservation and development within Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over the past 20 years, gorilla tourism has been the most successful tool for protecting gorillas
Busingye Asserts More Grip on Young Gorilla Family
The southern sector has undergone a lot of transformation since gorilla tourism effectively took root. Originally, the sector had got only Nshongi gorilla group which had the world’s largest mountain gorilla numbers in the family at its habituation. The group has since broken into three more families including Mishaya and Bweza. The habituation of Kahungye
Baby Boom for Uganda’s Mountain Gorillas
Uganda mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have recorded ‘baby boom’ after five (5) births have been registered within a period of only 6 weeks. The latest birth was recorded at Rushegura gorilla family group of Buhoma sector, one of the best regions where gorilla trekking is carried out by tourists on Uganda gorilla
Gorilla Baby Boom in Bwindi – Fifth New Baby in Just 6 weeks
The staff of Uganda Wildlife Authority- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have risen to yet another ecstatic moment of a new baby gorilla with Mucunguzi family coming through on 4th Sept 2020 from Adult Female Ndinkahe. On the other hand, Rushegura gorilla family brought forth a baby from Adult Female Ruterana increasing the family membership to
Bwindi & Mgahinga Gets 12 Unit Accommodation Block
Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area (BMCA) – Chief Warden Guma Nelson commissioned a 12-unit accommodation block for staff in Ruhija Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) on July, 21, 2020. The block has other additional facilities that include 6 kitchen units, 4 bathrooms and 04 water borne toilets. The new unit brings to 75% of the 45
Mubare, Uganda’s Oldest Gorilla Family Welcomes New Baby
Yesterday (16th October 2019), Mr. Peter Mbwebwe, the Uganda Wildlife Authority Warden In Bwindi Impenetrable National confirmed the birth of a new mountain gorilla in the Mubare family. Mubare was the very first mountain gorilla group to be habituated and opened to tourists in 1993 when the first gorilla tracking safari was sold. “We celebrate
Uganda’s Gorilla Permit Price Will Not Increase till 2020
Many tour operators and tourists have been asking about the possibility of Uganda revising the price of the gorilla permits. However the Uganda Wildlife Authority has confirmed that it it will not increase the price of the gorilla permit. Gorilla tracking permits for Uganda visitors will sell at $600 for the year 2018/2019. According to
Book Uganda Gorilla Permits at US$600
Visiting the Gorillas of Uganda require one to get a tracking permit at a cost of $ 600 and the best way is to secure them through your preferred tour company you are set to use. Gorilla trekking in Uganda is done in both Bwindi Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park all found in
Kyaguliro Alpha Silverback Passes On
RUKINA, the former dominant silverback in the Ruhiija sector based Kyaguriro family passed on, on Easter Monday April 6th,2015. It is estimated that that Rukina was born around 1984. He was well identified as a group member of the Kyagurilo Group in the late 1990’s when he was a young silverback. It was at this
Gorilla Organization Receives 1793 Pounds from UBM Routes
For their passion for mountain Gorilla conservation in Uganda, the members of the Routes Europe which is part of UBM Routes (England) have made a kind donation of GBP 1,793.37 to the Gorilla Organization for the conservation of the endangered great apes. The members raised the funds during a marathon in the Greater Manchester in