How to Prepare for Gorilla Trekking
How to Prepare for Gorilla Trekking, Gorilla trekking is a real-life adventure. That you need to enjoy before you leave this world. The gorilla trekking experience at the moment takes place in three countries; Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The activity of gorilla trekking requires extra preparation and willing to do it. You need to be physically fit and have extra preparation when going on the gorilla trek. Most of the clients usually ask several questions on how they can prepare for the gorilla trekking experience.
You need to know that there are several activities involved in the gorilla trekking experience. And you need to know them before you go on this great safari experience. In this article, we explore how best you can get prepared as you enjoy the gorilla trekking experience. Remember that there are about 1060 gorillas that have remained in the world. Thus you need to be extra prepared in order to see these animals, and this is how you should get much more prepared.
It is important to remember that gorilla trekking happens in dense forests. And the terrain varies from one to another. Still, they stay in dense bamboo forests, and it involves trekking or moving for long distances in the dense forest on foot. At times, visitors stay for more than 7 hours in the forests, walking and looking for the gorillas. They also move on heavy terrain at times with rain, and this means that you must be strong and in good physical condition to be able to see the gorillas in the forest. Since the experience happens in the ranges, the chances of seeing these gorillas are extremely high.
Thus, we recommend that you be in good physical condition to be able to walk for this long distance in the forests. As well as be able to handle the heavy, humid conditions and sometimes heavy sunshine. This means that as a party of travelers, you must carry water and sometimes lunch boxes. And it is also good to hire a porter for this experience, which may help you carry your luggage. Porters can guide you on trails to use and. Where possible, will support you in carrying your luggage. Once you have started the gorilla trekking experience, you will move into the forest. And once the gorilla family that you are visiting is spotted, you see it for one hour. Thus, make sure that you take enough breakfast and have enough water as you are heading for this great safari experience. Which is extremely wonderful and interesting.
Further, as you go for the gorilla trekking experience in either Rwanda, Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo, you need a very good packing list, which will enable you to trek the gorillas so successfully. Among the packing list that you need, make sure that you include light-weight hymning pants, sturdy shoes with perfect grip and good ankle support, and a hut that will offer you wonderful and perfect protection from the sun.
Most of the clients come with long socks to tickle your pants into your socks, which helps you avoid ants crawling to your legs. You also need to get prepared with a jacket for the cool mornings and long hiking sleeved shirts, which  protect your arms from the tree branches and the thorns. Make sure that you wear short-sleeved shirts under your hiking shirts, and this is good in case you are hiking in a dense forest. Our clients are also provided with enough drinking water for the gorilla trekking experience.
Due to the possibility of rain during the gorilla trek, we advise leaving a change of clothing in the car. At the location where the gorilla trek begins, the guide and vehicle will be waiting for you. 8 trekkers, a head guide, and assistant guides included in each trekking group in Rwanda and Uganda. You run into a different team of gorilla trackers as you get closer to the gorillas.
You can more easily find the gorilla family during your trek because gorilla trackers keep track of their whereabouts. The trackers paid before you leave the viewing experience. Because they stay with the family. When you arrive at the conclusion of the experience, you can tip your head and assistant guides. But tipping in Uganda is not mandatory, and you can tip based on the experience that you have received. Whether good or bad, and this can inform you whether to tip or not.
It is also good to prepare for your gorilla trekking experience with a gorilla permit. Without a gorilla permit, there is no way you can go for the gorilla trekking safari experience. You need to make sure that you check and understand the availability of the gorilla permits. Once you have the gorilla permafrost, then it is good. You will be able to enjoy the experience in the forest with the gorillas. The gorilla trekking permit in Uganda is $700, and in Rwanda it is $1500, and these permits are mandatory in order to carryout gorilla trekking experience. Please consider these options. As they are important for preparations for the gorilla trekking experience.