Gorilla habituation tour from Canada or USA

Gorilla habituation tour from Canada or USA: Travelers from Canada or USA can now book gorilla habituation safaris right from their homes by containing a trusted local tour operator or Uganda wildlife Authority. Tourists from USA or Canada can only do gorilla habituation in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park that is found in the southwestern part of Uganda. The national park is the only place where travelers can habituate mountain gorillas by spending 4 hours with them while making them get used to human presence. Bwindi gorilla park has only 2 mountain gorilla families that travelers from USA or Canada can habituate and these are Bikingi gorilla family and Bushaho gorilla family found in Rushaga sector, and Nkuringo sector in the southern sector of the park.

Booking a gorilla habituation tour from Canada or USA

Booming a gorilla habituation safari from Canada or USA is best done using a local tour operator because they help you in biking the gorilla trekking permits, the best accommodation for your budget, and transportation during your safari. There are so many local tour operators in Uganda that help to organize gorilla habituation tours from Canada and USA. Africa adventure vacations limited is one of the best local tour operators licensed by the Uganda Tourism Board to organize gorilla safaris in Uganda. While booking a safari for a client, we always look at their interests and the number of days on the safari, and from there we design an itinerary and send it. If you are interested, we do a quotation, you pay a certain amount of money and you get an opportunity to have an amazing safari with us.

When to book a gorilla habituation tour from Canada or USA

We normally advise travelers to book a gorilla habituation tour from Canada or USA 3-4 months before the final day of the safari. Travelers can still book the gorilla habituation safari from Canada or USA years or months before the final habituation day. This is advised because the gorilla habituation permits are very few compared to the number of travelers that want to spend 4 hours with the mountain gorillas. Spending 4 hours with Gorillas enables travelers to avoid last-minute booking disappointments and also miss out on the opportunity to habituate gorillas on their favorite days.

Uganda Wildlife gorilla permits for Uganda

How to book a gorilla habituation permit

Booking gorilla habituation permits directly from UWA

Gorilla habituation permits can be booked from Uganda Wildlife Authority if you are aged 15 years and above.  When booking with Uganda wildlife, you will first get the dates of the month and year you want to travel and then send them an email. When the permits are available, you will be sent an email containing ways through which you can send money and when it has been received, your permit will be booked. On arrival in the country, you will head to Uganda Wildlife offices and present your passport photo or national identity card to collect your permit.

Booking your gorilla habituation permits through a tour operator

Looking for a trusted local tour operator online is not an easy thing but the easiest way to book the habituation permits is using a licensed local tour operator. Travelers intending to have a habituation safari from Canada or USA can book their gorilla habituation permits using Africa adventure vacations. We are licensed local tour operators in East Africa that help travelers from different parts of the world including those in Canada or USA book the gorilla permits.

To book permits with us from Canada or USA, you will send us an email containing the dates of the month and year you want to travel and we shall use these dates to check for the availability of the permits with the Uganda Wildlife Authority. When we find the permits available, we shall ask you for passport details and different banking details of how you can send us money. When we have received your money, we shall go ahead and book the habituation permits for you.

Price of gorilla habituation from Canada or USA

The gorilla habituation permits from Canada or USA cost $1500 for foreign non-residents, $1000 foreign residents, and UGX750,000 East African citizens. The gorilla habituation permit price includes ranger guide fees, park entrance fees, and community development fees. The gorilla habituation permits can be got from a trusted local tour operator or Uganda Wildlife authority at the same fee.

Habituating Bikingi Gorilla Family

When to have a Gorilla habituation tour from Canada

When booking your gorilla habituation safari from Canada or USA, always book the months that are good to have a visit to Bwindi gorilla park. The dry months have been proved to be the best months to spend Gorillas with Gorillas in Bwindi by so many travelers from different parts of the world. These happen from June to September and December to February and they are characterized by little or no rainfall, the trekking trails are dry, the vegetation is thin with good views of the animals, and the roads leading to the park are in good conditions.

Gorilla habituation tour from USA or Canada

On the day of gorilla habituation, travelers from Canada, USA, and other countries will wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then join their driver guides to transfer them to the sector offices. At the sector offices, will be wardens who will take the participants through the rules and regulations of the trekking activity. Later the trekkers which are always 4, researchers, and conservationists will be led by the armed ranger guides to the jungle to search for the mountain gorillas.

The search for the semi habituated mountain gorilla family in Nkuringo or Rushaga sectors can take 2-7 hours looking for where the mountain gorilla family is and this depends on the speed of trekkers and the location of the gorilla group. When the semi habituated mountain gorilla family is located, the trekkers are given 4 hours to be around the family, watch members do daily activities, take photos and learn about their habits. Spending four hours with Gorillas enables travelers from Canada or USA to be part of the activities that make mountain gorillas get used to human presence.

When to have gorilla habituation tour from Canada or USA

Gorilla habituation tours from Canada or USA at any time of the year but there are months better than the rest. The dry months that occur from June to September and December to February are the best to have gorilla habituation safaris because they are characterized by little or no rainfall that leaves the trekking trails dry, the vegetation is short with good views of the mountain gorillas and the roads leading to the park are in good conditions.

Travelers can still spend 4 hours with Gorillas in the rainy months and this favors budget travelers because there are always discounts on all lodges in the park. Travelers should however note that in the rainy season that occurs from March to May and October to November, there is always too much rainfall that makes the trekking trails muddy and slippery, the vegetation is tall with unclear views of the park animals and the roads leading to the park are impassable.