Best places to stay during gorilla trekking in Uganda

Best places to stay during gorilla trekking in Uganda

Trekking the endangered mountain gorillas south west of the Ugandan capital Kampala remains one of the undisputed highlights of any visit to Uganda, meeting this incredible primates deep in the rainforest can only be described as an emotionally overwhelming experience in Bwindi impenetrable national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park.

Uganda’s dense tropical rainforests is still a host to half the world’s 1004 or so mountain gorillas (as of May 2018) – the rest live in neighboring Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Mountain gorilla trekking in Uganda takes place in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. In these areas, tracking takes place at 5 locations Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga, and Nkuringo in BINP and Ntebeko in Mgahinga. All locations combined give a total of over 18 Gorilla groups; however, the permit number is limited because only 8 people are allowed to visit a gorilla family per day for only one hour and choosing your perfect accommodation will entirely depend on where you book your gorilla trekking permits from.

The accommodation in this sectors ranges from Budget, Mid-range or standard or Luxury accommodation, Our experts have picked some of the finest places to stay while trekking Mountain gorillas depending on the sector where gorilla trekking permits are sold and this lodges are picked based on our past client reviews and also are experts opinions during their stay in familiarization trips.