“a HUGE silverback comes crashing through the trees, stops and stares” My gorilla trekking highlights Gorilla Trekking up close! Photo by Nora (in my group) No-one is doing anything wrong but it’s time to move a little bit further back and respect his wishes!
The next thing a HUGE silverback comes crashing through the trees, stops and stares. Our guide has ensured we are all following the 7-metre rule, but lower down the path a few baby gorillas are playing and climbing branches. This is a great chance to take a few photos but also sit back and take it all in. Our guide leads us through to a small patch to sit (on the ground) and observe their behaviours. But it’s great to see the natural behaviours. We are not in any danger, he’s letting us know that we are on his patch. And another bangs his chest loudly, shouts and does a mini charge. One tries hanging off a branch that clearly can’t carry his weight and falls backwards into the forest. It’s amazing seeing the gorillas and they are pretty entertaining too. But as we follow our guide and the team of trackers through the forest we see more and more, the whole family of gorillas are around us. I remember so vividly the emotions creeping up on me and I want to start jumping around.īut somehow I manage to keep my cool, phew embarrassment averted! For me personally, there’s really nothing better than seeing animals in their own environment and this was certainly a memory to treasure.Īt first, there are two gorillas hanging out, eating whilst keeping an eye on our movements. Around the next group of trees, they suddenly appear out of no-where. This was it, I was going to see my first mountain gorilla in the wild. Spotting my first gorilla My very first Mountain Gorilla in the wild From now the only thing you would need would be your camera. An hour after trekking through the dense forests we are told to take off our backpacks. We had been told the hike could be between 1-8 hours to find the gorillas. And where they have decided to move to in the morning.
The time trekking to find the gorillas can vary in time, depending on when the gorillas spent the night. It’s just a mass of dense green trees! Next, we hike downhill through a huge tea plantation then back up a steep muddy track. Our local guide leads us up a hill to a clearing where we look across to where we will be heading.
Gorilla trekking in Ugandaįinally, our gorilla trekking adventure begins. I’m listening carefully but I’m so excited I want to shout, ‘please can we go now!!’ But at the same time, I’m super nervous, what if we don’t see any.Īfter the safety briefing, it’s another 30-minute drive nearer to where the gorillas were last spotted the day before by the trackers (who help protect the species).
We were then split into smaller groups of eight and listened to an important safety briefing. Our group arrived at a remote part of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where the park’s headquarters was based. 4.4 Would I do Gorilla Trekking again? Arriving at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Arriving at the Gorilla trekkingĪfter travelling 2 hours by minibus from Lake Buyoni, along a steep (and very scary) mountain road.
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