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Gorilla Trekking in Virunga National Park Congo

Congo Gorilla Trekking in Virunga National Park in Africa,  is the most done tourism activity on Congo safaris in Virunga National Park.

There are six habituated gorilla families in the national park available for gorilla  trekking in Virunga National Park in Congo. Virunga Park is one of the four national parks in the whole world with the enduring mountain gorillas.

In East Africa, the other African gorilla safari parks are Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, both in Uganda.

Kabirizi is the largest family in the national park with approximately 32 members, including 10 babies, 4 sub-adults, 1 black back, 11 adults, 5 juveniles and 1 silverback named kabirizi. The other gorilla families in the Virunga park are the Rugendo, Munyaga, Humba, Mapuwa and Lulengo families. A visit with a mountain gorilla family is a life-varying experience.

Mountain gorillas are highly intelligent, good-natured, and fascinating to observe. The silverback’s powerful presence is awe-inspiring, yet his calm clearly earns him the title, “gentle giant”. People are equally struck by the tenderness and care that mothers show their young.

There are the juveniles who spend most of every waking hour at play and never cease to make visitors smile. We believe your time with Virunga’s mountain gorillas will leave you feeling changed for the better.

All treks are led by park rangers and usually depart from Bukima patrol post. Treks usually require 1-2 hours of hiking in each direction, depending on where the mountain gorillas spent the previous night and the difficulty of the terrain.

To safeguard the health of Virunga’s gorillas, visitors will be required to wear surgical masks (provided) when in the presence of gorillas. Children must be 15 years of age or older to go on a gorilla trek. Time with the gorillas is strictly limited to one hour.

If you don’t feel well at the time of your scheduled trek (i.e., you have a cold, fever, diarrhea, or persistent sore throat), please cancel. Mountain gorillas are extremely susceptible to human illnesses. Gorillas have died after being exposed to human respiratory viruses and other common ailments.

Hiking to trek the gorillas needs someone to be fit and there is always a gorilla briefing that starts at 7:00 a.m. Gorilla tracking can take a varied length of time depending on the group that is tracking; sometimes the tracking can take 1 hour and minutes and others will take as long as 5 hours.

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Virunga National Park is one of the most biologically diverse protected areas on the earth where Congo Gorilla Trekking Safaris is encountered.

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