Uganda Tours, African Gorilla Trekking

How interesting to know that Uganda was named a top tourism destination by Lonely Planet, Digital media publisher and the worlds largest travel guide book. Uganda is a home to remarkable tourist attractions ranging from numerous wildlife and bird species, unique and fresh climatic conditions, lakes and rivers, mountains, waterfalls, tasty delicious foods, hospitable people, unique cultures, hot springs to mention but a few.

Of the 10, 000 total number of bird species in the world, Ugandahas about 11%.  Almost $5,000 is spent by one person enjoying birding tours across the country. Besides birding, Africa Adventure Safaris provides Uganda wildlife tours, Gorilla trekking safaris, mountaineering trips, Primate Tracking tours, Budget camping Tours, Rwanda, Burundi Tours, Rwanda, Congo safaris, Flying Safaris Uganda and Honeymoon tours.

Uganda’s tourism sector has been blessed with the birth of yet another white Rhino at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, off the Kampala-Gulu highway, Nakasongola district in the Kafu river basin. Usually, before reaching Murchison falls national park, visitors go for Rhino tracking at the sanctuary for one hour. This new born has brought the total number of the formerly extinct white rhino given birth to in Uganda to five in less than years.

 Initially, Uganda has been known for her extinct gorilla tours especially in Bwindi impenetrable National Park and also Mgahinga National. The other striking tour packages provided in the pearl of Africa are wildlife and birding tours which are more adventurous in Queen Elizabeth, Lake Mburo, Murchison falls, Kidepo valley and Semliki national parks. The rest of the parks are for mountaineering that is Mount. Rwenzori and Elgon national park. All these spectacular packages are only best prepared by non other than Africa Adventure safaris.

In addition, Angie Genade the executive director of the Rhino Fund Uganda noted that this newly born Rhino came months just after the recent birth of “Malaika” calf on 2^nd July, 2011 and added that it’s a blessing to Uganda’s conservation society as she is the only country worldwide with such an advancement in Rhino conservation. There is a plan to reintroduce the white Rhino in national parks nation wide.

The mountain gorillas are expected to rise in number in this census by 26% compared to the last census in 2006 which noted 786 mountain gorillas from only 3 countries, that is Uganda,Rwanda and DRC.

 The International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP), in its efforts towards the conservation plan for the mountain gorillas, has embarked on carrying out a population census in the national parks which carry out the gorilla tours that is Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park and Mgahinga national park.

The IGCP country representative inUganda, Mr. Asuma Stephen reported that in the 2006 gorilla census, Bwindi Impenetrable national park had almost half of the total population.

Gorilla tours in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park is a one in a million lifetime adventure as the park has about 10 gorilla families and 8 permits are sold out per gorilla family. Africa Adventure safaris is the pioneer in preparing these remarkable Uganda tours not forgetting Rwanda tour packages and Congo tours.

From 1^st June 2012, permits fees for the gorilla tours in Rwanda will be raised from $500 to $750 for foreign nationals, $250 to $375 for foreigners living in Rwanda and Rwf 20,000 to 30,000 Rwandese. Rwanda gorilla safaris are carried out in Volcanoes national park which is known as a raven for Mountain gorillas, while the Uganda safaris provide gorilla tracking tours in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National park.

The increase in price is due to the advancing growth of the gorilla population and increased in demand in gorilla tracking permits. This is based on the fact that there are about 10 gorilla groups and each group is visited by a maximum number of 8 tourists per day.

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