The 3 Days Mgahinga Gorilla Trekking Safari Uganda is a short Uganda safari itinerary that is designed to allow you trek the endangered mountain gorillas in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. This classic 3 Days Gorilla Trekking safari involves transfer by road to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and back to Kampala.
The trip allows you to spend 3 days and 2 nights in Uganda. Kampala to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is a road distance of about 499km, which takes about 9 hours of driving through the stunning countryside teeming with beautiful landscapes and greenery. On this 3 Days Mgahinga Gorilla Trekking Safari, you’ll spend a full day driving to the park and another full day returning to Kampala after the gorilla trekking experience. The 3 days Mgahinga gorilla trekking safari is suitable for any category of traveler, including luxury, mid-range, and budget. Accommodation is booked according to your preference.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safaris tour destination is the smallest Uganda national park well known for mountain gorilla tracking, Golden monkey tracking tours an amazing safari experience in Africa.
Gorilla Trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park makes your adventure, explore, and interact directly with mountain gorillas in the park while on your Uganda Safari. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, only 38 sq. km in size, is the Ugandan part of the bigger Virunga Conservation Area, which is a jointly protected area with Congo and Rwanda.
It includes three extinct volcanoes: Mount Sabinyo (3.669 m.), Mount Gahinga (3.474 m.), and Mount Muhavura (4.127 m.). “Mgahinga” is named after Mount Gahinga plus the initial of Mount Muhavura.
The park gets its name from Gahinga that is the local word for the “piles of volcanic stones” Mgahinga Gorilla national park was gazetted as a game sanctuary in 1930 by the British administration and later declared a national park in 1991.
In Mgahinga’s past, there were several poachers lingering in the park causing insecurity and in 1989, a survey was made and several wire Traps were discovered and destroyed. The park managed to maintain security till the m23 Congolese rebels took refuge in the park but were defeated in 2013 and since then the park has been stable till now.
The vegetation is the one typical of Afromontane areas, with a consistent bamboo forest. There are 76 mammal species recorded, including buffaloes, elephants, bushbucks, golden monkeys, leopards.
115 bird species have been recorded, including Rwenzori turaco, crowned hornbill, black kite, and crowned crane. Mgahinga hosts a population of golden monkeys and a few families of mountain gorillas.
Depart from Kampala, stopover at the Equator for photography at the world’s centerline. Continue with the journey through the western Uganda highlands till Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Arrive and check in at a booked hotel near the park.
Day 2 of 3 Days Mgahinga Gorilla Trekking Safari Uganda: Mountain Gorilla trekking in Mgahinga
On the last day of the trip, have breakfast then return to Kampala. The drive lasts more than 8 hours and therefore you will have lunch. Arrive in Kampala in the evening for drop off at a hotel or place of residence.
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