10 Reasons Why Gorilla Trekking During Low Season is Better

Gorilla Trekking During Low Season

Many visitors avoid gorilla trekking during the low seasons of March to May and October to November, mainly because they cannot tolerate the rain that renders the surroundings very impassable. But because the low season offers numerous benefits we discuss below, we believe it is best to hike with mountain gorillas in the rain.

Get discounted flights.

Fewer people from Europe and America are travelling for leisure within this particular period of the year, forcing airlines to cut flying rates. Using the less expensive flights during the low season may help you save travel costs.

Discounted Transportation and Hotel Accommodation

While some lodges could close during the low season, most operating hotels cut their room prices to get some business.

Besides, the wet season brings much cheaper transportation expenses. Service companies pack their cars throughout this period and would like to keep the machinery operational for less than the normal charged rates

Any travel savings would help you to enjoy gorilla trekking and other activities on the same trip by enhancing your vacation.

Not so Many groups, creating more room for a greeat un crowded Experience

There are no crowds implies you might enjoy services all to yourself. Having a corner of heaven all to yourself once in a while is great.

Travel during the low season to take advantage of all the venues and activities. Given the great number of guests in the peak season, the gorilla trekking tourist centers will seem empty.

With the safari lodge lounge almost vacant, you will have plenty of space to relax and stretch your feet.

Unlike strolling heel-to-toe, gorilla trekking allows you to immerse yourself in nature with the least interference from others. Fewer people also mean a higher chance of seeing the monkeys uninterrupted, which lets you engage with your local guide and capture images from all angles.

Personalised Services
For residents of towns around the gorilla parks, gorilla tourism is a vital source. The crowds in the busy season usually cause the service to lose its quality.

During the low season, when you visit East Africa, you won’t have this issue, as the locals are warmer and treat the visitor more personally. Traveling during the low season allows you the benefit of receiving personal and intimate attention from everything you pay for, including your driver, guide, lodging, and service providers.

Availability of Gorilla Permits

Planning a gorilla trekking trip while you are unable to get a gorilla permit is aggravating. But the low season lets you establish your intended vacation dates by saving you the back-and-forth effort of looking for permit availability.

Travelers have to schedule their trip around the gorilla permit dates, including flights and lodging during high season. Low season availability lets you reserve last-minute, as hardly any people are eager to go through the rainy season conditions.

You See More During the Low season.
Seeing more than in the busy seasons is another benefit of low-season travel. Assuming you are hiking in the forest either before or after your gorilla trekking adventure, jumping to catch sight of other visitors and other locals crossing the same path.

That unusual monkey or bird will seldom be seen, as they will naturally hide from the various unsettling noises and sights.

The fewer people and the degree of noise, the more uncommon animals and birds enter the open, and you will be able to photograph them in their natural state.

Improved Neighborhood Links

Low seasons are also when business is out of the thoughts of the residents; it is their time to relax, hence they are more receptive to you.

This is consequently a time to engage with residents and pick up a little knowledge about their history and way of life. This might be difficult during active peak seasons.

The Weather Is Not That Bad

While many tourists will choose not to visit East Africa in April and May, downpours are brief and strong, leaving wonderful light conditions for the remainder of the day.

Usually lasting two hours, the rain might cause disruptions to your trip. Still, you have the remainder of the day to complete your gorilla trekking trip under pleasant conditions.

Besides, you would be escaping the strong heat of the dry season that makes gorilla hiking impractical at high elevations.

If you like wildlife watching after the gorilla walk, the plains temperatures are pleasant and warm; the rains provide plenty of water to rivers and waterholes.

Rivers flow with water, landscapes are rich and verdant, and during low seasons, young animals run beside their parents. Perfect for photographing spectacular settings and strong sunsets arethe  low seasons.

A great opportunity to get pictures with striking clouds contrasted with rich mountainous terrain is the low-season gorilla safari.

You’re not hurried as much.

Usually walking at the slowest speed among guests, gorilla trekking guides lead them throughout the bush. In the peak season, everyone follows the pace of one person—fast or sluggish. There is a hurry to locate the most fulfilling spot to see the gorillas throughout the trip. For some individuals, all these requests to suit other visitors might be irritable.

With the route and guide to yourself, you most likely are the only visitor on the low-season trek. It helps the guides to know you and will enable you to see the gorillas at your own speed.

The Gorillas Are Right Beside
Because of the availability of fruit, mountain gorillas feed on the lower slopes close to the buffer zone during the rains. It is difficult to locate their preferred food in the dry season as they must go to a higher altitude where it is colder.

You will travel fewer distances and locate the gorilla family in the rainy season, therefore saving hours of hiking that can stretch past midday. Sometimes in the low seasons, particularly in the Buhoma Sector north of Bwindi, the gorillas enter the camps and thrill visitors.

Booking Your Low-Season Gorilla Trekking Safari with Katland Safaris In the low season, Katland Safaris Limited remains operating and offers first-rate travel operator services. Especially if you are on a budget, we will offer you reasonable prices on transportation and lodging as well as discounted gorilla trekking permits in Uganda and Rwanda.

To get a low-budget quotation to observe gorillas during the low seasons, contact us.