End-of-year gorilla habituation experience safaris.
Once contacted, Katland safaris help to arrange end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safaris on your behalf. It should be emphasized that the end-of-year festivities are once-year events to be enjoyed. Many people gather every 31st December to welcome the new year and celebrate the end of one. Time is for celebration and enjoyment. Planning and scheduling an end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safari with Katland Safaris is one of the greatest ways to mark this event.
About safaris for the gorilla habituation experience
Training wild mountain gorillas to become habituated to human presence is known as gorilla habituation. Humanities or individuals are allowed to see wild mountain gorillas after this step is finished. Only found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the activity of seeing mountain gorillas is known as gorilla trekking.
Experts in gorilla habituation visit a given gorilla family until it is completely habituated, therefore allowing wild mountain gorillas to grow acclimated to humans takes 2-3 years. Safaris for gorilla habituation only take place in Uganda, where visitors are allowed to travel with specialists in gorilla habituation as they engage in all activities meant to assist wild mountain gorillas adapt to human people. Before returning to park headquarters, visitors are allowed to spend four hours with mountain gorillas.
Only four individuals are permitted to see a specific troop of mountain gorillas under habituation. Gorilla habituation experience safaris take place in the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. To avoid missing gorilla permits, all people interested in scheduling end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safaris should try to do so early.
When should one arrange safaris for gorilla habituation at the end of the year?
Booking your end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safari now is the ideal time. It is advisable to block, reserve, and book all end-of-year gorilla habituation experience permits in advance, as their availability determines all other aspects of the activity.
To minimize losing out on permits, all end-of-year gorilla treks should be booked at least one year in advance. December is Uganda’s peak season; you have to act quickly. The other services may be worked on later after permissions are obtained.
Booking your end-of-year gorilla habituation trip
Booking your end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safari begins with your expression of interest, email, or phone call. Once your query is received, we will verify whether permits for 31st December are available and then get back to you. Should permits prove to be available, our initial course of action is to ban or reserve them on the system.
Registered travel companies may access the gorilla permits database, reserve, and restrict gorilla permits for up to seven days accordingto the Uganda Wildlife Authority. We will send you an invoice within these seven days to be paid; as soon as evidence of payment reaches us, we will pay and obtain your gorilla habituation permits while we wait for your money to show up in our bank account. After sending you scanned copies of receipts for your records, we will start obtaining additional services like transportation and your lodging.
Details about Katland safaris end of year gorilla habituation excursions.
Usually, depending on your choices and flights, your end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safari will commence from either Kampala or Kigali. Starting from Entebbe, you will be driven from Mbarara, Kabale, and forward to the southern section of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
You will stop near the equator for photos, lunch in Mbarara town, supper, and sleep in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Since these are the two places where gorilla habituation experience safaris might start and finish, you could decide to stay in Rushaga or Nkuringo.
After briefing at Bwindi UWA park headquarters on the second day, you will proceed to the bush in search of a particular mountain gorilla family still under habituation. Usually beginning at six in the morning, this exercise is accompanied by a team of researchers, guides, rangers, and tourist police, heading to the forest in search of these wild gorillas.
You will take part in all events that lead to these wild gorillas’ friendliness toward humans. Among other things, you will name, call, and test specimens. After four hours, you will travel back to the park headquarters, where you will be given a certificate acknowledging your efforts to rescue the unique mountain gorillas in Uganda.
The resort could plan unique events to wrap up the year, both before and after supper. These might be a special feast, traditional dances around a campfire, and basic pyrotechnics to mark the end of the year and greet a fresh one. A drink by the campfire as you mark the conclusion of a lifetime of experience, you should not miss.
You will travel back to Entebbe International Airport or Kigali International Airport on the third day to depart Uganda. Other national parks provide wildlife drives, boat cruises, and chimpanzee trekking, among other activities.
Although gorilla habituation experience safaris can last two to three days, Katland safaris advise adding national parks, including Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, and Lake Mburo National Park, where several different activities can be carried out.
Part of our end-of-year celebrations
All of our end-of-year gorilla habituation experience safaris are all-inclusive of gorilla permits, lodging, transportation to and from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, park entrance fees, services of an English-speaking driver-guide, as well as drinking water in the vehicle. There are no hidden fees at all, and a full board is reserved for meals.
Why should you book your end-of-year safari with Katland Safaris?
Leading tour company Katland Safaris specializes in gorilla and wildlife visits in Uganda and Rwanda. Our team has great expertise in planning unforgettable safaris to see Mgahinga and Volcanoes National Park, as well as gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Our staff will provide you with pertinent information to help you plan your end-of-year safari. On TripAdvisor, as well as safari reservations where you too may visit and write a comment about your experience, Katland Safaris is highly rated.
