If you would like to enjoy a double gorilla tracking experience then this recommended for you in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is one of the fours national parks in the Virunga volcanoes of Africa inhabiting the largest number of the mountain gorillas.
Bwindi has got more than 6 groups of habituated gorilla families, across the four sections of Bwindi, that is Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga and Nkuringo. However, depending on availability of gorilla permits, that will determine where one will track from.
Double gorilla tracking exposes you a totally new wildlife experience with the gentle giants. This is because each tracking means meeting new or different individuals from the previous one you might have encountered a day before. You can decide to take on gorilla tracking twice or add a gorilla habituation experience together with tracking.
Whichever decision one takes, this gives you another experience, since every encounter is different.
More experiences a double gorilla trekking tour
On a double gorilla tracking tour in Bwindi you can decide to track the same group twice or track different groups, depending on availability of gorilla permits. Whether the same or different groups, double gorilla tracking is done on different days, not the on the same day.
You will be awarded a gorilla tracking certificate twice because of doing double gorilla tracking, so on each day, you get your gorilla certificate.
Besides, advance or early booking and communication is required in order to secure the necessary gorilla permits. This is because you encounters depend on the availability of gorilla permits since only 8 members are allowed per trek.
Due to high demand for the gorilla permits, the prices for the first and second gorilla tracking or habituation permit, may slightly be different.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, is a UNESCO world heritage site located in southwestern Uganda. Bwindi forest impresses with a truly theatrical landscape in a region of the volcanoes, jagged valleys, waterfalls, lakes and dramatic mountain ranges. It is here, on a flat ridge high in the forest, that you can enjoy gorilla trekking encounters.