In Rwanda, the best time to see gorillas is in 2023. Mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda should be on every traveler’s "bucket list" of different tourism activities that you should not miss during your Rwanda Adventure Safari. The gorilla trekking experience offers you a chance to view mountain gorillas in their natural African environment, which can also allow you to observe a number of other rewarding attractions in the jungle. You will also have a greater opportunity to observe the behavior of these mountain gorillas in the wild. Travelers should note that Rwanda protects half of the world’s remaining endangered mountain gorillas, which can be experienced in other different mountain gorilla trekking destinations in Africa, such as Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park of Uganda, and Virunga National Park of Congo.

 

Volcanoes National park is the only National park where the Mountain Gorilla Trekking experience takes place, travelers need to access Volcanoes National Park to observe the habituated Mountain gorilla families in their wilderness, you can also access the habituated mountain gorilla families along the Virunga mountains in Rwanda such as mount Muhabura, Mount Gahinga, Mount Karisimbi, Mount Sabinyo, and Mount Bisoke where you will view most of the habituated mountain gorilla families in the jungle and get a chance to spend one hour with the Mountain gorilla species while you observe their behavior like travelers can an opportunity to observe the dominant silverback takes good care of the gorilla family, a silverback generally oversees all then gorilla families in the jungle, you will have the greater opportunity to watch adult female mountain gorillas of the group nursing their babies, you will also get the chance to spot how mountain gorillas construct their nests. Travelers should also note that mountain gorillas construct their nests every night in order to prevent parasites from occupying their bedding; hence, they construct different nests every night in different locations.

 

Gorilla Trekking in Volcanoes National Park: best time? 

The best time to go for mountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda in 2023 can take place throughout the year, but gorilla trekking is best done in the short dry season, which starts from mid-December to the end of February, or in the dry months of June, July, August, and September. This is because all the mountain gorilla trekking trails are drier, which makes trekking gorillas easier to hike when all the slopes can be easily hiked as compared to the rainy season, where the trekking slopes tend to be slippery and muddy, yet most of the habituated mountain gorilla families tend to stay along the slopes in the park. However, the government of Rwanda limits the number of participants in mountain gorilla trekking experiences for both the dry and  wet seasons. During the dry months, mountain gorillas move for long distances searching for food within the bamboo zone, Mountain gorillas mainly feed on wild celery, wild berries, bamboo shoots, and many more, which makes them move for long distances within the park. 

 

After your mountain gorilla trekking experience in Rwanda, travelers can embark on other countless other tourism activities, including the primate safari experience in Uganda These include:

 

The chimpanzee trekking experience in Nyungwe forest national park is of the other most rewarding Adventure safaris in Rwanda where tourists can get a chance to spend some quality time with the habituated chimpanzee families in their natural environment. Travelers should note that the comparison between mountain gorilla trekking experience in volcanoes national park, the chimpanzee trekking experience is much more active because the chimpanzee is more active compared to Gorillas which may help you discover the most rewarding tourist attractions in the park. while hiking through cyamudongo forest and Nyungwe forest, you will have another opportunity to spot a number of bird species within the park such as the blue turaco, Coqui Francolin, Ross’s turaco, Miombo wren warbler long tailed cisticola, bubbling cisticola, Chubb’s cisticola and many other amazing bird species from the guinea Congo biome.

 

The golden monkey trekking experience in Rwanda should not miss on your primate safaris in Rwanda. Travelers should also note that golden monkeys can only be spotted in Volcanoes national park as well as giving you greater chances of observing the behavior of the endangered other primate species that are endemic along the Albertine rift which means that they can also be located in the Virunga national park of Congo and which is famous within the mount Nyiragongo and Mgahinga Gorilla national park of Uganda.

 

Gorilla Trekking experience 

Rwanda’s other interesting tourist activities on your Rwanda safari include Monkey trekking in Nyungwe forest national park which offers an amazing kind of nature and includes watching a number of different primate species in their natural environment. Nyungwe Forest national park offers different monkey species and primate species such as the Mona monkey, velvet monkey, crowned monkey, black and white colobus monkey, L’hoest’s monkey, olive baboon, red-tailed monkey, and grey cheeked Mangabey among other primate species that gear up an amazing primate experience.