Best Places to see Gorillas in East Africa- Gorilla Trekking with Primate Safaris
A mountain gorilla is a one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla, listed as endangered by IUCN in 2018. In Africa, there are two gorilla populations where one is found in the Virunga volcanic mountains within 3 national parks in three countries – Mgahinga national park in southwestern Uganda, Volcanoes national park in northwestern Rwanda and Virunga national park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Then, the other population is found in Bwindi Impenetrable national park of Uganda.
On the African continent and the whole world at large, there are only about 900 endangered mountain gorillas left on Earth and trekking into their native forests is the only way to see them, as they cannot survive in captivity. Trekking the mighty endangered mountain gorillas in Africa’s jungled rainforests is arguably one of the life’s greatest privileges as you will observe their everyday interactions, follow the gorilla groups/families as they go about their daily lives, observe how a mother tenderly feeds her young and many other amazing lifestyles.
As per our introductions, there are only four national parks in 3 countries where the endangered apes can be trekked and below is the guide about all these destinations;
