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Golden monkey tracking experience in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Sun, 13 Jun 2021 13:10:10 GMT

Encounter the golden primate of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Golden Monkey Trekking at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Golden monkey tracking is one of the most booked tourist activities in Mgahinga gorilla national park after gorilla tracking. There is one habituated golden monkey group in Mgahinga gorilla national park that is open to visitors every day. Trekking the golden monkeys takes about 4-5 hours. At Kisoro Travel Guide, we highly recommend this exciting experience.

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is one of the few parks in the Virunga massif that offers golden monkey trekking tours. Other parks with golden monkeys are Virunga National Park in the DR Congo, Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, Gishwati and Nyungwe forests in Rwanda. Golden Monkey tracking is almost getting traction as the mountains gorillas as more and more tourists are coming to Mgahinga to see the primates.

Golden Monkey Experiential Tourism

Tourists visiting Mgahinga also have a choice to track the golden monkeys that are undergoing a research study. The research is being conducted by Ms Sandra Gray in close collaboration with Uganda Wildlife Authority and Mgahinga Community Development Organization. The tour knowns as "Golden Monkey Experiential Tourism" will take you to the lush forests of Mgahinga where you learn about the behavioral traits of the monkeys such as feeding habits.

Golden monkey trekking in Uganda can be booked as a separate activity or combined with other activities at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. These include gorilla trekking, volcano hiking, nature walks, and the Batwa cultural experience.

Please take a look at the sample 3-day gorilla and golden monkey tour below and contact us for bookings or questions.

3-Day Gorillas and Golden Monkey Trekking Safari in Uganda

The 3-day tour is designed for visitors interested in experiencing nature and wildlife both at Mgahinga gorilla national park and Bwindi national park in southwestern Uganda. The highlights for the three day trek are gorilla trekking and golden monkey trekking in Uganda.

Proposed Itinerary:

Day 1: Travel by road from Kigali, Rwanda to Bwindi forest national park

Our representative will pick you up in Kigali and drive to Bwindi forest via the Kyanika Rwanda-Uganda boarder. The trip will take about 4-5hours. Overnight at Rishaga, the southern sector of Bwindi national park.

Day 2: Trek the gorillas at Bwindi national park

This will be the highlight of the 3-day gorilla trek. You will visit the gorillas at Bwindi very early in the morning. The trek will take anywhere from a few to many hours.

Day 3: Transfer from Bwindi to Mgahinga. Trek the Golden monkeys and transfer to Kigali afterwards

We will drive from Bwindi early morning and head to Mgahinga gorilla national par. This is about 2 hours drive. Embark on golden monkey trekking safari. This trip will take you to trek the golden monkeys, an endemic species of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in south western Uganda. The trip will take your through the jungles of Mgahinga National park which consists of bamboo and a variety of indigenous plants like giant lobelia. During the trip, your national park guide will tell you about the history of the national park and the fauna and flora that the park holds. The trek should take about 5 hours. Drive to Kigali immediately after the trek.

Combine gorilla trekking with coffee making experience at Bwindi park

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:54:21 GMT

The Coffee Making Experience is a half agritourism activity done at a community farm near Kisoro town demonstrating how local farmers plant, harvest, and roast coffee. The Coffee Making Experience is an ecological model for ensuring local communities benefit from the growing gorilla tourism in the region.

Compliment the amazing gorilla tracking experience with a coffee making tour. Spend the whole day with small scale farmers near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Through the coffee tour, you will learn how to dig, weed and harvest organic coffee in a real farming environment. You will get involved and learn about the process from seedlings to the drink/cup.

You will be able to take part in picking, pounding, roasting, grinding, and drinking coffee. The skills and knowledge needed by farmers will bring a new appreciation to your coffee drinking habits. Here you take nothing, but the coffee making experience.

Hike the Sabyinyo volcano and explore Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Tue, 25 May 2021 12:54:22 GMT

Hiking the Sabyinyo volcano in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park provides an opportunity to stand in the three countries of Uganda, Rwanda, and Congo.

Hiking the Virunga volcanoes is done in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in southwestern Uganda. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park has three of the eight mountains that form the Mufumbiro ranges. The highest among the three is Mount Muhavura (4,127m), followed by Mount Sabyinyo (3,645) and Mount Gahinga standing at only 3,474m above sea level.

Booking for the hiking trek can be done one day before the hike through a local travel agency or the Uganda Wildlife Office in Kisoro town. Booking the hiking trek can also be arranged at the places of accommodation in Kisoro town, Lake Mutanda, and even at Bwindi National Park.

Mount Sabyinyo:

Mount Sabyinyo or older man's teeth in the local Rufumbira dialect, is one of the revered volcanoes in the chain of eight mountains that form the Virunga ranges of Central and Eastern Africa. The third peak of this famous volcano adjoins the borders of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sabyinyo volcano hike takes about 7 and 10 hrs from the hiking trailhead to summit this extinct volcano and back to the trailhead. Because of its rugged nature, there are several wooden ladders along the hiking trail.

Mount Muhabura:

Mt. Muhabura, also known as "the guide," is the tallest of the three volcanoes in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and the third tallest of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga ranges. Mount Muhavura is popularly known for the crater on the top of the mountain. Hikers can climb the volcano all year round.

Mount Gahinga:

Mt. Gahinga (a small pile of stones) is a favorite to many hikers, perhaps due to its low altitude. Hiking Mt. Gahinga takes you through the lush vegetation cover of Mgahinga National Park. The 5-7 hour hike goes through several vegetation zones, including the bamboo cover. Upon reaching the top, the fresh air and the breeze from the giant lobelia in the creator swamp are so fulfilling.