tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88602059923236775002024-03-14T12:06:11.847+03:00Uganda, Rwanda Tourism Travel Info Guide, NewsUganda, Rwanda tourism, travel information, news with travel advice, safari experiences, tourist experiences, promotional offers and advice on getting good tour pricesIvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-38798590035605753112017-06-01T12:57:00.000+03:002017-06-03T11:58:37.389+03:00Practical Tipping Advice in Rwanda and Uganda - How, When, Who, Where to Tip?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The question of when and when not to tip can be difficult in a foreign country. In Uganda and Rwanda, it is customary to tip your driver/guide at the end of a safari or hike, as well as a cook or porter that accompanies you. A figure if roughly $5 per day would be a fair benchmark, though check this with your safari company in advance. I see no reason why you shouldn’t give a bigger or smaller tip based on the quality of service. It is not essential to tip the guides who take you around in national parks and other reserves, but it is recommended, and the money will be greatly appreciated by the recipient. <br />
The thing to remember is that whoever you tip in USD will not get the sum of money you intend to give. The exchange of USD is not an exact science, the rate given depends on both the age of the note and the size of the note. The newest and biggest denomination note will attract the best rate. A $1 bill will attract an absolute rubbish rate no matter how many you have. A Rwandan / Ugandan will be happy to receive a tip in whatever currency you want to use but for day to day living they prefer their local currency. If you tip them with dollars the first thing they do is go to the forex to negotiate the best rate available, either that or try and sell them to back to you. <br />
So at the end of the day if all you have is USD or GBP or Euro then use that currency but the best option for the recipient is the local currency (Uganda Shilling or Rwandan franc). <br />
But please please please don't do what some people do, tip using foreign coins, particularly one pound or one euro coins as they have no value at all and yes some people do do it. <br />
It is customary to tip for service in local bars and restaurants, though you may sometimes want to leave a tip (in fact, given the difficulty of finding change in Uganda), you may particularly be forced into doing this in some circumstances. A tip of 5% would be very acceptable and 10% generous. Generally any restaurant that caters primarily for tourists and to wealthy Ugandans/ Rwandese residents will automatically add a service charge to the bill, but since there’s no telling where that service charge ends up, it would be reasonable to reward good service with a cash tip. <br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-15641563409090513352017-05-31T14:46:00.008+03:002017-10-16T14:03:50.075+03:00How To Book 2017 Gorilla tracking and Trek Permits in Uganda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s1"><b><i>How to book 2017 gorilla tracking and trek permits for for your tour in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park – Quick step illustration of how you can buy the gorilla permit for your trek this year</i></b></span></div>
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<span class="s1"> In Uganda, Gorilla tracking is done in either <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html"><span class="s2">Bwindi Impenetrable National Park</span></a> or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. However, because of the unreliability of the mountain gorillas of Mgahinga, most of the gorilla permits sold are for Bwindi. <b>Each gorilla permit costs US$600 in Uganda and ( </b><span class="s2"><b><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html">$450 for November 2017</a></b></span><b>.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">On each particular day, about 80 persons can visit <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html"><span class="s2">Bwindi</span></a> gorillas, 10 persons per each gorilla family.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>Gorilla Permits for both Bwindi can only be purchased from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA’s) headquarters in Kampala, either directly or through a </b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/"><span class="s2"><b>tour agent</b></span></a><b>.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">To book your gorilla permit (from out of Uganda) you first have to contact UWA’s reservation office by email inquiring about availability of the dates you intend to track the gorillas. Note that you need to consider a full day of travel from Kampala to <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html"><span class="s2">Bwindi</span></a> after you have landed in Kampala. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">If the exact dates you want are unavailable, you can request UWA to let you know of the nearest dates. You then reply to them expressing your intent to book those permits, and requesting them to temporarily hold them as you make payment. At this time, they will advise you of their banking details, so that you can proceed to make an electronic transfer of the money. Please remember to immediately send a copy of the transaction voucher/ receipt by email or fax to UWA.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The transfer should usually take not more than 3 days and UWA will keep your tentative booking for at least 7 days as they await the transfer to go through. Please ensure that you instruct you bank to deduct the bank charges from you. Otherwise is the money sent is less, your permit may not be booked. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Many intending gorilla trekkers have however found the above procedure tedious and have sought our quicker and less tedious ways of reserving their gorilla permits by working with local Uganda tour operator. The tour operators will usually charge a fee of US$25-$60 per gorilla permit. <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/"><span class="s2"><b>Gorillas<i> </i>and wildlife safaris </b></span></a><b>will not charge you for buying gorilla permits if you are getting other tour services (like transfers and tours) through them but if you only would like us to help you acquire the gorilla permit alone, a maximum of $35 applies on each gorilla permit we book.</b> </span></div>
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<span class="s1">The procedure is almost similar as above, except that the tour agencies tend to speed-up the process and most likely you will get you gorilla permit confirmation faster. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">1. <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/contact/"><span class="s2"><b>Contact us</b></span></a><b><i> </i></b> and let us know of the dates you want to tour Uganda with the days you want to see the gorilla permits</span></div>
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<span class="s1">2. We let you if the days you want for your gorilla tour are available for gorilla tracking and tentatively book them for you (but with no guarantee).</span></div>
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<span class="s1">3. We send you our bank details for you to send the money for gorilla permits.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">4. It takes about 16 hours for us to receive the money from your bank and pay for your permits. We shall send you acknowledgement for the money and the official Uganda Wildlife Authority Receipt (by scan and email). <b>Please ensure you pay the bank charges when authorizing the transaction.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">5. Send us your passport details to register your gorilla permits. Usually, we only need the Full names, passport number, and nationality.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">6. We register your names and get the gorilla permits. We send you scanned copies of your gorilla permit.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>As soon as the payment has been received, the permits for gorilla tracking be purchased. Getting a gorilla permit is not a guarantee of seeing a gorilla. However, the chances of seeing them are 98%. </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">However, Uganda tour operators through their umbrella association (AUTO) almost buy up to 80% of the available tracking permits at up to 2 years out from the intended month of tracking. Each member may purchase up to 20 permits in any month. A deposit of 30% (US$75-) is payable on each permit booked with the balance needing to be paid 3 months (91 days) from the month of tracking by the first working day of the month Monday-Friday.</span></div>
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-51902755631811282922017-05-30T10:18:00.005+03:002017-10-16T13:23:38.484+03:00Planning a gorilla trek in Uganda, what to consider – How to plan your 2017 gorilla tracking program, transport to Bwindi, accommodation, how to book the gorilla permits, cost of the gorilla tour.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><i><span style="font-size: small;">Planning a perfect 2017 gorilla trek in Uganda, what to consider – planning your program, transport to Bwindi, accommodation, how to book the gorilla permits, cost of the gorilla tour, booking gorilla permits for 2017.</span></i></b> <br />
In Uganda, Gorilla tracking can only either be done in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. However, the mountain gorilla family in Mgahinga (Kahungye group) is very mobile crisscrossing borders into Rwanda and this literary leaves Bwindi to be the only place to reliably track the mountain gorillas in Uganda. <br />
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To track gorillas you must have a pre-booked gorilla tracking permit (each costs US$600 but are <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/uganda-cuts-gorilla-trek-permit-prices.html" target="_blank">specially discounted in November 2017</a> to $450) . Since the gorilla parks are located far away from the airport you arrive from you will need transport (4x4 advisable) to reach the park. The drive from Kampala/ Entebbe to Bwindi takes about 9 hours. This means that if you are tracking gorillas in Uganda you will need at least 3 days to the <a href="http://www.trekgorillastours.com/3-days-gorilla-tour.html" target="_blank">gorilla trek</a>: One day travelling to the park, another day tracking the gorilla, and the third day driving back to Kampala/ Entebbe. <br />
<b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/gorilla%20safaris/gorilla_permit_booking_guidelines.htm">To book your gorilla permit</a></b>, you will need to either contact the relevant country agency to book the gorilla permit (Uganda Wildlife Authority for Uganda) or book the permits through a local tour agency like us. Please note that gorilla permits are only confirmed by paying for them in full. So, you will need to send money for the permits in full to get your confirmation ad ensure that you take care of the bank charges involved to avoid disappointment. <br />
If you are hoping to travel in July and August 2017, be aware that most days are actually sold out and you may not be able to get the gorilla permit for the days period you wish to travel. There are however some gorilla permits cancellations. These permits are not at the Uganda Wildlife Authority but with local tour agents. We can assist our clients to get such permits when contacted. <br />
However, for the rest of 2017, there are still plenty of spaces so you can confidently contact us now to book your space there. <br />
If you arrange the gorilla permit on your own, please ensure that you pick it from the booking office in Kampala before travelling to Bwindi. You must present your gorilla permit and passport on the gorilla tracking day to be allowed on the gorilla trek. In case your permit is booked through a tour agent and you are taking the tour with them you may not necessarily need to think about getting the permit from them but if you are not taking the full gorilla tour with them, consider getting your permit before travelling to Bwindi. <br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Planning your Transport to the Gorilla Trek in Rwanda and Uganda:</span></strong> <br />
You will definitely require a 4x4 vehicle to go to the gorilla in Bwindi. You need a 4x4 vehicle to navigate the rough pot-holed roads which often get tourists stuck for hours during rainy seasons. You may be able to hire a vehicle for US$100 per day excluding the fuel but including the driver costs. In Uganda’s case, Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris offers transfers for US$510 for the 3 days (including vehicle, fuel, driver allowances for 3 days tour).<br />Alternatively you may take public buses to a nearby town but you will definitely have to find a cab (preferably 4x4 and usually costs $100 a day without gas fuel) to ferry you to the gorilla trek trail start an back to your hotel. <br />
You need to report to the park registration office at 7:30AM. So whatever method you choose, make sure that it is reliable - if you don’t turn up at the appointed time you risk invalidating your gorilla tracking permit and having to pay again. <br />
The gorilla tracking time is very unpredictable and you may as well take the entire day. So have your accommodation booked for the night after your trek as well. For this same reason also have with you a packed lunch for the day, plenty of drinking water, rainproof clothing (you are trekking through a rainforest and any day it can rain). <br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Planning Your Accommodation during your Gorilla Trek tour</span></b> <br />
In Uganda, the accommodation you choose will depend on the gorilla permit you book being that the available 11 gorilla families that tourists visit in <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html">Bwindi</a> range over a wide area. Please have a look at the page <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/Bwindi%20GorillaTourAccommodationLodgesHotelsCampsitesUganda.htm">www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/Bwindi GorillaTourAccommodationLodgesHotelsCampsitesUganda.htm</a> for more details about which accommodation you will need to book for each different gorilla family in Bwindi. <br />
<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Hiring Porters and Walking Sticks for the Gorilla Trek</span></strong> <br />
Usually there are porters for hire (at $15 each) at the park offices and walking sticks (at $5). Do not overestimate your strength; you may certainly need either or both of these. So put it in high consideration to hire one. Besides, it’s another way of giving back to the communities. <br />
<b><span style="font-size: small;">Joining your gorilla trek with other tours/ excursions</span></b> <br />
Uganda offers a variety of tours you can join onto your gorilla trek. You can choose to do these safari excursions before or after the gorilla trek. Here are a couple of the many tour options that combine gorilla treks with amazing wildlife and scenery viewing. <br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-51853149232668764032017-05-22T17:59:00.002+03:002017-10-16T13:23:39.567+03:00How to Get/ Travel to Kibale National Park for Chimps tracking and Bigodi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Kibale National Park contains one of the loveliest and most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda. Forest cover interspersed by patches of grassland and swamp, dominates the northern and central parts of the park on an elevated plateau. The park ins home to a total of 60 mammal species, most famously the 13 species of primates including the chimpanzee. It also contains over 375 species of birds. Kibale adjoins Queen Elizabeth National Park to the south to create a 180-km long corridor for wildlife between Ishasha, the remote southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, as Sebitoli in the north of Kibale.</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">How to Get/ Travel to Kibale National Park for Chimps tracking</span></u></b> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Kibale National Park is located in western Uganda, 26km southeast of Fort Portal town</b>. Kanyanchu River Camp, the primary center for tourism activities, can be reached from Kampala either from the north, via Mubende and Fort Portal, or from the south through Mbarara and Kamwenge.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>The northern approach is shorter and quicker, with a 300km tarmac road running to Fort Portal followed by 36km </b>of gravel to Kanyanchu. From Kampala there are several buses doing daily trips to Fort Portal town. These are however unreliable and frequently breakdown or have accidents along the way. They are therefore not highly recommended.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Kibale Forest National Park is most normally approached from Fort Portal using the Kamwenge road. If your are driving from Fort Portal town centre, follow Lugard Road north for about 1km. immediately before the bridge across the Mpanga River, turn right. You know you’re on the right road when after about 500m you pass a hospital to your right (with signposts reading ‘blood bank’ and ‘canteen’ perched in intriguingly close proximity). About 12km out of Fort Portal, you reach a major junction, where you need to fork left (the right fork, incidentally, leads to Lake Nkurumba and Ndali Lodge in the heart of Kabarole Crater Lake Field). After another 8.5km you pass the signpost for the Rweetera Tourism Society Camping Site and then 2.5km later Crater Valley Resort, from where it is another 12km to Kanyanchu Campsite and a further 5km to Bigodi.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Public transport to Kanyanchu</strong> used to be restricted to two or three dangerously overloaded pick-up trucks running daily between Kamwenge and Fort Portal. These have been recently supplemented by more regular mini-bus taxis, which run back and forth between Bigodi and Fort Portal throughout the day and are far more comfortable and safer than the trucks. Tourists are routinely overwhelmed by the taxi touts, so it’s advisable to check what local passengers are paying. There is normally no transport on Sunday.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">A little used alternative route to Kibale Forest National Park runs north from Mbarara via Ibanda and Kamwenge. North Ibanda the road is unsurfaced but mostly in pretty good condition, and with a private vehicle it should take about 3 hours. Using public transport you will probably have to change vehicles in Ibanda and Kamwenge and may well have to overnight at one or other town – both posses a few cheap guesthouses. You can easily pick up transport from Kamwenge to Fort Portal via Kanyanchu. If you are heading this way, you might want to investigate the Mpanga Falls and nearby cycad fields between Kamwenge and Ibanda.</span> <br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-6836876806520262052017-04-17T08:52:00.000+03:002017-06-03T11:39:33.661+03:00All you need to know about Golden Monkey Tracking in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Trekking to see the golden monkeys is another highlight of Volcanoes National Park. <b>The Golden Monkey <i>(Cercopithecus Mitis Kandti</i>)</b> is a local subspecies of the widespread Sykes Monkey, also known as the “Blue Monkey” and is endemic to the high altitude forests of the Volcanoes National Park area. The Golden monkeys are rare species is listed as endangered. The monkeys are playful and inquisitive and often spend their time leaping from bamboo branches or frolicking on the forest floor towards the base of the volcanoes and have overcome their initial shyness to accept their daily visit by researchers and tourists.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9sAdvEF_7i4/UPeRkjONfGI/AAAAAAAAAY4/n-4MysdvU2Y/s1600-h/Golden_Monkeys_Mgahinga_Uganda%25255B41%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Golden Monkeys Volcanoes National Park Rwanda" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2wLYigLNWik/UPeRmYNI6jI/AAAAAAAAAZA/nlr9jp3uH28/Golden_Monkeys_Mgahinga_Uganda_thumb%25255B39%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="274" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Golden Monkeys Volcanoes National Park Rwanda" width="491" /></a>There are two habituated groups of Golden Monkey, one group comprises around 80 - 100 members and has its home at the foot of Mt Sabyinyo. <br />
In the same way you track mountain gorillas so will your track the golden monkeys. Treks to see the Golden Monkeys take place in the mornings and visitors are permitted to stay for 1 hour with the monkeys. Departure for the Golden Monkey trek is from the Park’s Kinigi Headquarters at 07:00am. The number of visitors is not limited and the fee for a Golden Monkey permit is currently USD$100 per person per trek. Permits can either be arranged in advance or booked at the park headquarters on the morning of the trek. Porters can be hired at the entry point of the park. <br />
Golden Monkeys are very sprightly creatures, and leap from tree to tree which is really entertaining, if a little difficult to photograph! We recommend setting your camera to a fast shutter-speed to allow for low light in the dense undergrowth and to better your chances of capturing the golden monkeys on film! <br />
This is a great way to spend an extra day in the Volcanoes National Park and if you're interested in wildlife, this is a rare and delightful experience not to be missed! <br />
If you would like further information or would like help booking your golden monkey permit, or would like to add golden monkey tracking to your tour program, then please either <a href="mailto:info@gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com" target="_blank"><strong>contact us</strong></a> for assistance. <br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-90854369286637268822017-04-12T09:24:00.000+03:002017-06-03T11:37:30.549+03:00Information on Optional Tourist Activities in Southern Bwindi, Kisoro, Mgahinga, Lake Mutanda, Batwa and Nkuringo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>INFORMATION ON ACTIVITIES IN KISORO; BATWA TRAIL, GARAMA CAVE, SABINYO GORGE, LAKE MUTANDA, MT MGAHINGA</b><br />Kisoro is home is the main base for gorilla trekking in South Western Uganda and in neighbouring Rwanda. However, Kisoro doesn't only offer gorilla trekking: its beautiful surroundings offer an opportunity to undertake several different interesting activities, either individually or in groups. Below is a description of some of these activities. <br />
<b>Viewpoint</b><br />Just above Ntebeko Gate is a small platform offering a magnificent view of Magahinga National Park and the surrounding area. To the south the three volcanoes, to the north miles of small gardens, Lake Mutanda and the hills of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. To the west a great view of the Western Rift valley in Congo.<br />Difficulty: easy; walking time: 30 min; distance 1km <br />
<b>Garama Cave</b><br />Almost 100 years ago there was a conflict between the Batwa (pygmies) and the Bantu population. The Batwa lived in the forests and the Bantu had their gardens and villages. The Batwa raided the Bantu in their villages and disappeared in the forests. The Bantu had no idea that there was a very large cave in the forest where the Batwa were hiding. Garama cave is 342 meters long and today it is only home to bats. During the visit the guide will tell you more about Garama Cave and the history and the life of the Batwa.<br />Difficulty: easy; walking time: 3 hrs; distance 4 km. NB: bring a torch! <br />
<b>Mount Magahinga</b><br />Around 58% of Magahinga National Park is covered with bamboo forest, a delicacy for the Gorillas and the Golden Monkeys. The walk to the top of the Mgahinga Volcano takes us through a very nice example of pure natural bamboo forest. This walk offers a good chance to see the rare Golden Monkey and Bushbucks. At the top (3474m) you will find a good view and a lush swamp in the crater.<br />Difficulty: moderate; walking time: 6 hrs; distance 6 km; elevation gain: 1100 m. <br />
<b>Sabinyo Gorge</b><br />This walk takes us through the lush vegetation in the gorge of the Sabinyo. It is moist with a dense vegetation. A small river at the bottom of the gorge is responsible for creating this paradise over time. At the end of the walk is a small but nice waterfall and a very good view of all the peaks. A good place for lunch! The gorge is a good place for seeing birds, especially the Ruwenzori Turacoo. Golden Monkeys and Duikers can also be spotted.<br />Difficulty: moderate; walking time: 4 hrs; distance 6 km; elevation gain: very little.<br /><b>NB</b>: bring good walking shoes! <br />
<b>Mount Sabinyo</b><br />Mount Sabinyo is the oldest of the three volcanoes, quite eroded and that is why it has its name, which means: "teeth of the old man"! This volcano has three challenging peaks. The trail takes you up a ridge along the eastern side to Peak 1. If you wish to continue, the climb to Peak 2 involves walking a ridge with breathtaking drops into the gorges of Rwanda and Uganda. Finally, the hike up to Peak 3 is steep with several ladders and much scrambling. On top of peak 3 (3669m) you will be in Rwanda, Uganda and Congo at the same time! The Sabinyo hike takes you through all different vegetation belts, and you have good chances of seeing Golden Monkeys, Duiker, Rwenzori Turacos and Sunbirds.<br />Difficulty: you have to be fit! walking time: 8 hrs; distance 14 km; elevation gain: 1300 m.<br /><b>NB</b>: bring good walking shoes! <br />
<b>Border Trail</b><br />This hike takes you first toward Sabinyo. The trail climbs up the base of Sabinyo for a while through fine montane forest before turning towards Congo. Along the way you will get a great view of Sabinyo's gorge and peaks. Upon reaching Congo you cut back along the international border. The return leg to park head quarters is a great section for birding. The two rest huts along the way are good places for a break. Look closely for the Golden Monkeys and signs of elephants.<br />Difficulty: moderate; walking time: 8 hrs; distance 10 km; elevation gain: very little.<br /><b>NB</b>: bring good walking shoes! <br />
<b>Free Birding</b><br />Yes, free birding along the edge of the park is now available on request. The guides are very happy to take you out from 5-6 pm if you book by 10 am that morning. Birds that can be seen: Ibis, Whydah, Speckled Moosebird, Fire Finch, Stonechat, Grey Capped Warbler, Waxbills and Yellow-Vented Bulbul. <br /><b>NB</b>: bring your binoculars! <br />
<b>Village Walk</b><br />Walk with a local guide or on your own through the gardens and villages of the Bufumbira and Bakiga tribes. On your way you will learn a lot about how the people live and work. Often there is the possibility to eat at a local place or sometimes with a family. Other walks take us over the hills to Lake Mutanda and there you can go with a dugout canoe to Python Island and see birds near a swamp.<br />Difficulty: moderate; walking time: 3-5 hrs; distance 3-8 km; elevation gain: very little. <br />
<b>Batwa Trail</b><br />Batwa Trail is a community based tour product developed by the Batwa community near Bwindi in conjunction with the Uganda Wildlife Authority and Pearls of Uganda an NGO:- <br />It starts at the base of Mt Muhavura at 8.00 am and finishes by 3-4 pm. You'll need walking shoes, hat, and raingear, and a packed lunch with sufficient drinks.<br />The Batwa Trail runs across the lower slopes of the Muhavura and Gahinga volcanoes in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. The forest is home to a variety of wildlife but the Batwa Trail is far from being a conventional nature walk. With the help of Batwa guides, you'll see the forest as a larder, pharmacy, builder's yard, tool kit and, above all a home. Along the trail, you'll fire a bow and arrow, check hives for wild honey, help repair a Batwa shelter, harvest plants for medicine and food, light a fire without a matches, listen to legends and learn about Batwa traditions. <br />The highlight of the trail is a descent into the Garama cave, a 200m-long lava tube beneath Mt. gahinga. The Batwa are famed for their music and dance and their historic, subterranean council chamber in Garama Cave provides the setting for an unforgettable performance.<br />The Batwa trail is celebration of the forest culture of the "'first people." It is impossible, however, to ignore the fact that Batwa life has greatly changed. The day's events conclude with a discussion about the Batwa's current situation; how it can be improved; and progress to date towards doing so.<br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-8386923641387436022017-04-05T05:00:00.006+03:002017-10-16T13:23:40.788+03:00How to book/ buy a 2017 Gorilla Trek/ Tracking permit for Rwanda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/"><img align="left" alt="wild gorilla tracking in Rwanda" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6PNiDRokEr4/UQOsGM5EPEI/AAAAAAAAAp0/JFjFKWeffRA/gorilla_gold%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="169" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="wild gorilla tracking in Rwanda" width="193" /></a>In Rwanda, Gorilla tracking is done in Volcanoes National Park (Parc Nationale du Volcanoes) and gorilla trek/ tracking permits booking is managed by the Rwanda Tourism Office (ORTPN). <b>Each gorilla permit costs US$1500 in Rwanda.</b> On each particular day, about 56 persons can visit Rwanda gorillas, 8 persons per each gorilla family. <br />
Gorilla permits are in high demand, because of the stiff competition for them, and therefore are booked with payment on the basis of first come first served. Book your gorilla permit in advance to avoid disappointment. <br />
To track gorillas you must have the day’s gorilla permit which needs to be arranged and paid for in advance, preferably at least 6 months for the high seasons - June-September and December-February; or latest 1-2 months in advance for the low seasons - October-November and March-May. <br />
<b>In Rwanda Gorilla Permits can only be purchased from ORTPN , either directly or through a <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/">tour agent</a>. </b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/contact/">Contact us</a> for the latest status of availability, even for last-minute bookings. <br />
Gorilla permits are booked with payment on the basis of first come first served. Availability of gorilla permits for a required date is not guaranteed. There is a lot of competition for the gorilla permits, which makes it hard to get one for yourself. Any delay in confirmation and/or payment may mean that you will be unable to obtain the permit on your preferred date. <br />
Once you book and send your money for permits, the date cannot change (changing a tracking date means a cancellation fee is charged). Rwanda (ORTPN) charges $100 for each permit date changed. <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Booking Gorilla Permits directly through ORTPN</span></u></b></span></span><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/"><img align="left" alt="going-gorilla-tracking-rwanda" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GjU7o7769-E/UQOsLVS6mAI/AAAAAAAAAqE/KyIAQORzfCs/going-gorilla-tracking-rwanda%25255B13%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="180" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="going-gorilla-tracking-rwanda" width="240" /></a>To book your gorilla permit (from out of Rwanda) you first have to contact ORTPN’s reservation office by email inquiring about availability of the dates you intend to track the gorillas. If the exact dates you want are unavailable, you can request ORTPN to let you know of the nearest dates. You then reply to them expressing your intent to book those permits, and requesting them to temporarily hold them as you make payment. At this time, they will advise you of their banking details, so that you can proceed to make an electronic transfer of the money. Please remember to immediately send a copy of the transaction voucher/ receipt by email or fax to ORTPN. <br />
The transfer should usually take not more than 3 days and ORTPN will keep your tentative booking for at least 7 days as they await the transfer to go through. Please ensure that you instruct you bank to deduct the bank charges from you. Otherwise is the money sent is less, your permit may not be booked. <br />
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<b><u><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;">Booking Gorilla Permits through a Tour and travel agent</span></u></b><br />
Many intending gorilla trekkers have however found the above procedure tedious and have sought our quicker and less tedious ways of reserving their gorilla permits by working with local Rwanda tour operator. The tour operators will usually charge a fee of US$25-$60 per gorilla permit. <b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/">Gorillas<i> </i>and wildlife safaris </a>will not charge you for buying gorilla permits if you are getting other tour services (like transfers and tours) through them.</b><br />
The procedure is almost similar as above, except that the tour agencies tend to speed-up the process and most likely you will get you gorilla permit confirmation faster. <br />
1. <b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/contact/">Contact us</a><i> </i></b> and let us know of the dates you want to tour Rwanda with the days you want to see the gorilla permits <br />
2. We let you if the days you want for your gorilla tour are available for gorilla tracking and tentatively book them for you (but with no guarantee). <br />
3. We send you our bank details for you to send the money for gorilla permits. <br />
4. It takes about 16 hours for us to receive the money from your bank and pay for your permits. We shall send you acknowledgement for the money and the official Gorilla Permit (by scan and email). <b>Please ensure you pay the bank charges when authorizing the transaction.</b><br />
<b>We do not charge any fee for gorilla permits buying/booking if you are booking the rest of the tour (or a part of it) with us. In case we do charge, this is to cater for any costs like telephony, transport, etc we incur to get you the permit.</b> <br />
5. Send us your passport details to register your gorilla permits. Usually, we only need the Full names, passport number, and nationality. <br />
6. We register your names and get the gorilla permits. We send you scanned copies of your gorilla permit. <br />
<b>As soon as the payment has been received, the permits for gorilla tracking be purchased. Getting a gorilla permit is not a guarantee of seeing a gorilla. However, the chances of seeing them are 98%. </b> <br />
<strong><span style="color: #d16349; font-size: medium;">Permit Availability for 2017</span></strong><br />
If you are planning to go Gorilla Tracking in June, July, August, September, also December the time to book your permits and safari is now. <br />
Everyone involved in Tourism wants you to enjoy your time in Rwanda and your visit with the Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, plan now and avoid the disappointment of no permit by waiting too long…from the Country of 1000 hills – Rwanda…ivan <br />
<b>Trekking Tour Packages in Rwanda</b><br />
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/where-to-do-gorilla-trekking-tour.html">Comparing Gorilla Trekking Tours : Uganda Vs Rwanda – Compare prices, experience, hardness,etc</a> <br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com2Volcans National Park, Rwanda-1.5098554 29.487566799999968-26.277079399999998 -11.821027200000032 23.2573686 70.796160799999967tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-78958425032716141712017-03-27T12:06:00.000+03:002017-06-03T11:55:27.857+03:00Practical Rwanda Money Tips, MasterCard, Visa in Rwanda, Budgeting, Planning your finances for Rwanda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Rwanda’s unit of currency is the Rwandan franc (RFr). IF you are travelling to Rwanda, it’s best to come to Rwanda with US dollars or euros in cash. The only useful bank branch in the country is Banque de Kigali in the capital, which offers cash advances on credit card and can change travellers cheques, neither of which is possible in the other provinces. There are ATMs in Kigali, but they are not yet wired to an international network. Credit cards can be used in some upmarket hotels and restaurants in Kigali. <br />
Bureaux de change – which are mostly in Kigali – offer slightly better exchange rates than banks. Moneychangers hang around central Kigali and usually give a slightly better rate, but count your money carefully. All banks, and most bureaux de change, are closed on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Credit cards</strong> are not used widely and few cash machines take foreign credit cards. Unusually for this part of Africa, MasterCard is far more widely accepted than Visa (the Visa stickers you see outside some hotels refer to cards issued domestically). But even so, the use of MasterCard extends only certain up market hotels in Kigali and a very few places outside the capital. If you are relying on using a card, ten best to check what cards your hotel accepts when you make your booking. Worth noting here too that the ORTPN head office in Kigali also accepts MasterCard but not Visa. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">If you have urgent payments to make it would be wise to carry cash instead of relying on the ATMS as they are so fond of failing to release cash when you need it most. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>You can withdraw upto US$2500 per day</strong> (or equivalent in Rwanda Francs or any other hard currency to hand) against Visa or MasterCard in the Bancor on Ave de la Piax in Kigali. This is a remarkably straightforward procedure but be warned that it does depend on the bank having access to a specific website – if the electricity is down, or the computers or the internet server or the website itself, then this service will be unavailable and you may have to wait a day or two for it to comeback online.</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>As for travellers’ cheques</strong> (it is best if they are in euros or US dollars) – again, theoretically they can be cashed up to a value of US$200 daily at the Banque Commercial du Rwanda (BCR) and a few other banks in central Kigali, but in practice this can fall apart, or be quite a slow procedure. You will get a poorer exchange rate for travellers’ cheque than for cash. When cashing them, you must generally show the sales advice slip that you got when you obtained them – that is the slip of paper that one is supposed never to keep in proximity to the cheques!</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>That leaves cash</strong>. The preferred foreign currencies are the dollar or euro, but all main currencies should be exchangeable, whether in banks or in official or private forex bureaux. The official forex are clearly signed on the street and have standard facilities. The ‘private’ ones are small offices or rooms where the moneychangers who used to tour their wares on the street now operate since the black market was declared illegal. They may offer a slightly better exchange rate than in banks. They generally also give a better rate for larger-denomination notes, which anyway are less bulky for you to carry. Above all, because there is no paperwork involved, they have the advantage scene. Conditions regarding credit cards and traveler’s cheques may be different – and better – by the time you travel. But do have enough cash in case of glitches. If you don’t want to carry too much, arrange for a friend to send it to you from hoe when necessary, via Western Union – there are offices in Kigali and all the main towns. It isn’t cheap – the cost depends on the amount being transferred –but it’s quick and secure. Any Rwandan francs left over at the end of your trip can be changed back into dollars, euros or whenever by banks, forex bureaux or money-changers.</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: small;">Planning Your spending in Rwanda</span></strong></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Your planned expenditure will largely depend on what you intend to do during your visit, where you want to go, which kind of hotels and services you intend to utilize. Generally speaking though, please inform your travel agent of a rough figure you plan to spend on your visit so that they can draw out the most apporpriate plan for you. Pre-booked packages do vary in terms of what is included in the price, and you are advised to check the exact condition in advance, but generally the price quoted will cover everything but drinks, tips and perhaps some meals.</span></h5>
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>For budget travellers</strong>, Rwanda is not the cheapest country in Africa, but it is damn close to it – and after Ghana it offers the best value for money of any country I have visited in the last couple of years. Throughout the country, a soft drink will cost you around US$0.40 and a 700ml beer less than US$1 in a local bar, more in a hotel or restaurant that caters primarily to Westerners. A meal in local restaurant will cost US$1-1 while a meal in a proper restaurant might cost U$4 upwards. <strong>Budget accommodation can average out about US$5 per head</strong>, quite often for a self-contained room (two people) with a hot shower or bath. Public transport is cheap- typically about US$1 per 50km – and distances are relatively small. Taking the above figures into account I think that budget travellers could scrape by inmost parts of Rwanda on around US$10-15 per day for one-person or US$20 per day for two. </span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The above calculations don’t allow for more expensive one-off activities, such as gorilla-tracking ( <strong>a gorilla permit at at June 1st 2017 is $1500) </strong>or visiting the other national parks (not expensive unless you hire a vehicle). If you want to keep a particular budget and plan on undertaking such activities, you would be well advised to treat your day-to-day budget separately from one –off expenses.</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Rwanda is so small, and all parts of it are so easily accessible from Kigali, that you needn’t engage in any complicated planning. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> <strong>TIPPING</strong>Tipping is common is Rwandan cities these days due to the large international presence. Rwandan salaries are low and a tip of 10% will be appreciated. Tipping is an important part of a safari – expect to tip drivers, guides and cooks around US$10 per day per group depending on the safari.<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>How much?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Double room in a midrange hotel US$35-115<br />Meal in a midrange restaurant US$5-10<br />Tracking mountain gorillas US$750<br />100km bus ride US$2<br />Internet access per hour US$1-2<br />1L bottled water US$0.75<br />Primus beer US$2<br />Beef brochettes (street snack) US$1<br />Souvenir T-shirt US$10</span></div>
Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-1085744736560609762017-03-10T17:39:00.005+03:002017-10-16T13:23:42.134+03:00Comparing Gorilla Trekking Tours In 2017 : Uganda Vs Rwanda – Compare prices, tracking experience, hardness, etc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<strong>Comparison of 2017 Gorilla Tracking in Uganda and Uganda – Which is the best place to do a gorilla trek – Uganda or Rwanda? Which is more viable or cheaper: Bwindi or <a href="http://trekgorillatours.com/volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Volcanoes National Park</a>, Which is more easy to access, Is tracking Rwanda better than Uganda?</strong><br />
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The exhilaration attached to the first setting eyes on a wild mountain gorilla is difficult to describe. Yet in the same sense, that magical one hour spent with the gorillas does not come cheaply considering that a permit goes for US$1500 in Rwanda and $600 in Uganda – but it is unusual to find someone who regretted the financial outlay.<br />
Mountain gorillas live in families similar to those of humans. Although the current mountain gorilla population is about 848, gorilla tracking can only be done on the habituated mountain gorilla families. 13 of the habituated families live in Rwanda’s <a href="http://trekgorillatours.com/volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Volcanoes NP</a>, another 14 habituated mountain gorilla families live in Uganda (13 in Bwindi Impenetrable NP, 1 in Mgahinga Gorilla National <a href="http://trekgorillatours.com/uganda-national-parks.html" target="_blank">Park</a>) and 1 in D.R.Congo’s Virunga NP.<br />
A maximum of 8 persons can visit a given gorilla family per day.<br />
All else being equal, Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park has a slight edge over the rest because its gorillas are the most wholly habituated, and they are often found in bamboo than the dense forest which makes photographing easier. <br />
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The major challenge with tracking gorillas<strong> in Rwanda is certainly the price of the gorilla permit at US$1500 compared to Uganda’s US$600 per permit</strong>. However,<strong> Rwanda’s pride is in the ability for one to do the gorilla trek even in one day and fly back home which is impossible for Uganda.</strong> <a href="http://trekgorillatours.com/volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Volcanoes National Park</a><strong> is located 116 km from Kigali and can be driven in just 2 hours. On the other hand, Bwindi is located 500 km from Kampala/ Entebbe Airport and a drive can take 8 hours plus. In that sense, you will spend at least 3 days for your gorilla trek tour – one travelling to Bwindi, another doing the gorilla trek, and the other driving back to Kampala/Entebbe. </strong>If a tour operator is making you a tour package, they shall definitely have to consider this cost and include it in your tour cost.<br />
With the on coming of daily scheduled flights to Bwindi, operators now can have <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/tours/uganda-flying-gorilla-safari-3-days/" target="_blank">3 days flying packages to Bwindi</a>.<br />
In real practice though, the one-day gorilla trek tour is not recommended because of the pressure it exerts on the trekker. For those limited on time, we would suggest <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/tours/rwanda-gorilla-tracking-safari-2-days/" target="_blank">the 2-days gorillas package</a>.<br />
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However, the long drive to Bwindi is quite enchanting with great sceneries all through like the Equator, <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/tours/lake-mburo-tour-2-days/" target="_blank">Lake Mburo National Park</a> ( for some <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/Queen%20Elizabeth%20National%20Park.htm" target="_blank">Queen Elizabeth National Park</a> with abundant wildlife), terraced mountains with flowing rivers, and a lot of rural Africa. This is not so really the case for the drive from Kigali to <a href="http://trekgorillatours.com/volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Volcanoes National Park</a>.<br />
You will certainly need spend more on transport and time to track the mountain gorillas in Uganda than it’s for Rwanda although this cost is compensated for by a cheaper gorilla permit.<br />
Besides, some sections of the roads to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park are not so comfortable to drive on yet in the case of Rwanda, you drive on smooth tarmac at least up to the Volcanoes National Park head office. Not to mention though, the roads leading from Volcanoes park office to the gorilla trek trail-heads can only be accessed with a raised 4x4 vehicle.<br /><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GfxSZ_TyJbE/WH33EFukQjI/AAAAAAAAS84/jLmgPut2Beg/Rwanda-Inture-perfomance-for-gorilla-trekkers-daily-at-the-Volcanoes-NP-headquaters-daily_1.jpeg?imgmax=9999" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" width="600" /><br /><strong><u>Comparison of The Gorilla Trekking Experience</u></strong><br />
Of course you can get this in Uganda in evenings (at a fee) from the various traditional cultural groups that are near the park. However, the drive from Kampala to Bwindi is a very fabulous one traversing at least another national park (either Kibale or Queen Elizabeth National Park famous for tree climbing lions and many other big mammals, or Lake Mburo National Park) and not to miss- the Equator. In a way, even before you arrive Bwindi you have had a bit of the ‘Pearl of Africa’ as is fondly known. To many, driving along paved eucalyptus avenues to the gorillas in not the best deal. Indeed many to purchase tour packages combining both Rwanda and Uganda, first doing Gorillas in Rwanda and then crossing to Uganda to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park for the BIG 5 safaris and chimpanzee tracking among other tours.<br /><strong>Lets compare the tour costs in general.</strong>Because of the long drive one endures from Kampala to Bwindi, the general cost is increased (even when you travel by public buses). It even increases more because you have to travel 2 days (to and from Bwindi). However, the increased cost is countered by the low cost gorilla permit of US$600 <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/uganda-cuts-gorilla-trek-permit-prices.html" target="_blank">($450 in April and May, November 2017).</a> A low budget 3 days gorilla trek tour in Uganda goes for about $1250 (with gorilla permit, accommodation, and transport) for one person on tour. The two days Rwanda gorilla trek costs about $1220 ( with gorilla permit, accommodation, and transport) and a three days Rwanda gorilla tracking tour costs is about $2030 (with gorilla permit, accommodation, and transport) . Costs samples got from Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/">website</a> effective Jan 2017.<br /><strong>Other things in addition to the actual gorilla tracking</strong><br />
Lastly, if you are not travelling just to see the mountain gorilla, and you want to include other activities in your visit, Rwanda may not be the best choice. Many tourists have continually had to cross to Uganda after their Rwanda gorilla trek to tour other reserves like Queen Elizabeth National Parks so endowed with abundant wildlife one cannot see in Rwanda. This is why probably folks continue enduring the long drives to Bwindi yet there is an easy way out.<br />
At the end of the day – the ultimate jury are those who are looking as to which country to visit in order to track Gorillas – it is not Rwanda, not Uganda, not the Democratic Republic of Congo but where their pockets and hearts choose. If you precisely want the mountain gorillas and nothing else, go for a one-day gorilla trek but if you are a one who wants it and all of it, go for the long drive – you won’t regret…<br />
Have you been on a gorilla trek in Rwanda or Uganda? What was your experience? What have you had about tracking gorillas in Rwanda Vs Uganda? Let me hear you views.<br />
from the Rwanda/Uganda border post in Chanika .<br /><strong>Related articles:</strong> <br /><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-mountain-gorilla-tracking-experience.html">My mountain gorilla tracking experience in Bwindi's Oruzogo gorilla family</a> <br /><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-book-gorilla-tracking-trek.html">How To Book Gorilla tracking & Trek Permits in Uganda and Rwanda</a> <br /><strong><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/transfers_to_Bwindi_transport_to_Gorilla_trek_Uganda.htm">Affordable Private Road Transfers to Bwindi </a></strong><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><em>Questions about Visa and Travel Document Requirements when travelling between Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi. do I need a visa when crossing from one country to another? How do I cross borders with my own vehicle?</em></span></b></h1>
<b>a) Do I need a visa to travel from one EAC country to the next?</b>If you are a citizen of any one of the five EAC Partner States of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, you won't need a visa to travel to any of the countries within the EAC bloc. For visitors from without East Africa, please check individual EAC Partner State Immigration/Home Affairs websites for visa information. Otherwise the basic rule is a visa acquired from one country does not apply to another and once you exit one country, you shall need to apply for another visa when re-entering it.<br /><b>b) Which documents do I need to carry along with me when travelling to any EAC state?</b><br />Standard travel documents such as national passports apply for East Africans and non-East Africans alike, although East Africans may use the <a href="http://www.travel.eac.int/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=112-eapassport&catid=42-travelling-in-ea&Itemid=89">East African Passport </a>or temporary travel documents in place of either national or East African passports. <br /><b>c) I would like to use my vehicle in another EAC country; what should I do?</b>East Africans are allowed to drive private cars across borders and across the entire EAC region, free of charge, for visits no longer than seven (7) days. All you have to do is fill a form, obtainable at border crossing points, which grants you the free access. Generally speaking, you need to have a COMESA Insurance which can be purchased from any major insurance companies or even at most border crossing points, your original driver’s license, and original copies of your vehicles owner’s logbook. <br /><b>d) Do I need to acquire a local driver's license to drive my car in another EAC state?</b>Citizens of EAC states need not acquire a new license to drive in another EAC country. Driver’s licenses from any of the Partner States apply anywhere in the EAC region. Suffice it to say that your license must be valid.<br /><b>e) As a resident of East Africa, can I use my current mobile phone number when I travel through the region?</b>Yes. Thanks to a series of inter-operator roaming agreements, East African residents may continue to use their local mobile phone numbers, sometimes without incurring roaming charges. <i>*Please check the availability of this service with your operator.</i> <br /><b>f) What should I do if I lose my travel documents while visiting another country?</b><br />If you lose your travel documents, report to the nearest police station as soon as possible. With the Police's help you should be able to access temporary travel documents from your country's diplomatic mission. <br /><b>g) I am a citizen of Tanzania living in the United Kingdom, I have UK right of abode in my United Republic of Tanzania passport, do I need a visa to visit Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi or Uganda? -</b> <i>Carlos Montana</i><br />
A citizen of any of the East African Community Partner States (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) does not require a visa to travel to or through East Africa. Also note that East African citizens pay the same rates as locals in a given EAC country to access any tourist or accommodation facilities. <br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-37694442952994729862017-02-03T08:12:00.001+03:002017-02-03T08:12:16.078+03:00Rwanda working on cable car to Mt.Karisimbi<p dir="auto">The government of Rwanda is planning to put a cable car on Mt. Karisimbi to promote Eco-tourism in that part of the country. The cable car system will facilitate hikes to the highest mountain in the country, the Karisimbi volcano, the Rwanda Development Board has said.<br>The cable will be used as a mode of transport for tourists at the Karisimbi mountain and is expected to improve tourism in the country.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jRt5_eh_rRk/WJQRK_1iB0I/AAAAAAAAS90/kGaDeQg2si4/s9999/mount-karisimbi.jpg" width="500" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p><br></p><p>At 4705m the summit of Mt Karisimbi is the highest peak in the Virunga Range, the highest point in Rwanda and one of the highest summits in Africa. Climbing Mt Karisimbi is a fantastic experience but at the moment can only be attempted by experienced and fit hikers. The normal climb does not involve any mountaineering skills and will typically take two days.<br>The final ascent of Mt Karisimbi is physically very demanding given the very high altitudes. Temperatures can be well below freezing at the summit in the early hours of the day.</p><p>The $38 million (Rwf25billion) project involves installing a cable car to facilitate people especially tourists to access the summit. The cable car ride will provide a unique tourist product for the region, and help make Rwanda a tourist destination of choice.<br>The project will involve establishing a 260sq kilometer area to promote ecotourism and make Rwanda the premier ecotourism destination in Central and East Africa.<br>The Karisimbi cable car projects will be the second of its kind on the continent, the other being the one in Cape Town, South Africa. It is expected to offer crater surfing via zip lines, according to RDB.</p><p>Currently Karisimbi hikers climb from the edge of Volcanoes National Park to the ridge of the huge caldera that extends at the base of the actual cone of Mt Karisimbi, crossing first the bamboo forests and then the Hagenia - Hypericum forests. The hike then continues through the caldera, across a bush of giant Lobelia. Another route begins at the foot of Mt Visoke, takes climbers across the saddle and up Mt Karisimbi.<br>At the end of the first day a very basic mountain camp is set up which will be climbers base for the night. Early the following morning the climb begins again for the summit, where climbers can enjoy beautiful morning light and astonishing scenery. On a clear day the view from the summit is spectacular both on the Rwandan and Congolese sides with views of the Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira active volcanoes in the distance. The return hike then takes the rest of the second day to complete.</p><p>Rwanda’s tourism sector is one of the leading foreign exchange earners in the country. Current fees for the hiking Mt. Karisimbi stand at USD$ 175 per person which includes the Park guide. The trek starts at 09:00am from the park headquarters at Kinigi from where visitors will have to drive to the entry point in the forest (this is usually reached by about 10:00 - 11:00am). The hike normally ends in the afternoon of the second day. Permits can be purchased from the park headquarters of the day of the trek but advanced warning is necessary to allow the park’s authorities time to prepare. Porters can be hired at a cost of USD$ 30 for the trek.</p>Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-54933951096005705102017-02-02T16:44:00.001+03:002017-02-02T16:44:34.216+03:00 Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris to showcase Uganda and Rwanda at ITB Berlin 2017<p dir="auto">Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris is set to showcase Uganda’s tourism and heritage during the 51st Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB) exhibition in Germany from March 8 – 12, 2017. <br>ITB - Berlin is known to be the world’s leading travel trade show attracting over 50,000 people.</p><p></p><p>Together with Uganda Tourism Board, Gorillas will be exhibiting in Hall 21.a Booth 121, sharing the stand with Kenya and Rwanda.</p><p>Uganda will market its diverse natural endowments including; birds, wildlife, culture, history, tradition, food and weather among others.</p><p>This 5th time Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris is exhibiting at ITB in addition to several other International travel exhibitions and expos.</p>Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-77119174172211937242017-01-26T12:04:00.010+03:002017-10-16T13:49:49.271+03:00How To Book 2017 Gorilla tracking/ Trek Permits in Uganda<div class="custom-html-block"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;">
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</table></div><p>**_How to book 2017 gorilla tracking and trek permits for for your tour in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park – Quick step illustration of how you can buy the gorilla permit for your trek this year_** In Uganda, Gorilla tracking is done in either [Bwindi Impenetrable National Park](https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html) or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. However, because of the unreliability of the mountain gorillas of Mgahinga, most of the gorilla permits sold are for Bwindi. **Each gorilla permit costs US$600 in Uganda and** [**$450 for the months of 2017 April, May and November**](http://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.ug/2012/10/uganda-cuts-gorilla-trek-permit-prices.html)**.**</p><p>On each particular day, up to about 96 persons can visit <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html">Bwindi</a> gorillas, 8 persons per each gorilla family.</p><p><strong>Gorilla Permits for both Bwindi can only be purchased from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWAs) headquarters in Kampala, either directly or through a <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/">tour agent</a>.</strong></p><p><u><strong>Booking 2017 Gorilla Permits directly through UWA</strong></u> To book your gorilla permit (from out of Uganda) you first have to contact UWAs reservation office by email inquiring about availability of the dates you intend to track the gorillas. Note that you need to consider a full day of travel from Kampala to <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html">Bwindi</a> after you have landed in Kampala.If the exact dates you want are unavailable, you can request UWA to let you know of the nearest dates. You then reply to them expressing your intent to book those permits, and requesting them to temporarily hold them as you make payment. At this time, they will advise you of their banking details, so that you can proceed to make an electronic transfer of the money. Please remember to immediately send a copy of the transaction voucher/ receipt by email or fax to UWA.</p><figure><img src="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/BwindiAccommodation-Gorilla-Forest-Camp.jpg" alt="Recommended Gorilla Trek Accommodation in Beindi. Uganda booking gorilla permits" title=" "Recommended Gorilla Trek Accommodation in Beindi. Uganda"" class="alignright"><figcaption>Recommended Lodging for Gorilla Tracking >></figcaption></figure><p>The transfer should usually take not more than 3 days and UWA will keep your tentative booking for at least 7 days as they await the transfer to go through. Please ensure that you instruct you bank to deduct the bank charges from you. Otherwise is the money sent is less, your permit may not be booked.</p><p><u><strong>Booking 2017 Gorilla Permits through a Tour and travel agent</strong></u> Many intending gorilla trekkers have however found the above procedure tedious and have sought our quicker and less tedious ways of reserving their gorilla permits by working with local Uganda tour operator. The tour operators will usually charge a fee of US$25-$60 per gorilla permit. <strong><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/">Gorillasand wildlife safaris</a> will not charge you for buying gorilla permits if you are getting other tour services (like transfers and tours) through them but if you only would like us to help you acquire the gorilla permit alone, a maximum of $35 applies on each gorilla permit we book.</strong></p><p>The procedure is almost similar as above, except that the tour agencies tend to speed-up the process and most likely you will get you gorilla permit confirmation faster.<a href="[/embed]</p><p>However, Uganda tour operators through their umbrella association (AUTO) almost buy up to 80% of the available tracking permits at up to 2 years out from the intended month of tracking. Each member may purchase up to 20 permits in any month. A deposit of 30% (US$75-) is payable on each permit booked with the balance needing to be paid 3 months (91 days) from the month of tracking by the first working day of the month Monday-Friday.Individuals and non members of AUTO can purchase a maximum of 2 permits each in the month 3 months prior to the intended month of trekking when the booking opens on the first working Monday-Friday of the month. 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Which is the hardest/ easiest, best gorilla group to track<p><em><strong>Which is the toughest mountain gorilla group to track in Rwanda, which gorilla group is the most popular to track, easiest gorilla family to track, how many hours does the gorilla tracking take in Rwanda? Susa, Kwitonda, Sabinyo, Umahoro? </strong></em><br></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-zW5yq6_Gnvk/UTYeuXWKcxI/AAAAAAAAA0U/iQNdb6KllAE/rwanda%252520mountain%252520gorillas_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg" alt="Which is the toughest mountain gorilla group to track in Rwanda, which gorilla group is the most popular to track, easiest gorilla family to track, how many hours does the gorilla tracking take in Rwanda? Susa, Kwitonda, Sabinyo, Umahoro? " title="Which is the toughest mountain gorilla group to track in Rwanda, which gorilla group is the most popular to track, easiest gorilla family to track, how many hours does the gorilla tracking take in Rwanda? Susa, Kwitonda, Sabinyo, Umahoro? " width="407" style="max-width: 100%;"></div><p>This is one of the most frequently asked questions about gorilla tracking in Rwanda. And it is also perhaps the most difficult to answer. So many variables are involved, and if they all conspire against you, you could be in for a genuinely exhausting outing (indeed on rare occasions, the guides have had to carry tourists down). On the other hand, if everything falls your favour, the excursion will be little more demanding than the proverbial stroll in the park. </p><p>The trek to see the gorillas has two distinct phases. The first is the hike from the closest car park to the forest and national park boundary, which usually takes 30-60 minutes depending on the speed of the party and the group they are visiting. The second is trek into the forest in search of the gorillas, which will usually have been located by the advance trackers by the time reach the forest edge. </p><p>The first part of the trek is predictable, and it is usually quite flat and undemanding unless you are going to the <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/susa-group-susa-family-volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Susa (Susa-A)</a>, which involves a longer and steeper ascent. The second part is more difficult to predict, as it will depend on the exact location of the gorillas on the day, and on the steepness of the terrain en route. Other factors in determining how tough it will be include the density of the vegetation (bending, crawling through the jungle can be tiring especially if you have to dodge vicious nettles) and whether it has rained recently, in which case everything will be muddier and quite slippery underfoot. </p><p>At risk of stating the obvious, age and fitness levels are key factors in how difficult the hike will feel. Susa Group aside, moderately fit people under the age of 40 seldom feel any significant strain, but a high proportion of trackers are in their 50s or 60s, in which case the hike might be something tougher. As one trekker has previously commented in the Bradt Guide (Rwanda): ‘We think you underestimate how strenuous the gorilla trip is. We are both 61 but fit and well, bicycle to work each day , and still we had to take regular breaks due to problems with breathing’. That said, while many older travellers do find the track quite demanding, it is very unusual that they are so daunted as to turn back. </p><p>An important factor in how difficult the hike will be is which group you are allocated. As a rule, the hike to the Susa Group is the most demanding (but also most rewarding, with more than 40 gorillas on show), while the <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/sabyinyo-gorilla-groupa-mountain.html" target="_blank">Sabinyo Group</a> is the most reliably straightforward to reach. The hikes to <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/kwitonda-familya-mountain-gorilla-group.html" target="_blank">Kwitonda</a>, Hirwa and Group Thirteen are also usually quite undemanding, whereas the hikes to <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/amahoro-gorilla-group-mountain-gorilla.html" target="_blank">Amahoro</a> <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/umubano-gorilla-family-group-volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Umubano</a> Groups tend to be more difficult, but not as tough as the <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/susa-group-susa-family-volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Susa Group</a>. </p><p>Unfortunately, these things aren’t set in stone, and any group might be unusually demanding (or easy) to reach on a bad day. Furthermore, nobody can guarantee which group you will be allocated in advance. However the guides at Kinigi do make a conscious attempt to match individuals to the most suitable group, especially if they are asked to. Generally the party for the <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/susa-group-susa-family-volcanoes.html" target="_blank">Susa (Susa-A)</a> consists of the lean-looking under-30s, while the opposite holds true for <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/sabyinyo-gorilla-groupa-mountain.html" target="_blank">Sabinyo</a> party. </p><p>Two further factors are uneven underfoot conditions and high altitude. Most visitors to Africa live in towns and cities where roads and sidewalks are paved, and parks are serviced by neatly footpaths, so they are unused to walking on the more irregular and seasonally slippery surfaces typical of the ascent paths and forest floor. It will help enormously in this regard to wear strong waterproof shoes or hiking boots with a good tread and solid ankle support. Furthermore, if you think you might struggle in these conditions, there is a lot to be said for avoiding the rainy seasons, in particular March-May, when conditions can be dauntingly muddy. </p><p>Don’t underestimate the tiring effect of altitude. The trekking takes place at elevations of 2.500-3,000m above sea level, not high enough for altitude sickness to be a concern but sufficient to knock the breath out of anybody – no matter how fit – who has just flown in from a low altitude. For this reason, visitors who are spending a while in Rwanda might think seriously about leaving their gorilla tracking until they’ve been in the country a week or so, and are better acclimatised. Most of Rwanda lies above 1,500m, and much of the country is higher – a couple of days at Nyungwe, which lies above 2,000m, would be good preparation for the Virungas. Likewise if you are coming from elsewhere in Africa, try to plan your itinerary so that you spend your pre-Rwanda days at medium to high altitude: for example, were you flying in from Kenya, a few days in Nairobi (2,300m) or even the Maasai Mara (1,600m) would be far better preparation than time at the coast. </p><p>Guides will generally offer you a walking stick at the start of the hike, and, even if you normally shun such props, it is worth taking up the offer to help support you on those slippery mountain paths. If you have luggage, hire a porter too. Once on the trail, take it easy, and don’t be afraid to ask to stop for a few minutes whenever you feel tired. Drink plenty of water and carry some quick calories – biscuits and chocolate can both be bought at supermarkets in Ruhengeri. The good news is that most people who track gorillas find the hike to be far less demanding than they expect, and 99% of cases, whatever exhaustion you might feel on the way up will vanish with the adrenalin charge that follows the first sighting of the silverback gorilla!</p><h4>
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<strong>When is the best time to visit/ track or trek the gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda? Which months should one try to avoid, which months are the best for gorilla trekking?</strong><br />
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While tracking or trekking mountain gorillas can be done any time of the year in either countries where (mountain gorillas are found i.e Rwanda and Uganda), because of the relatively wetter/ rainy seasons in the mountain gorilla inhabited national parks, many tourists often prefer the months from June to September and then December, January and February. </div>
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In Rwanda, the first rains start coming in late February through March, April and May and so many tourists try to avoid these months for fear of getting muddy and all wet while tracking the gorillas. However, during these months, because of the rains there's plenty of gorilla food down slope and it's much colder on the upper slopes. So the mountain gorillas keep on the lower slopes where they find it warmer and get food easily. So if you track the gorillas during these months, most likely your trek won't be a long one - many trackers find the gorillas after 2 hours hike and by 2PM are back. <br />
The same applies to Uganda although the rains there come in March, April and May. Of course the Undeniably the rains (not always heavy though) make it rather harder to trek the steep terrains. Even then, the rain only comes for like 1-2 hours in like every 2-3 days and the sun comes out. We have noticed that even in the so-called drier months, the rain will often come in.<br />
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This seasonality of gorilla trackers can also be attributed to the weather seasons in the visitors’ home country and the nature of their jobs. When it summer for example in Europe, numbers of gorilla trek visitors increase and the gorilla trackers numbers dip when it’s winter. <br />
However, there are other gorilla trekkers who often take advantage of the seasonal discounts on mountain gorilla tracking permits. Recently for example, the Uganda Wildlife Authority discounted the gorilla permits by 30% for non-resident foreigners. A gorilla permit in Uganda costs $450 for the months of November 2017. The rest of time it is at 600$ . Several accommodation and lodging facilities in mountain gorilla inhabited areas will also make discounts on their rates during these same months. <br />
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Whatsoever the case and explanation may be, experience shows that mountain gorilla trekking can be done any time of the year and you will most likely get the same the same experience. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #819d26; font-size: small; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-to-wear-and-take-when-trekking-to.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;">What to wear and take when trekking to see the gorillas?</a></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/bwenge-family-mountain-gorilla-group-in.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bwenge Family – A mountain gorilla group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/13-group-aka-agasha-group-gorilla.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">13 Group (aka Agasha Group) Gorilla Family in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/karisimbi-gorilla-family-susa-b-gorilla.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Karisimbi Gorilla Family (Susa-B gorilla group) of Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/sabyinyo-gorilla-groupa-mountain.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sabyinyo Gorilla Group–A mountain gorilla family from Volcanoes National Park Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/03/amahoro-gorilla-group-mountain-gorilla.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amahoro Gorilla Group – A mountain gorilla family of Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/kwitonda-familya-mountain-gorilla-group.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kwitonda Family–A mountain gorilla group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/02/susa-group-susa-family-volcanoes.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">Susa Group (Susa A Family) - Volcanoes National Park Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/11/who-needs-and-how-to-apply-for-rwanda.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Who Needs and How to Apply for Rwanda Visa– Tourist Visa Entry Requirements</span></a></h5>
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2013/01/all-you-need-to-know-about-golden.html" style="color: #819d26; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: small;">All you need to know about Golden Monkey Tracking in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda</span></a></h3>
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-87860655368434929992017-01-03T15:02:00.005+03:002017-10-16T13:23:49.278+03:00Uganda 2017 April May & Nov. Gorilla Trek Permit Prices Reduced to $450 (special promotion)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Uganda Wildlife Authority has cut all gorilla tracking permits prices in <a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html" target="_blank">Bwindi</a> for the month of November 2017. For promotional gorilla tracking tour packages please visit <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/">www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com</a> and remember to ask for this discount to be passed on to you when booking your gorilla tour for April/May and November 2017.<br />
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<strong>The discounted prices apply to Bwindi and Mgahinga gorilla tracking permits for April, May and November 2017.</strong><br />Prices for gorilla trek permits go as per the following tourist types:<br />
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Foreign Non-residents = $450 <br />
Foreign Residents to $350<br />
Ugandans - 100000 UGX<br />
Industry observers have see this move as an intention by to draw more tourists to the gorillas in the low season months to Uganda, more especially the Ugandans. <br />
However, Rwanda has maintained the gorilla tracking permit price at $1500 and there seems to be no hope of reviewing this price in the near future in consideration of the low tourist seasons. We have in the passed documented <strong><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/where-to-do-gorilla-trekking-tour.html" target="_blank">comparisons in gorilla trekking experiences and costs in Rwanda Vs Uganda.</a></strong><br />
Mountain gorillas are only found in DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda and the total number for this critically endangered species is estimated at 780. Almost half of these are believed to be in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the rest leaving in the Virungas (Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, Uganda’s Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Congo’s Virunga National Park). <br />
Because of the insecurity in parts of DR Congo, it is only safe to track mountain gorillas either in Rwanda Volcanoes National Park or Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Mgahinga’s gorillas are quite unreliable as they keep crossing borders, which makes tracking them uncertain. The experience offered by the three parks is broadly similar, so the biggest factor now determining where you go is either the cost or availability of the gorilla permit.<br />
Only 8 persons can visit a given gorilla family per day. In Uganda, 12 families have been habituated in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP, nine of which are available for tracking and one is dedicated to research thus making the total permits available per day 96 gorilla families. Rwanda can only take 80 persons per day.<br /><br />To claim you cut off the gorilla tour price please send an email to info@gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com or visit the <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/" target="_blank">website</a> (https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com) and ask for reduction in gorilla tour price to reflect this discount. <br /><br />See you on trek! <br />
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<strong>Related articles:</strong> <br /><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/where-to-do-gorilla-trekking-tour.html">Comparing Gorilla Trekking Tours : Uganda Vs Rwanda – Compare prices, experience, hardness,etc</a> <br /><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/08/my-mountain-gorilla-tracking-experience.html">My mountain gorilla tracking experience in Bwindi's Oruzogo gorilla family</a> <br /><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-book-gorilla-tracking-trek.html">How To Book Gorilla tracking & Trek Permits in Uganda and Rwanda</a><br />
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<a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/importanceofconservingtheWorldHeritagesitebwindibiodiversitygorillas.html">Mountain Gorillas Aside, Why Does Earth need Bwindi so badly?</a></h5>
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-58024718406557434762016-07-01T17:09:00.000+03:002016-07-01T17:09:20.859+03:00Who needs yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate to Rwanda, Who is exempted from the Immunisation certificate?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Angola and the documenting of imported cases in some countries, the Rwandan Ministry of Health is implementing measures to prevent the import of Yellow Fever cases and therefore protect the health of residents and visitors.<br />
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1. To enter in Rwanda, a Yellow Fever vaccination certificate <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is not required</span> for travelers (Residents/ Non-Residents) coming from Yellow Fever non-endemic countries and without an active transmission outbreak of Yellow Fever.</div>
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2. To enter in Rwanda, a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is mandatory</span> for travelers (Residents/ Non-Residents) coming from Yellow Fever endemic countries<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span> and countries<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span> with active Yellow Fever transmission outbreaks.</div>
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3. All residents travelling to Yellow Fever endemic countries<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span> should be vaccinated at least 10 days before travelling.</div>
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4. For travelers (Resident/ Non-Resident) coming from an active Yellow Fever transmission outbreak country<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span> or travelers who have recently visited (within 24 days) an active Yellow Fever transmission outbreak country<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2</span> the following instructions will be applied:</div>
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If you would like to get a waiver of the vaccination certificate and enter Rwanda, t<span style="color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">here are generally two ways to get and present an exemption. The first is to go to a registered provider of the Yellow Fever vaccine and have them write the exemption on the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP) card (Yellow Card). The other way is to have your physician write the exemption on practice letterhead. The following link to the UK Health Service contains a further link to a template for such a letter of medical exemption.</span></div>
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-8576513532274885182016-06-21T11:44:00.002+03:002016-06-21T11:44:35.595+03:00ELEPHANT ELECTROCUTED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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ELEPHANT ELECTROCUTED AT QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK<br />Ezaruku Draku Franklin (URN) </div>
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<br />Uganda Wildlife Authority Public Relations Manager Jossy Muhangi says that the carcass of the 35-year-old elephant was found lying near a ground transformer with cables attached to a nearby electric pole.</div>
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<br />He says UWA management called Umeme, the power service providers, who temporarily switched off the power to allow the recovery of tusks from the carcass. Veterinary experts are conducting a postmortem.</div>
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<br />This is the third case of reported fatal electrocution in less than four years following two other cases involving elephants in Katunguru and Fig tree areas of Rubirizi district.</div>
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-43088649987328147222016-06-11T09:27:00.001+03:002016-06-11T11:18:29.262+03:00Uganda Launches e-Visa application<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All those who have guests, friends or relatives visiting Uganda, kindly advise them to apply for the Visas online. Soon they will be no issuance at the point of entry.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is not yet however known if Uganda will continue for the time being with a parallel process of Visa on arrival as has been the case all along and clarification is sought on this crucial issue.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your visa or permit application is approved, it establishes that you are eligible for the approved visa or permit, but does not establish that your application is definitely approved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon arrival to Uganda (at the selected point of entry) or to the Immigration Office Headquarters, you will be inspected by an Immigration Officer who may determine if your application is finally approved. All information provided by you, or on your behalf by a designated third party, must be true and correct. A visa or permit application approval may be revoked at any time and for any reason, such as new information influencing eligibility. You may be subject to administrative or criminal penalties if you knowingly and willfully make a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in an electronic visa or permit application submitted by you or on your behalf.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The process would work as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Anyone arriving from 01st June 2016 who require Visas must have applied online and on completion and submitting the application intending travelers are to receive a bar coded email notification.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) On arrival at any border post, airport or land borders, that email must be presented and the bar code will be scanned into the immigration system. A Visa sticker will then be printed, including a scanned in picture and will be inserted into the passport on payment of the respective Visa fee.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) For any Visa extensions, again the process is due to be completed on line though it is thought that anyone in Kampala may apply in person at the Immigration Headquarters at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) These applications will be for regular single entry Visa, the common East African Tourist Visa (covering besides Uganda also Kenya and Rwanda), multiple entry Visa and Business Visa.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Access to the application platform can be found at <a href="http://www.visas.immigration.go.ug/" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">www.visas.immigration.go.ug</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a related development will applications for special passes and work permits also from 01st of June onwards be done online.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Relevant statements from the Ministry of Tourism, the Uganda Tourism Board and the Ugandan private sector are expected to be issued in due course further explaining the modalities of these transactions.</span><br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-15594569119547302092016-05-16T11:00:00.000+03:002016-05-16T12:28:16.552+03:00Who Needs and How to Apply for Rwanda Visa– Tourist Visa Entry Requirements, East Africa Tourist visa application<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="s1">If you are a foreiegner visiting Rwanda, you should submit your visa application to the Rwandese embassy or diplomatic mission near you for processing.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Where this mission isn't available, you can request for a visa acceptance letter online which you will present on arrival to get your visa upon payment of the visa fee - $30.</span></div>
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Citizens of the East Africa Community can get a renewable 6 months' visitor's pass upon arrival for no fee.<br />
Nationals of all African countries traveling to or transiting through Rwanda can obtain a entry visa upon arrival without necessarily making prior application and pay for a visa ($30) where applicable.<br />
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In view of the existing bilateral agreements, citizens of the following countries can visit Rwanda without a Visa for a period of 90 days: Hong Kong, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Phillipines, Mauritius and Singapore.<br />
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<span class="s1">Nationals of Australia, Germany, Israel, New Zealand, Republic of South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States of America will be issued with entry visa valid for a period up to 30 days and pay for a visa ($30) upon arrival without prior application. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Nationals of the countries mentioned above not exempted from visa may also choose to get visa at Rwanda Diplomatic Missions (except the UN Mission in New York) or online.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Use the following link to apply for visa online:<span class="s2"><a href="https://www.migration.gov.rw/index.php?id=203">Click here</a></span></span></div>
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Try to do it 72 hours before and record your tracking number. A return ticket is mandatory for all those jetting into Rwanda. It is advisable to check with the nearest Rwandese consulate or visit: <a href="http://www.migration.gov.rw/">http://www.migration.gov.rw/</a> for more information.</div>
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When I say you MUST fill the form, I really mean it, many visitors are actually kicked out of the border for not doing it!<br />
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<u><b>APPLICATION FOR THE EAST AFRICA TOURIST VISA (1 VISA = ENTRY TO RWANDA, UGANDA, KENYA)</b></u></div>
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<span class="s1">To qualify for the East Africa Tourist visa, you must be a foreigner who wants to visit simultaneously the Republic of Kenya, Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Uganda <u><b>for tourism.</b></u></span></div>
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<span class="s1">The holder of the East Africa Tourist Visa shall enter from the country that issued the visa and move within the two other countries without applying for another visa or paying another visa fee.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">The holder shall also be allowed to move out of the Republic of Kenya, Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Uganda; and return without having to pay for another visa. This will only be applicable in the period of 90 days.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">Applications for this visa shall be lodged at any of the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Kenya, Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Uganda, at the Immigration Offices of the respective countries or online where applicable <a href="https://www.migration.gov.rw/index.php?id=26"><span class="s2">click here to apply online in Rwanda</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">* One clear colored passport size photo with white background, recently taken without glasses, caps and scurf; (the photo should be attached to the application form by use of glue stick. Stapling and clipping the photo to the application form is not advisable).</span></div>
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<span class="s1">* A complete filled application form <a href="https://www.migration.gov.rw/fileadmin/templates/PDF_files/permits/visa_permit_application_form_pdf.pdf"><span class="s2">click here to download application form</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="s1">* An application letter addressed to the issuing authority of the concerned country </span></div>
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<b>Transit single entry visas for up to 2 days are given at a cost of $30</b> at the same cost as the single entry tourist visa which is available for up to 90 days. <br />
You will make the payment at the point where you enter the country. It is very important to remember that you need a confirmation letter (or a hotel confirmation, Tour operator invitation/ tour confirmation letter, copy of gorilla permit) to get a Rwanda visa and therefore you need to contact your contact in Rwanda or consulate in your country to get this document.<br />
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Please note that if you are planning to apply for resident/business
or missionary multiple entry visas upon entry to Rwanda you will need to
obtain police clearance from your home country. We advise you to obtain police clearance
before travelling as this may often take longer than expected.<br />
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You must hold a valid passport to enter Rwanda. Your passport must
be valid for the proposed duration of your stay. No additional period of
validity beyond this is required. However, it is always sensible to
have a short period of extra validity on your passport in case of any
unforeseen delays to your departure. You do not have to wait until your
old passport expires to apply to renew it. Any time left on your old
passport when you apply will be added to your new passport, up to a
maximum of nine months. <br />
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />However, Yellow fever vaccination certificates are in theory compulsory for entry or exit, but in reality are rarely requested.<br />
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Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-24901462331352183852015-09-17T14:24:00.007+03:002017-10-16T13:49:51.882+03:00Kalinzu Forest Reserve–A Natural Forest beaming with Chimps, Primates, butterflies, rear birds, etc<div style="text-align: left" dir="ltr" trbidi="on">Essentially an eastern extension of the Maramagambo Forest, the 137km² Kalinzu Forest Reserve is traversed by a number of scenic trails along the ridges and valleys of the Rift Valley Escarpment, offering views of the Rwenzoris, Lake Edward and the Kazinga Channel. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4zOxFOpvkz4/UJoss6SQehI/AAAAAAAAASc/BCQ0zDrqjSM/s1600-h/kalinzu%252520forest%252520chimpanzee%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="kalinzu forest chimpanzee" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="kalinzu forest chimpanzee" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-AjtwJt2SBTI/UJosvN6cbAI/AAAAAAAAASk/DGJ1bmHfBMg/kalinzu%252520forest%252520chimpanzee_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="329" align="left" height="310"></a> <br>The Forest is famous for 414 Species of Trees and Shrubs including the Ficus, Prunus Africana, the Stroboia, and Parinari among others. <br>In addition to an alluring variety of forest birds, Kalinzu protects six diurnal primate species: chimpanzees, olive baboon, black and white Colobus and red-tailed, blue and L’Hoest monkey, as well as the rare pygmy antelope. Nocturnal primates such as potto, and two varieties of galago can be sought on night walks, when you are also likely to hear the eerie shrieking of the tree hyrax. <br>The 2001 Primate Census put the total number of Chimpanzees in the Reserve at approximately 240. However, only two Groups of about 70 can be accessed by both Researchers and Tourists. <br>The Forest also harbours 378 Species of Birds such as the Great Blue Turaco, Black and White Casket, Cuckoos and Sunbirds. <br>Other varieties of Species include 262 Butterflies, 97 Moths, Reptiles and Flowers. <br>Because of its proximity to the Queen Elizabeth National Park, the Forest Reserve occasionally provides refuge to Savannah Grassland Species such as the Duikers, Leopards and Wild Pigs. <br><b>Tourist Activities in Kalinzu Forest</b> <br>Tourist activities in the Reserve include <br>· <b>Chimps tracking allowing 4 visitors per day at US Dollars 50 per person..</b> <br>· Forest Walks, <br>· Conservation Education, <br>· Birding, <br>· Butterfly Identification, <br>· and small Mammal viewing. <br>How to Get to Kalinzu <br>Kalinzu Forest Reserve is located in Bushenyi District in western Uganda. It is approximately 375 km. (six hours drive) from the Capital City of Kampala. Because of the Albertine Terrain with old logging and winding roads, a four – wheel drive vehicle is recommended. <br><b>Accommodation while at Kalinzu</b> <br>Accommodation in the Reserve is still informal with only a do-it- yourself Camping Site at the Forest Station at Nkombe. Visitors are advised to carry their own Tents. Visitors can also seek modest accommodation in Bushenyi/Ishaka Townships. <br>For Reservations, please contact the Range Manager on Tel: 256-41-0772 458389<br><br> <h3 style="text-align: left"><span style="color: red"><span style="font-size: large"><u><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"">Related posts</span></u></span></span></h3> <h4 style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/11/kyambura-gorge-chimpanzees-and-river-of.html">Kyambura Gorge Chimpanzees and the River of the Bl...</a></span></span></h4> <h4 style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-you-must-visit-bigodi-wetland-must.html">Why You Must Visit Bigodi Wetland, Kibale and Fort...</a> </span></span></h4> <h4 style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://safariadviceuganda.blogspot.com/2012/07/what-to-expect-from-safari-to-kibale.html">What to expect from a safari to Kibale National Pa...</a> </span></span></h4><br> <h4 class="post-title entry-title" style="text-align: left" itemprop="name"><span style="font-size: x-small; 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font-weight: 700">1 Day <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/uganda/One_day_tour_ngamba_island_chimps_sanctuary.htm">Ngamba Island Chimps tour</a></span></span></span></h4><br><b><span style="font-size: medium">Tours to Kalinzu</span></b><br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/contact/" target="_blank">Contact us</a> if you would like us to include Kalinzu Forest on your tour program, or if you would like any more information about visiting Kalinzu Forest Reserve.<br><b>Tours to nearby places</b><br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/uganda/uganda_3days%20queen%20elizabeth%20park%20tour.htm" target="_blank">3 days Queen Elizabeth National Park Tour</a><br><b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/uganda/uganda_kibale%20chimps%20queen%20elizabeth%20park%20tour.htm" target="_blank">5 days: Uganda Kibale Forest and Queen Elizabeth N.Park safari with Chimpanzee tracking, primate walks, and Game drives.</a></b><br><b><b><span style="font-size: medium">Accommodation and Lodging near Kalinzu Forest Reserve</span></b></b><br><b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/KyamburaGameLodge.htm">Kyambura Game Lodge</a></b><br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/KyamburaGameLodge.jpg"><img title="Kyambura Game Lodge Queen Elizabeth National Park" border="0" alt="Kyambura Game Lodge Queen Elizabeth National Park" src="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/KyamburaGameLodge.jpg" width="121" height="80"></a><br><b></b><b>This eco-lodge is perched above the Kyambura Gorge at the edge of Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. <br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/KyamburaGameLodge.htm">Learn more >></a></b><br><b></b><br><b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/QueenElizabethBushLodge.htm">Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge</a></b><b><br></b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/Queen%20Elizabeth%20Bush%20Lodge%20Tents.jpg"><img title="Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge " border="0" alt="Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge " src="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/Queen%20Elizabeth%20Bush%20Lodge%20Tents.jpg" width="93" height="70"></a> <br><b>Located close to as well the chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge as to the prime game viewing areas in the park, it forms an excellent base for your exploration<br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/QueenElizabethBushLodge.htm">Learn more >></a></b><b></b><br><br><b></b><b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/MweyaSafariLodgeUgandaRatesBooking.htm">Mweya Safari Lodge</a><br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/BeautifullPicOfMweyaSafariLodgeUganda.jpg"><img title="Beautifull Photo of Mweya Safari Lodge Uganda" border="0" alt="Beautifull Photo of Mweya Safari Lodge Uganda" src="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/BeautifullPicOfMweyaSafariLodgeUganda.jpg" width="111" height="74"></a></b><b>One of the most beautifully situated lodges in Uganda, facing the bank of Kazinga Channel which routinely attracts large herds of buffalo, elephant, and incredible views of the "Mountains of the Moon" - the Rwenzoris. <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/MweyaSafariLodgeUgandaRatesBooking.htm">Learn more >></a></b><b></b> <br><br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/JacanaLodgeUgandaRatesBooking.htm">Jacana Lodge</a> <br><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/JacanaSafariLodgeScenery.jpg"><img title="Beautifull Photo of Jacana Lodge Uganda" border="0" alt="Beautifull Photo of Jacana Lodge Uganda" src="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/JacanaSafariLodgeScenery.jpg" width="171" height="92"></a><br><b></b><b>in the center of Queen Elizabeth National Park, a fifteen minute drive from the main road, but the scenery is nice. The lodge is on a beautiful lake in the forest. Many monkeys, some hippo-sounds at night. <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/JacanaLodgeUgandaRatesBooking.htm">Learn more >></a></b><b></b><br><b></b><br><br><b></b><b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/tours/uganda-gorilla-chimp-game-safari-lake-mburo-bwindi-kyambura-6-days/">Katara Lodge</a></b><br><b></b><a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/KataraLodge.jpg"><img title="Katara Lodge Queen Elizabeth National Park" border="0" alt="Katara Lodge Queen Elizabeth National Park" src="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/KataraLodge.jpg" width="124" height="82"></a><br><b>Katara lodge is a little way out of Queen Elizabeth National Park and in a small village but with fabulous views from the lodge (about 30mins from the main game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park). <a href="https://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/KataraLodge.htm">Learn more >></a></b><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div> Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-67851358068638121562015-09-15T18:01:00.000+03:002015-09-18T18:02:25.900+03:00Uganda Wildlife Authority opens up road to King Rwenzururu's burial site<p dir="ltr">The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has embarked on a programme to open a road that leads to the first king of the Rwenzururu Kingdom in the Rwenzori Mountains. <br>Late Isaya Mukirania Kyibanzanga I, who led the Bakonzo and the Bamba in a rebellion in 1961 against Toro Kingdom died in 1966. He was buried at the peak of the hill- Bulemba in the steep mountains of Rwenzori in Ihandiro sub - county in Kasese District. </p> <p dir="ltr">"We are working with the local communities to construct a road so that tourists can reach Bulemba and see where the first king of the Bakonzo was buried," Frederick Kiiza, the Rwenzori Mountains National Park chief warden, said.<br>UWA has so far constructed a modern hut at Bulemba, about 500m below the Isaya Mukirania Kyibanzanga's grave and a rest camp along the foot path to the tomb. </p> <p dir="ltr">The Ihandiro sub - county chairperson, Fenhansi Baluku, confirmed that UWA had already released some money for clearing the bush that had grown on the Murushenga-Kibigha road that leads to Bulemba. </p> <p dir="ltr">Murushenga-Kibigha road was first made between 1959 and 1960 by the Canadians who owned Kirembe Copper mines to extend the mining to Kigombya in the mountains. <br>Baluku told a gathering who trekked to Bulemba, 30 km from Bwera town in Bukonzo West, that clearing of the bush had already started to pave way for re - excavating the road. </p> <p dir="ltr">Officiating at the celebrations that were held under the theme, <i>"Exploring and Sustaining tourism potential in the Rwenzori Mountains," </i>the speaker of the Rwenzururu Kingdom, Enock Muhindo called on the youth to respond positively to what had led the Bakonzo and Bamba to wage rebellion. <br>He reminded the Rwenzururu subjects that after the demise of Kyibanzanga I, his first born son, Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma, took over the kingdom and on August 15, 1981 declared the end of the war of violence. </p> <p dir="ltr">Muhindo also advised the Rwenzururu youth to cooperate with fellow youth in Toro Kingdom.</p> <p dir="ltr">"We must work together to bring peace in the Rwenzori region and live in harmony with other cultural institutions because we cannot develop in isolation, "he stressed. An American tourist , Lauren Burton, one of those who trekked to Bulemba to attend the celebrations, said: "I have enjoyed being here. The Rwenzori Mountains are beautiful from every corner. "</p> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both"><a style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em" href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6nWAel4K-U4/VfwUxG8vvXI/AAAAAAAAPu0/fV6P_NOfYEs/s1600/2015-09-18%25252016.39.47.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6nWAel4K-U4/VfwUxG8vvXI/AAAAAAAAPu0/fV6P_NOfYEs/s640/2015-09-18%25252016.39.47.jpg"> </a></div> Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-85730363382219058182015-08-05T15:13:00.001+03:002015-08-05T15:13:28.880+03:00Bwindi Habituates 2 more gorilla families for Tourism<p>Two new groups of mountain gorillas are being habituated for tourism and research in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. </p> <p>The groups, named Bushaho and Bikingi, are named for their home ranges and contain some individuals from previously habituated groups. Both groups are led by former Nkuringo group silverbacks, Bahati and Bikingi. </p> <p>There are 8 babies between these two groups (6 in Bikingi and 2 in Bushaho)! The groups are being habituated for tourism, yes. </p> <p>Habituation allows veterinarians to visit the groups regularly and closely monitor them for any sign of illness or injury - and intervene to save a life when it is necessary. It also allows the rangers to monitor the group on a daily basis - and for instance, report a gorilla who has become caught in a poacher's snare so that veterinarians can intervene and administer the necessary treatment immediately.</p> <p>When combined with the estimated 480 gorillas inhabiting the Virunga Volcanoes to the south (the only other location where mountain gorillas exist) , the world’s population of mountain gorilla now stands at 880. The mountain gorillas of Bwindi and the Virungas are the only gorilla populations known to be increasing; all other populations are thought to be in decline due to hunting and habitat loss. <p>The rise in mountain gorilla populations also indicates the success of a continued collaboration between the Uganda Wildlife Authority with the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB); the Virunga Mountains lie on the borders of three countries, requiring the participation of agencies from Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda for effective monitoring and enforcement. Bwindi, however, is located in Uganda, but in the spirit of regional collaboration, the ICCN and RDB sent support teams for the 2011 Bwindi census effort. <p>Although far fewer in number than their western relatives, mountain gorillas have had a profound effect on both the public and the naturalists who have encountered them. While collecting specimens in Africa for the American Museum of Natural History in the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century, U.S. explorer Carl Akeley became concerned about the future of the mountain gorilla, helping to establish Africa’s first national park—now Virunga National Park—in 1925 to protect the gorillas. </p> Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-54902735798422859832015-07-30T12:26:00.001+03:002015-07-30T12:30:43.161+03:00New Mountain Gorillas Census set for September 2015<p><strong>A new census for Mountain Gorillas is set for September 2015 in the Great Virunga Massif is set for September, 2015, the Greater Virunga Trans boundary Collaboration- GVTC has said. <img style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" src="http://www.gorillasandwildlifesafaris.com/img/mountain-gorilla-silverback.jpg" width="320" align="right" height="207"><br>The massif includes Uganda's Bwindi and Mgahinga National Park, Virunga National Park in DR Congo and the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda.</strong> <p>The last mountain gorillas census was conducted in September 2011 and its results indicated a 3.2% increase in gorilla population (to a total of about 880 in the wild) in the Greater Virunga the previous ones having been conducted in 2006, 2002 and 1997. All other censuses before have taken place in a duration spacing of five years apart. <p>This census is aimed at estimating the current gorilla numbers of Uganda’s BINP, document information on illegal activities, the gorillas distribution and compile information on other mammals in the ecosystem. <p>The organizations involved in the planning and eventual implementation of the activity include <a href="http://www.ugandawildlife.org/">Uganda Wildlife Authority</a>, the Greater Virunga Trans boundary Collaborative Secretariat (GTVCS), the <a href="http://iccn.gorillacd.org/">Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature</a>, the <a href="http://www.rdb.rw/">Rwanda Development Board</a>, local governments and the <a href="http://www.igcp.org/">International Gorilla Conservation Programme</a>, <a href="http://www.eva.mpg.de/">Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology</a>, <a href="http://www.ctph.org/">Conservation Through Public Health</a>, the <a href="http://gorilladoctors.org/">Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project</a>, the <a href="http://www.gorillafund.org/">Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund – International</a> and us, the <a href="http://www.itfc.org/">Institute for Tropical Forest Conservation</a>. <p>James Byamukama, the Programme Manager at GVTC says the exercise, which should have started earlier, was delayed by the insecurity in DR Congo. He however adds that they are set to conduct the census in September starting in Virunga National Park.<br>Byamukama says with the census, the collaboration will be able to plan for future conservation efforts and the emerging trends of threats to gorilla population. Periodic censuses of endangered populations of high-profile species including gorillas help conservationists to understand their population dynamics assess the success of conservation programmes aimed at ensuring their survival <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:e647ef46-bf3b-467a-adaa-84822cedb110" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Blogger Tags: </div>, and to ensure that they receive continued attention from the global conservation community. <p>The method of use in this census will be the sweep method as well as fecal samples collected for generic analysis. In the sweep method, teams traverse each marked sector of the park in a zigzag manner. They look for fresh gorilla trails till their nests are found and counted. The estimates are made based on nests encountered in the due course of the census. The estimates are made based on nests encountered in the due course of the census. In great apes mammals, research has proven that the sweeping has been the most efficient method to date unlike the transect,experts assert. <br>In a preparatory census meeting of the stakeholders recently in Kabale, UWA’s Senior Monitoring and Research co-coordinator, Mr. Aggrey Rwesiba stated how important this exercise is to Uganda Wildlife Authority. He noted that the census provided vital information for establishing best management strategies that could be applied at both local and global scales to conserve the mountain Gorilla population. He accordingly stressed that the census was an important index for the different stakeholders on the effectiveness of their work towards conserving the mountain gorillas. <p>Unlike other censuses done before in Bwindi, generic analysis where the fecal samples will be analyzed to minimize error and ascertain more accurate figures of the gorillas. It is estimated that a distance of not less than 600km will be covered by various teams to be involved in the census around the entire. Many staff from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has already committed themselves to be part of this historical event of counting gorillas and preparation are in a high notch. The vegetation and terrain of Bwindi forest make it uniquely different from that Virungas. This makes the census more challenging as well as exciting, something to look forward to. <br>The Conservation Area Manager of Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Area, Mr. Pontius Ezuma has committed resources such as standby vehicles for the field teams and security all through the census exercise. In his own admission, he expects a rigorous time ahead thus the need to adequately prepare since the exercise has to be accommodated with many routine activities in park. <br>In the census carried out in Bwindi population in was carried out in 2002, results showed that the population had increased since the previous census in 1997 by approximately 7%, to 320 individuals according to McNeilage and others 2006 while the Virunga population currently numbers around 380 gorillas . Another census of the Bwindi gorilla population was carried out between April and June 2006 to determine the population's total size and structure, its distribution across Bwindi, and the potential impact of human disturbance on the population.<br>The results at the time showed show that the 5 habituated groups in Bwindi contained a total of 76 individuals at the time of the census. In addition to these, 25 unhabituated groups were found, containing 227 individuals along with 11 lone silverback males, giving a total uncorrected population count of 314 individuals. <p>Though gorillas have few natural predators, they are endangered due to the loss of habitat and forest clearing. They also fall victim to hunting for the wildlife trade, and through accidental snaring by poachers who are targeting antelopes for meat. Diseases that affect humans also pose a threat to apes and can spread quickly in such small populations.</p> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:7054367f-e52b-4345-8a3a-9fb0455b18fc" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Blogger Tags: <a href="http://www.example.com/mountain+gorillas" rel="tag">mountain gorillas</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/gorilla+population" rel="tag">gorilla population</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/bwindi+gorillas" rel="tag">bwindi gorillas</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/rwanda+gorillas" rel="tag">rwanda gorillas</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/gorilla+census+2015" rel="tag">gorilla census 2015</a></div> Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8860205992323677500.post-51231399446941873372015-07-24T17:40:00.001+03:002015-07-24T17:40:10.685+03:00British Airways suspends Heathrow–Entebbe route flights<p>British Airways (BA) final flights to and from Entebbe airport to London Heathrow will be on October 2 and October 3, 2015 respectively as the company suspends all its services. <p>BA says after a review of its flight schedules, Heathrow-Entebbe route was not considered commercially viable. <p><a href="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pj0Mkssq3RU/VbJOPOtH6pI/AAAAAAAAMKg/js1nPpeoy0k/s1600-h/british-airways-entebbe-london-heathrow-flights-suspended-2015%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="british-airways-entebbe-london-heathrow-flights-suspended-2015" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="british-airways-entebbe-london-heathrow-flights-suspended-2015" src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EXfBzoVGkBg/VbJOQkiMQLI/AAAAAAAAMKo/2WM_6_Dhk60/british-airways-entebbe-london-heathrow-flights-suspended-2015_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="413" height="545"></a> <div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:3c454b36-c809-4ebe-84d6-aeec81cc0242" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px">Blogger Tags: <a href="http://www.example.com/British+Airways+Entebbe" rel="tag">British Airways Entebbe</a>, <a href="http://www.example.com/BA+closure+Entebbe" rel="tag">BA closure Entebbe</a></div> Ivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01697915622651716312noreply@blogger.com1