The mountain Gorilla groups/families in Bwindi Impenetrable National park.

What is the proportion of the mountain gorillas living in Uganda?

Presently, there are over half of the mountain gorillas in the whole world living in Uganda. Following the current census results which were released  by the Minister of Tourism Wildlife and Antiquities, these great apes have greatly increased in number thus  making the activity of mountain  gorilla viewing a sustainable activity  in the country in the national parks of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mghahinga gorilla National park. These have been gazatted into 36 gorilla families which are ready for viewing  as long as you  have a gorilla permit issued by Uganda Wildlife Authority in Uganda. Of course there are other countries which are found in the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of  Congo (DRC), however, due to the fact that Uganda has got the highest number of mountain gorillas, it has become easier to track the gorillas in Uganda since there are even  groups which have been habituated for viewing.

The gorilla groups for Viewing in the national parks of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mghahinga Gorilla national park.

There are 36 gorilla families in the national parks of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mghahinga gorilla national park ready for viewing by tourists. Out of these  36 families, only 11 have been habituated and these can be accesses by tourists or visitors any time they wish.  Out of these groups, there are un predictable groups in Mgahinga gorilla national park which keep on crossing the boarders to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to the Republic of Rwanda thus making these families unpredictable for viewing when you are in the mghahinga gorilla national park.

What time is being recommended for gorilla viewing under the habituation process?

Well, when you opt  to go for the gorilla habituation process, it will take you a  2 to 3 hours when you are with these gorillas. The habituation process in Uganda takes 2 years and during this time, the gorillas get used to the human beings which are regarded as closest relatives to the human beings.  When tourists  or visitors visit these mountain gorillas under the habituation process, they will remain  doing their usual things as the humans who will be tourists and visitors will be viewing them. The Uganda Wildlife Authority   conservation rules guarantees on 8 adults to go under the habituation process each day. It also avails 88 gorilla tracking permits each day along with 8 for the other park called Mghahinga gorilla national park making them 96 permits each day.

Behaviors of the gorillas under this process.

Under this process, the gorillas do move to new places and this therefore means that they cannot stay in one place two times.   To view the gorillas under this process, you must  be having a gorilla permit  which is issued by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, the main issuing board of the gorilla permits.

Names of the mountain gorilla family for tracking

The mountain gorilla families for tracking in the Ugandan national parks are Mubare Gorilla Family, Habinyanja Gorilla Family, Rushegura Gorilla Family, Bitukura Gorilla Family Oruzogo Gorilla Family Nshongi Gorilla Family, Mishaya Gorilla Family, Kahungye Gorilla Family Bweza Gorilla Family, Busingye Gorilla Family, Nyakagezi Gorilla Family and Kyaguriro Gorilla Family. All these gorilla families are ready for viewing and what you need to do is to purchase a gorilla permit from Uganda Wildlife Authority. We can help you obtain the gorilla permit by emailing us through peter.kennethwere@gmail.com. Be critical on the gorilla family and accommodation. These should correspond accordingly to avoid inconveniences which may be caused when you book these inappropriately.