SAFETY OF GORILLA TREKKING IN RWANDA AND CORONA VIRUS

Safety of Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda And Corona Virus : Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is by far one of the most rewarding activities that tourists all around the come to visit Rwanda in order to see the endangered mountain gorillas in volcanoes national park. However the fate of gorilla trekking in Rwanda was interfered with when Rwanda confirmed her first case if corona virus which led to the closure of national parks in the countries and the closure  of the international airport to minimise the spread of corona virus in the country. And to promote the safety of the tourists that are interested in gorillas trekking in Rwanda.

As corona virus became a global pandemic, a number of tourists that were interested in gorilla trekking in Rwanda were affected in a way that their trips were cancelled, and in some instances no refunds were made and this shortened their long life dream of watching the endangered mountain gorillas along the virunga mounts in volcanoes National park.

With a number of standard procedures the government of Rwanda  is carrying out to ensure that tourism for example  treating the corona virus patients,  putting the country under lockdown to avoid the spread of the virus among communities, government programmes of each national wearing a face mask has also minimised the spread of the virus among others has ensured that tourism  in Rwanda bounces back to normal  as soon as possible has brought hope to a number of tourists interested in participating in gorillas trekking in Rwanda.

The Rwanda development board in their need to ensure that tourism activities get back to normal, they released a number of guidelines that are expected of by a tourist to take part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda during the corona virus pandemic. For any tourist interested in gorilla trekking in Rwanda, they are expected to follow the guidelines and these include the following;

SAFETY MEASURES FOR GORILLA TREKKING IN Rwanda

The safety of gorilla trekking in Rwanda is top notch with a number of covid-19 safety measures that have been put in place in Rwanda to ensure that tourists enjoy having their best time with the endangered mountain gorillas that are tracked by hiking the virunga mountains namely; mount karisimbi, mount Gahinga, mount sabyinyo, mount Bisoke and mount Muhabura in volcanoes national park and these include measures like;

Face masks are mandatory while taking part in gorilla trekking to not only avoid spreadingthe virus to your fellow trackers but also to avoid spreading the virus to the endangered primate species. it should be noted that the endangered primate species are higly vulnerable that they can easly contract any disease from humans which is quite a threat t their sustainability therefore tourists should consider putting their masks on.

Covid-Before accessing the land of 1000 hills, for any tourist interested in taking part in the activity, they are advised to have a negative  covid-19 PCR test in order to participate in the activities. for tourists with a covid-19 negative test they are advised to take another test on arrival which is not the case for  fully vaccinated tourists and this is done in order to identify any tourists that might have contracted the virus on their way to the country.

Social distancing  during gorilla trekking in Rwanda is highly advised to protect the spread of the virus to fellow trackers and the primates. during the activity, tourists are advised to maintain an arm’s distance away from the trackers.

Regular disinfecting of all the surfaces you get in contact with as a way of avoid the spread of the virus because of the fact that the virus tends to live on different surfaces for more than 12 hours.

Cashless payments are encouraged to avoid close contact with one another which can lead to the spread of the virus since the virus is believed to live on different surfaces of the virus at given times which is more than 12 hours making cash payments a risk of contracting the virus.

You should oblige to temperature screening in public transport means this is to avoid any cases of corona virus undetected and at different destinations in the country in order to identify patients that may be a threat to other people.

Many tourists had lost hope in participating in gorilla trekking in Rwanda due to the covid 19 pandemic, corona virus which had claimed and put in danger the lives of a number people which led to temporary standstill on tourism activities in the world but with the following guidelines you will get to fulfil your lifelong dream of gorilla trekking in Rwanda amidst the corona virus pandemic