SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR GORILLA TREKKING IN UGANDA DURING COVID-19

Safety Precautions for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda During Covid-19  : Gorilla trekking in Uganda is among the most memorable activities that has attracted a number of tourists to visit the country to take part in given the fact that  Uganda is home to half of the endangered mountain gorilla species in the world that can either be found in either Bwindi impenetrable national park and mgahinga national park. 

Gorilla trekking in mgahinga national park is carried out by hiking three of the eight virunga mountains mount Gahinga, mount Muhabura and mount sabyinyo which will give you access to the habituated gorilla families whereas gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park is carried out in four sectors of the park that is in Buhoma, Nkuringo, Ruhija and Rushaga which will give you access to the habituated gorilla families as well.

During gorilla trekking in Uganda you’ll have the chance to spend one hour with the endangered species observing their different features like how they co-exist with one another, you will get to see how shy they are and gentle, their diet which consist of small invertebrates bamboo shoots, youll get to see the adult females of the group feeding the infants, and the juveniles grooming oe another among other interesting features of the primates.

 A lot has changed when it come to gorilla trekking in Uganda after the outbreak of the covid-19 global pandemic which affected a number of tourism destinations because it claimed a number of people’s lives.

When Uganda confirmed her first case of covid-19 in 2020, a number of safety precautions  were put in place to ensure that tourists interested in taking part in a number of activities during their Uganda safari like chimpanzee trekking in Kibale national park, game drives in Murchison falls national park, and kidepo national park, hiking the virunga mountains in Rwanda, Kampala city tour among other  activities, with gorilla trekking in Uganda which is among the activities that tourists frequent there are a number of safety precautions that will ensure that you have a safe experience during you transfer to the park as you embark on your gorilla trekking experience as you put in the safety precautions in place.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR GORILLA TREKKING IN UGANDA DURING COVID-19

While carrying out gorilla trekking in Uganda you’re highly emphasized

• Whether you received a covid-19 vaccine or not, you are highly emphasized to put on your face mask as safety precautions for gorilla trekking in Uganda during covid-19  which will enable you to have  a safe activity it should be noted that one of the ways the virus is through air and with the face masks it will help block the infected droplets from reaching your mouth and nose.
• While carrying out gorilla trekking in Uganda, you should consider maintaining a safe distance of 2 metres away from other travellers to avoid contamination and contracting of the virus in case some of the travellers might have come in contact with covid-19/ corona virus.
• You should consider using hand sanitizer while taking part in gorilla trekking which helps to kill the virus in case you come in contact with infected surfaces and this can easily be spread by the use of hands therefore regular sanitising should be carried out.

• For tourists that have recovered from the virus, they should present their recovery documents in order to take part in gorilla trekking in Uganda this is because the virus can be detected even after months after diagnosis which can hinder you from taking part in gorilla trekking in Uganda.
• Access to Uganda will only be given to tourists that have tested negative for covid-19 and poses a negative covid-19 pcr test which should be presented at arrival this is done to ensure that the tourists that take part in the activities have an amazing and safe gorilla trekking experience in Uganda without putting them in a dangerous situation of contracting the virus.