Uganda’s mountain gorillas are mostly found in Bwindi Impenetrable National park and also in Mgahinga national park, these mountain gorillas have attracted many gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda. This has helped in increasing the revenues of the country and also developing the tourism sector.

Mountain gorillas in Uganda have so far been the highest revenue contributor to the country and this means that the country has always received many tourists who came for gorilla tracking safaris to Uganda. This has greatly helped in developing the tourism industry.

Mountain gorillas in Uganda have groups and these groups are trekked differently in Uganda and only 8 people are allowed to track a particular group at a particular day, this has helped in conserving these mountain gorillas and also helping in increasing the gorilla trekking safaris to Uganda.

Bwindi Impenetrable National park is a home to a half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the wild, these are considered to be endangered species which need to be protected and this will help in maintaining the number of these gorillas hence attracting more mountain gorilla tracking safaris in Uganda.

Mountain gorillas are threatened by many factors and these include; the diseases, poaching, hunting, and many others, this has tried to reduce the number of mountain gorillas hence affecting the mountain gorilla safaris in Uganda.

Gorilla Safaris/ Gorilla Safari News

Prime Uganda Safaris & Tours updates 2013