Minimum Age Limit for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
Age limit for gorilla trekking in Uganda’s National Parks is limited; Uganda has only two National Parks where gorilla trekking takes place in their natural environment which include Bwindi National Park and Mgahinga National Park. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is located in southwestern Uganda on the area of about 331 km² in size and over 460 km from Kampala the capital of Uganda to Bwindi National Park. Age Limit for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
Mgahinga National Park located in the southwestern corner of Uganda which is well known for the mountain gorilla and golden monkey and is the smallest Park in Uganda’s National Park with approximately 33.7 sq. km and consists of the partly forested slopes of three extinct volcanoes, and it is approximately a 9-10hours drive from Kampala the capital of Uganda to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Age limit for gorilla trekking in Uganda’s National Park of Bwindi and Mgahinga is 15 years old, a person under 15 years old are not allowed to tracker gorillas in their natural environment of Mgahinga National Park and Bwindi National Park because those children tend to have communicable diseases that may be easily transmitted to mountain gorillas which are already endangered.
Children are also unpredictable since you can never tell how they will behave during gorilla trekking at a given family of mountain gorillas. In order to avoid all these, by law, all children below 15 years are not allowed to trek gorillas except those who are the lucky winner. However, the child is allowed to trek gorillas if he or she is about to celebrate the 15th birthday, this person can be allowed to trek gorillas in their natural state but if you communicated earlier before. Age Limit for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
Above 15 years old travelers are allowed to trek gorillas and those with natural physical disability are also allowed to trek gorillas, however, it’s advisable to communicate with us earlier lone for special arrangement in order to avoid missing such wonderful experience.
Porters/helper are available to give assistance to those who have a natural physical disability, this can be done in many ways in order to assist travelers to do their lifetime experience, such as providing stretcher to the client or you can be given nearby gorilla family in order to easier your trekking experience. All this can be done well through contacting Maranatha tours and travel that are promised to give a lifetime changing experience in gorilla safari Uganda