Gorilla trekking with a 14 old year child
Gorilla trekking with a 14 old year child ; This is a commonly asked questions to a traveler with children under 15 years of age wishing to do gorilla trekking tour in Uganda’ s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park? Under the ‘’UWA’’ Uganda Wildlife Authority policy, the minimum age for Gorilla trekking is limited at 15 years and above. Those below that age is considered a minor or child thus not fitting to trek the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park but it is still possible that a child below 15 years can trek gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
More so, children or minors are not allowed to trek gorillas in Bwindi in order to avoid weird circumstances for example – a child may decide to make noise or run which may result into gorilla’s threat or charge to visitors.
Therefore, are many reasons why children below 15 years are not allowed to trekking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park due to the fact that children may have communicable diseases which can easily be transmitted to these endangered mountain gorillas. Yes, humans and mountain gorillas almost share the same genes, disease like cough and flue which can easily be transmitted. Other reason is that the trek can sometimes be hard as Bwindi is hilly, it can be slippery and the surface is rough which kids may not be able to contend with it.
What is required to allow a 14-year-old child to trek gorillas?
A traveler with children of 14 years old wanting his child to do gorilla trekking must be wondering, whether they also pay the same gorilla permit price as for the adult to do gorilla trekking. Most of the time children are grouped with their family they visited with for the gorilla trek in the forest for easy management and care of their parents.
More fact, visitor’s valid passports will be reviewed to ensure minor, remember that minors are not allowed to trek the gorillas and if found that the child is a minor – you won’t be allowed to trek the mountain gorillas even when you have a permit secured. Furthermore, children who are minors can travel with their parents on safari and be left at the hotel or can opt to participate in guided nature walks and community walk.
Any parent wanting his kid of 14 years old to participate will need to sign a waiver in order to allow the child to go for gorilla trekking. Signing a waiver is a legally binding provision where the parent agrees to voluntarily accept his child to go visit the gorillas without a tour operator or Uganda Wildlife Authority being liable.
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi for a 14-year-old child;
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies in the southwestern region of Uganda sharing boarder with Congo, it is one of the only two national parks in Uganda where you can trek and see these unique mountain gorillas in their natural habitat in the wild. More so, Bwindi is a home to more than half the remaining mountain gorillas in the wild thus making it famous and best place to trek the mountain gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is divided into different sectors where you can do the Gorilla tracking experience namely Rushaga, Buhoma and Ruhija and Nkuringo sector.
Well fact, Bwindi Forest National Park has several different habituated gorillas’ groups open for tourism –each gorilla group /family has different gorilla individuals and each gorilla family is headed and controlled by the dominant male gorilla the silver back. Note please, any one to go on the trek must have a valid gorilla permit for trekking that day. More to that, Gorilla permits are limited in number per day given that only 8 individuals allowed to trek per gorilla family per day in Bwindi Forest National park.
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How to book Gorilla trekking with a 14-year-old child.
A visitor will be required to secure your gorilla permit for you to be allowed to go for Gorilla trekking with a 14-year-old child in Bwindi or Mgahinga National Park. Gorilla tracking is the primary activity to do in case you want to see the gorillas. However, there are 98% chances of seeing the mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.
Mountain gorillas in Bwindi Forest National Park are splintered in four different habituated sectors of the park; Rushaga and Nkuringo in the south and Ruhija and Buhoma in the North East part of Bwindi respectively.
It is advisable a gorilla permit to be purchased in advance to secure an adventure for your trek for any date depending on your travel dates and availability of the permits that day. Gorilla tracking is done in a group of 8 people per gorilla family which means eight permits only a available for each gorilla family, for you to secure a place for a day’s gorilla trek you will need to secure your Gorilla Trekking Permit in advance months before your travel dates to Bwindi. What needed; All need to do is to send us your actual dates when you prefer trekking gorillas and we will have check availability of permits online. We will reserve your permit respectively and send you approve of payment invoice. Once you make payment, we will go ahead and secure your permit. Thereafter, send you scanned copies of receipts from Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Where to stay during Gorilla trekking with a 14-year-old child
Take note that, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has four gorilla sector namely; Rushaga, Buhoma, Ruhija and Nkuringo. Having a comfortable stay and successful gorilla trekking activity, you need to choose accommodation /hotel depending on the sector you’re to trek gorillas from.
When you check availability of permits with us, we shall let you know which sector of gorillas has permits available. All these sectors have perfect lodges /hotels ranging from budget to Mid ranger to Luxury and to up market hotel either low season rates and a high season rates.
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