Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Travel Guide

  Gorilla in the trees
by Zanzibargirl
 
  • Gorilla in the trees
      Gorilla in the trees
    by Zanzibargirl
  • Our group at Mgahinga
      Our group at Mgahinga
    by Zanzibargirl
  • summit (do you believe?)
      summit (do you believe?)
    by Bonobo2005
  • our little anxious assistant guides
      our little anxious assistant guides
    by Bonobo2005
  • Mt. Muhabura (left) & Mt. Gahinga
      Mt. Muhabura (left) & Mt. Gahinga
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Things to Do  

Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla Trekking, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Zanzibargirl Says:  Seeing one family of 9 out of 600 gorillas left in the wild is special. To know that on a given day I was one of only 6 people in the world to get to do it makes it even more special. And on the day I went I got to see them roll about for about an hour in play, chest beating... 

Climbing Mt. Sabinyo

Climbing Mt. Sabinyo, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Mt Sabinyo (3634m) has 3 peaks and is nicknamed "the old men's teeth" because it's craterrim is ruined so much. The summit is the border with both Rwanda and DR Congo.I loved this mountain most, but unfortunately I wasn't allowed to go up. The reason was, they said, that... 

Climbing up Mt. Gahinga

Climbing up Mt. Gahinga, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Gahinga (3474m) is the smallest of the 3 inactive volcanoes in the Park, and the 6th highest of the 8 volcanoes in the Virunga range.The climb (hike) to the craterrim differs from Muhabura and it's therefore interesting to climb both. Gahinga has a large bamboo zone that you... 

Climbing Mt. Muhavura (aka Muhabura)

Climbing Mt. Muhavura (aka Muhabura), Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Of the 3 volcanoes in this Ugandan part of the Virunga Range, Muhabura is the tallest with 4127m., while it's the 3rd highest peak in the whole chain of 8 peaks, after Karisimbi (4507m. in Rwanda) and Mikeno (4437m. in DR Congo).A good reason for climbing (hiking) this... 

Hotels  

Kisoro Tourist Hotel: The Best Place to stay In kisoro

Kisoro Tourist Hotel: The Best Place to stay In kisoro, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 yaya1 Says:  The service is excellent.Cost 50USD per night Kisoro Tourist Hotel in Kisoro is the best solution for whoever is visiting the South West of Uganda, in the way for the gorilla tracking in Rwanda, in Congo or in Bwindi Nkuringo.Kisoro Tourist Hotel is the most pleasant and... 

Community Campground: Stay next to the Park entrance

Community Campground: Stay next to the Park entrance, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Next to the Park entrance a local community initiative has been resulted in a campground and also dorms in bandas.Since it is the local villagers that benefit, I would say it's worth supporting for that single reason! It's very nice and quiet located in the forest and the... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

You shouldn't mind soldiers!

You shouldn't mind soldiers!, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  When doing an activity in Mgahinga NP, whether it is gorilla tracking or just hiking, you will be continuously accompanied by a small army.In & around the Park another 1000 troops will protect you from the "buffalos".Actually the presence of so many bullets around me did me... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Pythontracking on Lake Mutanda

Pythontracking on Lake Mutanda, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  At Virunga Hotel (Kisoro) we were offered a hiking/boattrip to search for pythons that supposed to be about 10 meters long and even eat dogs.After we had been taken by dug out canoe to some kind of island the pythontracking took us through banana plantations and swamps... 

Hiking to Lake Mutanda

Hiking to Lake Mutanda, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

 Bonobo2005 Says:  Lake Mutanda is just few km's out of Kisoro town, a nice lake and a lovely walk. Very much like Northern Rwanda -even the same language is spoken- with heavily cultivated green hills, great people, hundreds of children shouting "how are you" from everywhere and the... 

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Mgahinga National Park: volcanoes & gorillas

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 WARNING: THIS PAGE IS NOT ABOUT GORILLA TRACKING Mgahinga National Park is the Ugandan share of the Virunga Conservation Area, that stretches also in Rwanda and DR Congo. It's in this area that the... 

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The Mgahinga Finger!

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 This is a photo sent to me from a friend who took it when we went on our gorilla trekking expedition in Mgahinga Gorilla national park. It is so cool and so funny. The gorillas as you can see were... 

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Hanging out with the Silver Backs

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  The only way to get to Mgahinga is a dirt road that starts from Kabale and goes West towards Kisoro. The road goes along the banks of Lake Bunyoni, through mountains that are nearly 2700 meters... 

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