Showing posts with label gorilla safaris to Uganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gorilla safaris to Uganda. Show all posts
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Where to See Mountain Gorillas
Mountain Gorilla trekking is done in Uganda and Rwanda plus few treks in Congo –Democratic Republic of Congo .Mountain Gorilla trekking is a unique adventure
experience that you can do if you love traveling. Uganda is blessed with naturalforests that form natural habitat for these gentle giants of Bwindi Impenetrable
Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park. All these parks are famous formountain gorilla trekking in Uganda.
Thus to see mountain gorillas will be visting these parks in Uganda. In order to have a secure gorilla treking will need to book a gorilla trekking permit with tour operator like Travel Hemispheres who have arranged mountain gorilla trekking safaris for the last 20 years with Fred Bukenya a tour consultant. Also can trekk and see mountain gorillas in Rwanda at Park De volcanoes National Park and also to a limited extent in Congo because of insecurity and trekking of mountain gorillas is done at less extent.
Gorilla terkking and seeing is done inside the parks in their natura habbitat . Thus will need permit to enter the park . Permision is given when you pay or buy a gorilla trekking permit issued by the park authorities in Uganda or Rwanda, In Uganda , a permit cost US $ 700 while in Rwanda a permit cost US $ 1500 per visist on single day.
If you haven’t already booked your tour ahead of time, flying into the capital city of Kampala, Please email us at Travel Hemispheres we shall do it for you. Our email is : info@travelhemispheres.com you’ll be able to find plenty of tour options from our site: www.travelhemispheres.com that would love to do with us. Remember that a permit is needed so it is better if you purchase a tour as soon as possible so is the gorilla trekking permit can be acquired also in time (gorilla permits do run out as there are a limited number of permits available- first come first serve basis)
Every visitor coming to Uganda would wish to get into contact with these gentle giants moreover our distant cousins( over 98$ DNA). Uganda should treats gorilla tracking as the pinnacle of the tourism industry in the country. Seeing and trekking mountain gorillas continue attracting more numbers of tourist visiting the country Uganda the Pearl Of Africa which has celebrated her 61st Independence from the colonial Master the British. This has increased passes tourist coming from UK to see these gentle giants of Bwindi.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
THE EXISTENCE AND HISTORY OF MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
THE EXISTENCE AND HISTORY OF MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
The existence of gorillas in Africa’s forests like Bwindi has been known for centuries and not only to local residents. Gorillas were first described 2000 years a go when sailors from North African province of Carthage landed in West Africa and tried to capture some Apes, a bruising encounter that earned the animals the Carthaginian name for ‘scratchier gorilla’. It is not actually clear whether the visitors encountered gorilla or chimpanzees but the name has stuck.
Two species of gorilla the western lowland and the eastern lowland were identified for science in 1847 and 1877 respectively. It wasn’t until 1903 that the third sub species, the mountain gorillas was identified. This was observed to be somewhat bulkier than its lowland cousins weighing up to 210 kilograms with a shaggier coat suited to its chilly montane habitat. This sub species was named after the German officer, Oscar Von Berenge, who enabled its classification.
Indeed until just a few decades ago, gorilla received a bad press that dated back to their first unfortunate encounter with Carthaginian tourists 2000 years a go. This ferocious image was deliberately perpetuated to create a myth eventually immortalized on screen
Uganda is the home of mountain gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park. Bwindi has the largest population of mountain gorillas in the world. It is also home of other primates like monkeys and other 120 mammals species like forest elephants a rare specie to see . Over 20 mountain gorilla family groups have been habituated to allow and facilitate mountain gorilla trekking safaris. Buhoma the starting point of habituating gorillas is the home of Mubare gorilla family group that opened gorilla trekking in 1993. It has given birth to other starting points within the park where more gorilla families have been habituated. Today statistics are indicated that over 400 gorillas are found in Bwindi park. The park is also home of many bird species, over 360 bird species are found here. Over 200 butterflies species are also found here. Over 300 tree species are also found in this park
Bwindi impenetrable National park is found in the south western part of Uganda on the edge of Great Western Rift Valley.By area is 331 square kilometers in sizeand on an altitude of over 1100meters above sea level.
Gorilla trekking is the main activity taking place in the this park. Over 5 points or call them centers park offices have been deloped to allow gorilla trekking start from different points. And these include Ruhija, Rushaga, Shongi, Kisoro and many more .
Nature walks also take place to explore the forest what more it offers. Bird watching trails have been developed and give much to birders. Nature walks in the park will offer viewing other primates found this park, bird watching and catching views of waterfalls and pre historic trees in this forest.
Thursday, January 12, 2023
What is Gorilla Trekking Experience
Friday, May 6, 2022
4 Days tour safaris in Uganda
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Domestic Tourism on the Picking Trend in Uganda Safaris
Domestic tourism is growing in East African countries Uganda in Particular. East African tour operators and experts say domestic tourism is slowly catching up . All East African tourism experts and government agency, reported that in the first half of 2019, the number of domestic tourists was higher compared to the same period last year.
The number of tourism-related agencies also has grown. There are currently increasing number of organisations with a tourism licensed in all 5 countries in East Africa. With more than Organisations are getting established in the past year. “The licenses are very difficult to obtain, and it is even more difficult to keep up with the competition and stay afloat,”said some of the directors of Travel industry.
However, according to them, it is worth the risk, because interest is growing and this year has seen the number of customers at his firm jump 25% from last year.
Fred runs Travel Hemispheres his own small travel company, which, in addition to the standard services, offers city tours, gorilla safaris rwanda safaris in East africa “Generally the city tours are offered on weekends, have a special theme, and are quite affordable,” he said.
His marketing method has also allowed him cheap advertisement. “I advertise the tours on the company’s website: www.travelhemipheres.com and on a social network page, and generally the people themselves invite their friends and family so they can spend quality time together,” Charles said the marketing director his business has built a solid following.
“I almost never miss a tour organized uganda safaris , and there are many others like me. We even organized a Facebook group of tour safari enthusiasts, and as a result people are becoming more interested in the history of our country Uganda interest in the history of the region.”
One may wonder, why travel around your own city when you already pay to see it every day from the window of a bus or car. But as it turns out, taking a tour can lead to the discovery of amazing secrets that even a long time city residents.
“I loved history at school, but thanks to these to East African wildlife tours and safaris
I have become interested in historical literature, and in addition, it turns out that the ordinary places that are familiar to me from childhood are in fact historical monuments,” said Proffesor of History from Makerere university who added that the tours are appealing because of their low prices.
Small tourism companies and mini-hotels, which successfully blend a European standard of service, oriental flavour and low prices. But we need support from the state. International tourists makebackbone of f our industry and tourist are welcome in the country Uganda to enjoy many safaris we offer. Companies also noted that problems with obtaining visas, for example,the number of tourists from abroad are also increasing doing uganda tours.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
How to do Gorilla trekking safaris in Uganda
Gorilla trekking in Uganda is and Incredible experience. You need to arrange tour with us - Travel Hemispheres Uganda Safari company and we arrange for you a best safari holiday with us. Uganda safaris combine as many as you may think that it is just a walking, driving, trekking, name it. . But gorilla
trekking is carried out in an impenetrable forest of Bwindi forest that has
existed for thousand years and is among the African tropical forests that are
still intact and exist in south western Uganda as a country. You will be trekking
hills up and down as the topography of
the area is hilly and with wide valleys
. The day begins with briefing from rangers post or park headquarters. The
assembling will be composed of rangers
to guide you, trackers and guides. Also strong Bakiga men who work as porters
whom individual trackers will hire their services to help them carry their back packs and even can
support you to give you push if will get tired before getting out of the
forest. Will also need good walking
shoes and a jacket call it rain coat as
rain may not be ruled out on every day while still deep in the forest. At times
this real African rain forest because you may not miss rain almost on daily
basis what a blessing. Gorilla trekking takes place under the canopies of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
View Golden Monkeys at Mgahinga park in Uganda
Uganda
is ranked among the best wildlife safari destinations in African
safaris offered by many African countries. Mgahinga Gorilla national
park does not only offer mountain gorilla trekking but also offer Golden Monkeys trekking a rare activity in Africa. Golden Monkeys are
fascinating creatures and stay together with mountain gorillas in this
park. In Uganda Golden Monkeys are viewed here only. https://www.travelhemispheres.com/uganda/mgahinga-gorilla-national-park.html.
Apart from this will enjoy viewing volcanic views of volcanic mountains
of Muhavura, Sabinyo and Mt Gahinga. Also will get to know or do Batwa
trail giving you an experience of batwa people and their lifestyle.
Travel Hemispheres offer many safari packages of different tastes and Mountain Gorilla trekking is the gist of Uganda safaris and tours taking place in Uganda. will enjoy over 12 species of primates in Uganda viewd at different parks. Chimpanzees ranked second to Mountain Gorillas in viewership. Will experience walking safaris in primates parks and will carryout game drives in wildllife national parks viewing the Big five lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinos, and many more. Uganda offer variety of attractions- mountain trekking of the Rwenzoris, Mount Elgon, all give special mountain climbing challanges.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Uganda Cultures Today
UGANDA’S CULTURES TODAY
Uganda is one East Africa country that is greatly endowed by nature in terms of culture and history. While here, you will be surprised to see and take pictures of the most endangered group of people; the pygmies locally referred to as the Batwa in the rain forests of south western part of the country. These people have the most interesting behaviors and characters and you will love to spend time with them even a single second will leave a broad smile on your face. This group feeds on bush meat and fruits. This makes hunting and fruit gathering their main activities carried out to ensure their survival. It’s interesting to see and interact with a group of people that lives in forests and has to go hunting wild animals and collect fruits for food. This group of people is also talented when it comes to the local dances. They have rich culture organized traditional dances that are done in their language, they are very hospitable to an extent that they even fight to appear on the picture scene; they indeed love to interact with visitors
Uganda also has a diverse range of ethnic groups in addition to the pygmies / Batwa. These include the Baganda and several other tribes. In the north live the Lango and the Acholi, who speak Nilotic languages. To the east are the Iteso and Karamojong, who speak a Nilotic language. Lake Kyoga forms the northern boundary for the Bantu-speaking peoples, who dominate much of east, central and southern Africa. Lake Kyoga serves as a rough boundary between Bantu speakers in the south and Nilotic and Central Sudanic language speakers in the north. Despite the division between north and south in political affairs, this linguistic boundary actually runs roughly from northwest to southeast, near the course of the Nile. However, many Ugandans live among people who speak different languages, especially in rural areas. Some sources describe regional variation in terms of physical characteristics, clothing, bodily adornment, and mannerisms, but others claim that those differences are disappearing.
Bantu speakers probably entered southern Uganda by the end of the first millennium. They had developed centralized kingdoms by the fifteenth or sixteenth century, and after independence from British rule in 1962, Bantu speakers constituted roughly two-thirds of the population. They are classified as either Eastern Lacustrine or Western Lacustrine Bantu. The Eastern Lacustrine Bantu speakers include the Baganda people whose language is Luganda, the Basoga, and many smaller societies in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. The Western Lacustrine Bantu speakers include the Banyoro, the Batoro, the Banyankole, and several smaller populations in Uganda.
Nilotic language speakers probably entered the area from the north beginning about C.E.1000. Thought to be the first cattle-herding people in the area, they also relied on crop cultivation. The largest Nilotic populations in Uganda are the Iteso and Karamojong ethnic groups, who speak Eastern Nilotic languages, and the Acholi, Langi, and Alur, who speak Western Nilotic languages. Central Sudanic languages, which arrived in Uganda from the north over a period of centuries, are spoken by the Lugbara, the Madi, and a few small groups in the northwestern part of the country.
Linguistic Affiliation.Introduced by the British in the late nineteenth century, English was the language of colonial administration. After independence, it became the official language, used in government, commerce, and education. Official publications and most major newspapers appear in English, which often is spoken on radio and television. Most residents speak at least one African language. Swahili and Arabic also are widely spoken. History and Ethnic Relations.
After independence in 1962, ending a period of colonization that began in 1885, there was little indication that the country was headed for social and political upheaval. Instead, Uganda appeared to be a model of stability and progress. It had no white settler class attempting to monopolize the cash crop economy, and there was no legacy of conflict. It was the African producers who grew the cotton and coffee that brought a higher standard of living, financed education, and led to high expectations for the future. Independence arrived without a national struggle against the British, who devised a timetable for withdrawal before local groups had organized a nationalist movement. This near absence of nationalism among the country's ethnic groups led to a series of political compromises. National Identity.Ethnic and religious divisions as well as historical enmities and rivalries contributed to the country's disintegration in the 1970s.
There was a wide gulf between Nilotic speakers in the north and Bantu speakers in the south and an economic division between pastoralists in the drier rangelands of the west and north, and agriculturists, in the better-watered highland and lakeside regions. There was also a historical division between the centralized and sometimes despotic rule of the ancient African kingdoms and the kinship-based politics elsewhere. The kingdoms were often at odds in regard to the control of land. During the colonial period, the south had railways, cash crops, a system of Christian mission education, and the seat of government, seemingly at the expense of other regions.
There also were religious groups that had lost ground to rivals in the past, for example, the domination of Muslims at the end of the nineteenth century by Christians allied to British colonialism. All these divisions precluded the formation of a national culture. Ethnic Relations.After independence, there were conflicting local nationalism. The Baganda's large population, extensive territory in the favored south, and self-proclaimed superiority created a backlash among other Ugandan peoples. Nubians shared little sense of identification with other groups. The closely related peoples of nearby Zaire and the Sudan soon became embroiled in civil wars in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing in ethnically related Ugandans.
Today relations are relatively harmonious. However, suspicion remains with the president believing to favor certain groups from the west of the country over others. Major Industries. When the present government seized power in 1986, industrial production was negligible, consisting mostly of the processing of crops and the production of textiles, wood and paper products, cement, and chemicals. Industry was a small part of GDP in the late 1980s, operating at approximately one-third of the level of the early 1970s. Under #Museveni, there has been some industrial rejuvenation, although this has amounted to not much more than the repair of damage done during the civil war to the industrial infrastructure. The sugar industry was rehabilitated through joint ventures involving the private sector and the government. By the 1990s there was a refining capacity of at least 140,000 tons of sugar annually. Other rehabilitated industries include beer brewing, tobacco, cotton, and cement. About 4 percent of adults worked in industry by the 1990s. During the 1990s, industrial growth was 13.2 percent. Tourism industry: #Tourism in #Uganda is focused on Uganda's landscape and wildlife Safaris.
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Uganda has a very diverse culture, landscape, flora, and fauna. In the late 1960s, Uganda had a prosperous tourist industry with 100,000 visitors each year. Tourism was the country's fourth largest earner of foreign exchange. The tourist industry ended in the early 1970s because of political instability. By the late 1980s, Uganda's political climate had stabilised and conditions were suitable for reinvestment in Uganda's #tourist industry. However, the loss of charismatic wildlife in previously popular safari parks such as Murchison Falls National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park prevented these parks from competing with similar tourist attractions in neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda's tourist industry instead promoted its tropical forests. The keystone of the new industry became Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. With more than 400 Mountain Gorillas safaris, #Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has approximately half of the world's population of Mountain Gorillas. Tourist attractions in Uganda Uganda is one of only three countries where it is possible to visit mountain gorillas . The others are Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mountain gorillas are Uganda's prime tourist attraction. The vast majority of these are in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with a few others in Mgahinga National Park both in southwestern Uganda. In Bwindi, visitors have been allowed to view the mountain gorillas since April 1993.
The development of gorilla safari tourism and the habituation of gorillas to humans is proceeding very carefully because of the dangers to gorillas, such as contracting human diseases. Geography:The Republic of Uganda tours is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, in the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also bordered by Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is mostly a plateau, a compact country occupying an area of 236,580 square kilometers, roughly the size of Great Britain or the state of Oregon in the United States. It lies astride the #Equator and has a fine mild climate with copious rainfall that is experienced three times a year and sunny months. Although generally equatorial, the climate is not uniform as the altitude modifies the climate. Southern Uganda is wetter with rain generally spread throughout the year.
At Entebbe on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, most rain falls from March to June and the November/December period. Further to the north a dry season gradually emerges; at Gulu about 120 km from the Sudanese border, November to February is much drier than the rest of the year. The northeastern Karamoja region has the driest climate and is prone to droughts in some years. Rwenzori in the southwest on the border with Congo (DRC) receives heavy rain all year round. The south of the country is heavily influenced by one of the world's biggest lakes, Lake Victoria, which contains many islands. It prevents temperatures from varying significantly and increases cloudiness and rainfall. Most important cities are located in the south, near Lake Victoria, including the capital Kampala and the nearby city of Entebbe. Although landlocked, Uganda contains many large lakes, besides Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga, there are Lake Albert, Lake Edward and the smaller Lake George. Trade.In 1998, the country exported products worth $575 million. The main export commodities were coffee (54 percent of the total value), gold, fish and fish products, cotton, tea, and corn. The countries receiving most of these products were Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Italy. The main imports include chemicals, basic manufactured goods, machinery, and transport equipment. Religion Religious Beliefs.One-third of the population is Roman Catholic, one-third is Protestant, and 16 percent is Muslim; 18 percent believe in local religions, including various millenarian religions. World religions and local religions have coexisted for more than a century, and many people have established a set of beliefs about the nature of the universe by combining elements of both types. There is a proliferation of religious discourses centering on spirits, spirit possession, and witchcraft. Religious Practitioners.
Religious identity has economic and political implications: church membership has influenced opportunities for education, employment, and social advancement. Religious practitioners thus are expected to provide a range of benefits for their followers. Leaders of indigenous religions reinforce group solidarity by providing elements necessary for societal survival: remembrance of ancestors, means of settling disputes, and recognition of individual achievement. Another social function of religious practitioners is helping people cope with pain, suffering, and defeat by providing an explanation of their causes. Religious beliefs and practices serve political aims by bolstering the authority of temporal rulers and allowing new leaders to mobilize political power and implement political change. Rituals and Holy Places.In Bantu-speaking societies, many local religions include a belief in a creator God. Most local religions involve beliefs in ancestral and other spirits, and people offer prayers and sacrifices to symbolize respect for the dead and maintain proper relationships among the living. Mbandwa mediators act on behalf of other believers, using trance or hypnosis and offering sacrifice and prayer to beseech the spirit world on behalf of the living. Uganda has followers of Christianity, Islam, and African traditional religions. Ugandan #Muslims make pilgrimages to Mecca when they can. Followers of African religions tend to establish shrines to various local gods and spirits in a variety of locations.
Saturday, December 19, 2020
Uganda Flying Safaris to Solve Covid Safari Touring in Uganda
Travel
Hemispheres brings you special flying tour packages to the Pearl of Africa Uganda. That will help you experience the hospitality of Ugandans
both by air and road traveling. Booking and planning tour with us in
time will save you the hassle and time to secure a life time experience
of Uganda’s beautiful attractions. Among these include gorilla tours,
wildlife safaris gorilla safaris, bird watching and primate safaris plus
lots of game viewing and bird watching. As Covid 19 continue eating up tourism industry dew to social distance issues, when you do flying safari in Uganda will be able to avoid covid and do your holiday successfully
Hemispheres will offer special flying safaris to different national
parks in the country. If you are on working visit to Uganda , any delegate
booked can do a flying safari with us.
Honeymooners,
old age and clients on Business visit to Uganda can take short gorilla
safaris, wildlife safaris and other adventure Uganda tours using our
flying safari services in Uganda. Will take this advantage of taking our
flying safaris to avoid long time driving on the roads.
Saturday, November 21, 2020
What is Covid-19 visitor rules towards to Uganda?
What is Covid-19 Visitor Rules To Uganda
Covid -19 did not spare Uganda. Though it is still at its lowest in terms of people affected. Visitors wishing to do uganda safaris and tours must have tested negative for at least 72 hours. All travelers arriving in Uganda must have a negative COVID-19 certificate. The only accepted test is a SARS-CoV 2 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) performed within 120 hours of departure (meaning travelers must be tested and get results within 5 days of their first flight). Other tests, such as Rapid Diagnostics Test (RDTs), are not accepted.
All travelers arriving or transiting through border points of Rwanda, Kenya Tanzania and .Sudan will be screened upon entry ton arrival and be allowed to proceed on you tour to Uganda.
For Rwanda all travelers are required to wait 24 hours for the results of their COVID-19 test in a designated transit hotel. All COVID-19 prevention measures announced by the Ministry of Health must be respected during waiting period• The Government of Rwanda has negotiated special rates at designated transit hotels for the 24 hour waiting period. Should a guest wish to remain in the hotel after receiving negative test results, they are welcome to extend their stay at the hotel’s applicable rates.While in Uganda visitors after showing certificate convid -19 will be allowed to proceed on safari with your guide. I is rtill not easy to cross from either country to another and am still gathering information as to whether will be allowed to cross from Uganda to Rwanda. As of today they allow visitors who are passing at one entry that is airport.
While doing Uganda safari , gorilla tracking has been resumed and it is going on smoothly. We at Travel Hemispheres are arranging tours and safaris to all destination parts of the country. Your itinerary and cost to track gorillas in Uganda will tailor-made for your interests and taste. . We also have golden monkey tracking activity in Uganda.
Saturday, November 7, 2020
What is a Mountain Gorilla Sliver Back ?
What is a Mountain Gorilla Sliver Back ?
Mountain gorillas differ from lowland gorillas
(Western Gorillas). At first scientists thought there was no difference between
these gorillas. The sliver back gorilla is from the is Mature male mountain gorillas of about 12
years that have grown a sliver grey hair on its back. A saddle of grey hair
grows on its back after attaining sexually maturity age. Gorillas are very
social animals and each group call it a family may have 4 up 30 or 50 members
headed by 1 sliver back mountain gorilla.
A such group will have a sliver back or two of them heading the family.
Other members of the group may contain females who are wives to the sliver back
thus sliver back gorillas are polygamous in nature. Others are Juveniles and
infants. The dominant sliver back commands the family and gives protection and
other young sliver backs take orders from the head. Orders may include the
directions to take while searching for food and if threatened who should fight
first . A silver back enjoys the center of attraction at any time in the group
or family. The Sliver back gorilla take in-charge of the group. The gorilla
family call it a gorilla group is equally answerable to the head gorilla called
Sliver back. 
Mature Mountain Gorilla Sliver Back Mountain Gorilla Sliver Back
This Sliver back prepare young male Juveniles how to defend the group and leadership skills and incase the head is no long active mainly when it gets old , the young one who will take over. At times when sliver back gets misunderstanding with young sliver backs , will fight and chase the old Sliver back out of the family or get killed after winning him. Here is the time when the group breaks into other groups thus forming New Gorilla families and groups. People or tourists who carryout Mountain gorilla trekking safaris enjoy mostly the presence of a Sliver back leadership skills displayed and command showed in presence of new visitors who actually are human beings.. Missing encountering Sliver Back when tracking mountain gorillas remain incomplete not until you visit again and encounter this forest Gentle Giant- the Mountain Gorilla Sliver Back of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
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