Rwanda’s tourism sector is ever growing thanks to the numbery of tourist activities the country has to offer. The highlight of the tourist activities the country is offering is the endangered gorilla trekking. People come all over the world to visit the country with the aim of trekking the closest human relatives within their nature habitats at Volcanoes National Park.

The difference between normal gorilla trekking and Exclusive gorilla trekking

Normally trekking gorillas is a group activity where 8 people from different background trek a family of gorillas per day. However, as tourism grows, high end people have started to flock to Rwanda for gorilla trekking. These executive people come with the new demand of the personal privacy that cannot be guaranteed during the normal gorilla trekking. People doing normal gorilla trekking are selected randomly and assigned to the gorilla family. With exclusive gorilla trekking you will be able to choose the gorilla family of your choice for trekking. The exclusive gorilla trekking will guarantee you a high-class service. The exclusive gorilla trekking will be a private gorilla trekking unlike the norm trekking.

The cost of Exclusive Rwanda gorilla trekking

The cost of exclusive Rwanda gorilla trekking permit will 15,000. This will empower you to select your individual gorilla family group that you will trek on the particular day. Either as an individual or as a family/ close relatives. This will decide by you. however, the group of people should not exceed the maximum limit of 8 people per group.

Gorilla trip at Bwindi National Park

Gorillas at Bwindi impenetrable National Park

When to book for an Exclusive gorilla permit

Doing exclusive gorilla trekking requires you to book your gorilla permit in advance because for you to be issued a permit there should be a minimum of 8 permits that are not yet allocated to trekkers on that day. Note that Rwanda development board allocates a maximum of 96 permits per day to trek the 13 gorilla families that are habituated for tourism.

Advantages of doing an Exclusive Rwanda gorilla trekking

  • The client will be briefed from the comfort of their hotel other than going early in the morning to the park headquarters for the briefing.
  • You will be able to select a gorilla family of your choice that you wish to trek
  • You are free to choose the family of your choice at any moment after confirming the exclusive gorilla but before the day of trekking.
  • During the trekking you will not be joined by other people unless it’s you who have selected them
  • The briefing will be done while enjoying your breakfast
  • You can choose your loved to join you on the trek if you wish to.

Exclusive gorilla trekking is a high-end activity. Therefore, the client will be offered a maximum attention by the guide and park rangers. This is done to ensure that they receive the five-star services they paid for.

gorilla trekking at Bwindi

gorilla trekking at Bwindi

Note: exclusive gorilla trekking must be done within the general guidelines that govern the overall gorilla trekking. The activity does not break any of the regulation as gorilla reservation is paramount to the Rwanda authority.

Conclusion

Exclusive Rwanda gorilla trekking will offer the privacy and the high-end services. Such services are not offered to the people doing the normal gorilla trekking. By choosing to engage in this activity, extra attention will be rendered to you. However, exclusive gorilla trekking does no violet the normal trekking guideline of preserving the gorilla’s safety.

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