Safety Measures for Gorilla Trekking During Covid 19
Safety Measures for Gorilla Trekking During Covid 19 : This is the best way of protecting our critically endangered mountain gorillas since they share 98% of their DNA to that of human being. Through providing safe measurement for gorilla trekking in Uganda during Covid 19 is the best way to save the great mountain in their tropical nature forest of Bwindi Impenetrable national park and Mgahinga Gorilla national park both located in southwestern region of Uganda. Gorilla trekking in Uganda is ultimately an incredible activity has tourists meet up with closely related cousin, it has attracted many travelers who visits the country basically to see these world’s unique apes. Despite the fact that, Uganda is home to half remaining endangered mountain gorilla individuals that are still exist in the world that can be encountered in either Bwindi Impenetrable national park and Mgahinga Gorilla national park.
Bwindi Gorilla trekking can be done in four gorilla trekking sectors such as Ruhija, Nkuringo, Rushaga and Buhoma sector each located in different direction of the park. The park habituates with more than 21 gorilla families and on your visit you can’t go missing. Then gorilla trekking in Mgahinga national park can be done by hiking three of the eight Virunga mountains, mount Gahinga, mount Sabyinyo, mount Muhabura which ease you to the habituated gorilla groups.
On your gorilla trekking day in Uganda, trekkers have given a chance to spend one hour with this great apes through observing their different features on how they play with one another, feeding their younger ones, see how shy they are, diet which they feed on all day long ‘’small invertebrates bamboo shoots’’ as well as seeing juveniles grooming to one another among other thrilling features of the primates.
Currently, a lot has changed when it comes to encounter gorilla trekking in Uganda after the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic which has strictly affected a number of tourism destinations worldwide. For this case ,when Uganda confirmed her first victim of Covid 19 in 2020,a number of safety restrictions were put in place to ensure that travelers who were interested in taking part in any tourism activities during their Uganda safari such as game drive in Murchison falls national park ,Queen Elizabeth and Kidepo valley national park ,Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale national park ,Kampala city tour among other activities .
Due to all these remarkable activities they had to short list down a number of safety precautions and here comes 2021 saddest wave of covid 19 which has made the country to strictly tighten the measurements restriction both to tourism location and public places . All this have been put in place to ensure that you have a safe experience during your transfer to the park to engage in gorilla trekking experience as you put in order safety precautions in place.
Guideline Precautions for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda During Covid-19-SOP
While carrying out gorilla trekking in Uganda please you should consider this;
Take note, whether you received a Covid 19 vaccine or not you are requested to put on your face mask as safety precautions for life and gorilla trekking during covid 19 pandemic in order to have safe activity. And it is noted that one of the ways on how the virus is spread is through the air and with the face masks that will help block the infected droplets from reaching your mouth and nose.
At the briefing point, you will be required to wash or sanitize your hands. Then temperature will be taken and recorded, above 37.5 degrees Celsius will be refused from experiencing the trek.
Briefing shall be arranged in small groups of 8 individuals after the gorilla groups have been allocated.
You are requested to wear surgical mask or a cloth mask with a filter and you are encouraged to carry two of them.
When you get closer to the gorillas you will be required to sanitize your hands again before embarking for the activity.
You are requested to stay at least 10meter away from the Gorillas during the pandemic period.
It is well noted, tourists on their gorilla trekking must consider on maintaining a safe social distance of 2 to 4 meters away from other travelers to avoid contracting of the virus in case some of the tourists might have been affected with Corona virus.
Travelers should consider using hand sanitizer ‘’80%’’alcoholic before embarking in gorilla trekking experience that helps to kill the virus in case you come in contact with infected surfaces which can be easily spread by the use of hands. Therefore, we advise to our travelers to take regular sanitizing during their travel.
Recovered tourists from the virus, they should present in their recovery documents in order to participate in Uganda gorilla trekking. This is because the virus can be detected for several days or even after months after diagnosis which can hinder you from adventuring in Uganda gorilla trekking.
Traveling to Uganda is only given to tourists that have tested negative for covid 19 and PCR test that should be presented at the time of arrival to ensure that the tourists should take part in the activities, it’s just stunning and safe gorilla trekking experience in Uganda without putting our creatures in a dangerous situation of contacting with the virus. In so doing this or following the safety measures given will help us to save our dearly creatures in their protected nature, which will help to navigate and drive the new tourism standards during and after the pandemic.
