Choosing a Gorilla family to trek while on Uganda Safari

On the tracking day, every tourist is allocated to a single habituated gorilla family in a small group of 8 people. There are different factors considering while the allocation of gorilla families. Even though a tourist chooses a gorilla family he/she wants to visit, the park management is the one responsible to allocate which gorilla family a tourist can trek and enjoy an unforgettable experience.

Gorilla families in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park are tracked in four sectors that is Nkulingo and Rushaga in the south, Buhoma in the north, and Ruhija in the east, these sectors together make up the amazing Bwindi Forest. on the day of trekking, park rangers are the one to allocate a gorilla family in the early morning during the period of briefing.

Why a mountain gorilla family trek allocated on the day of trekking.
On the trekking day, every group of 8 people is assigned to gorilla families to trek. Mountain gorillas are used to move deep into the forest searching for food, this makes it difficult to allocate a gorilla family before.  Every evening, park rangers or trackers go deep into the forest to mark where different gorilla families will sleep, and then the next day, they go very early in the morning to check on them, and they go back to the park office to tell them about where to find mountain gorilla families on that day. This helps park management to know a gorilla family one can manage to trek but it depends on the location of the gorilla family, physical fitness plus others. These are factors one should consider while choosing a gorilla family to trek as below;