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Uganda Wildlife Authority as well as Uganda Tourism Board has confirmed that they will increase the cost of the gorilla permits after Rwanda doubled the fee from $750 to $ 1500 per person tracking. The $600 charge for the Ugandan permit will remain at the same rate for 12 months and this has been promised… Continue reading Uganda Not to Increase the Price of Gorilla Permits

Two new gorilla groups have been habituated for gorilla tourism in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. These two groups that have been undergoing the mandatory habituation process are now available and open to tourists who would like to meet the mountain gorillas in the wild of Bwindi. The news for the habituation has been well received… Continue reading Two New Gorilla Groups Habituated for Tourism

Uganda has welcomed a new baby gorilla born in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The baby gorilla was found on the 11/September/2016 by the trackers who had gone to track the gorillas of the Bikyingi group, one of the habituated gorilla families that tourists visit in Bwindi Forest. It was also believed to have been born… Continue reading Uganda Welcomes New Born Gorilla Baby in Bikyingi Group

It is with sadness that I must report the death a Janja’s baby, Burungani. A week ago, we received news the Rugendo family was eating maize and sorghum crops outside the park near Sarambwe. Such behavior puts the mountain gorillas in grave danger of being injured or killed by angry villagers, so rangers from the… Continue reading Baby Mountain Gorilla in the Rugendo Family Killed

Conflict between people and animals is one of the main threats to the continued survival of many wildlife species and also represents risks to local human populations. If such conflicts are not addressed adequately, local support for conservation declines drastically. Therefore resolving human-wildlife conflict is a key issue for the future of wildlife conservation (Woodroffe… Continue reading Bwindi Gorillas Ranging on Community Land

NKURINGO, BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK SAMEHE, One of the most senior adult female mountain gorillas of Nkuringo family in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda finally breathed her last on Saturday night, March 26. The adult female and mother of two, believed to have been 19 years old, succumbed to deep bodily wounds sustained in early… Continue reading Nkuringo’s Pregnant Gorilla, Samehe Passes On