Ultimate Guide to Seeing Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda & Uganda: What You Need to Know!

[@lindseycharles7836]

Thanks so much for sharing your amazing experience🙏 This has always been my dream trip and still is; I truly hope to experience the beautiful and majestic mountain gorillas myself one day 😊 I enjoyed watching your vlog; thanks for providing us with the necessary insight as to what to expect. It was great to see each day unfold. Much love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤

[@averagegirldoescoolthings]

I hope you get to go! And thank you for your kind feedback ❤️

[@lindseycharles7836]

@@averagegirldoescoolthings I really hope so too 🙏 Thanks very much 🤗💗

[@mutongolebenjamin4273]

Great

[@97moss]

Woow

[@NiyomugaboPhilemon-f1y]

Rwanda we love you so much❤❤❤

[@averagegirldoescoolthings]

Love Rwanda so much!!!

[@annieappy]

The BEST trip!!!

[@denislovie]

Ilike it ❤

[@fikerehman9614]

Great video!!! US passport? did u have to get your visas for Uganda/Rwanda before hand?

[@averagegirldoescoolthings]

Thank you! Yes, US passport and no- we paid the $100 visa fee, US cash, upon landing in Kigali.

[@RoyyMak]

Total cost?

[@averagegirldoescoolthings]

The trip itself was $12,000, all inclusive except for flights.

[@RoyyMak]

@@averagegirldoescoolthings was there a specific site you dealt with to organize everything?

[@averagegirldoescoolthings]

I typically travel through World Playground (worldplayground.co) They organized this trip!

[@stevehauk]

Leave the gorillas alone! There's only about a thousand left.

[@averagegirldoescoolthings]

1063 at most recent census, up from 242 in 1981, thanks to people coming to visit the gorillas! Gorilla tourism is actually a success story - because people pay to come see gorillas, the governments have taken steps to protect them from poachers and to expand their habitats after so much has been lost to farming. Permits are strictly controlled - less than 100 people are allowed to visit gorillas a day in Rwanda, at a cost of $1500 per person. The money goes into conservation and the local communities. Highly recommend visiting gorillafund.org to learn more!