Golden Monkey Trekking at Mgahinga
Golden Monkey Trekking at Mgahinga
Golden Monkey trekking at Mgahinga is one of the most done activities in Mgahinga National Park. The Mgahinga National Park, is known for the 3 prominent activities, thus gorilla trekking, golden monkey trekking and volcano hiking.
Visitors going to Uganda, who would wish to see the golden monkeys, there is no other place, other than Mgahinga National Park. The park has a lot in common just like Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, as they share the same Virunga missives, just separated by the country boundaries.
Golden monkey trekking at Uganda costs 60 dollars less park fees which is 40 dollars. In general it is 100 dollars for one to see the golden monkeys at Mgahinga National Park.
Just like gorilla trekking, the golden monkey trekking follows the same procedures. The golden monkeys are best spotted during the rainy season as they love to feed on the bamboo shoots, which do grow more during the rainy season.
The golden monkeys move on large troops, and can be in a big group of even up to 500 individuals, led by an alpha male, although the group keeps splinting due to feeding demand.
The golden monkey trek at Mgahinga National Park, starts with an early morning briefing at the park headquarters at Ntbeko. An hour is allocated upon finding the golden monkeys and clients are allowed to take many photos and videos for these shy primates that are only found in the Mgahinga National park in Uganda and Volcanoes National park in Rwanda.
You can access Mgahinga National Park via Kigali or Entebbe airport, by road transfer. However, there are daily flights to Kisoro airfield, from Entebbe International Airport.
A number of accommodations are available within Kisoro, the closest town to Mgahinga National Park. The accommodations range from Standard accommodations , midrange accommodations and luxury accommodations. aAl these lodges are closer to the Mgahinga National Park.
Other than golden monkey trekking at Mgahinga National Park, you can do other activities in the park like gorilla trekking, Mount Muhabura hiking, Mount Sabyinyo hiking, and Batwa trail cultural walk.
Plan your golden monkey trekking at Mgahinga National Park, with Rwanda Eco Company and Safaris experts to advise and customize the best itinerary for enjoying the Golden monkey at Mgahinga National Park. Golden monkey trek in Mgahinga can be combined with gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or game drive safaris in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
