Golden Monkey Trekking in Mgahinga National Park in Uganda
Talk of a primate’s world, three of Uganda’s National Parks will be among the most popular destinations where you can meet with different and rare primate species in the mist covered tropical rain forests of the pearl of Africa. Golden Monkey Trekking in Mgahinga National Park in Uganda is among the top highlights of Uganda Safaris that features an encounter with Golden Monkeys in their natural habitat.
Besides the majestic Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park in Uganda, Golden Monkey primates are the next top highlight of primate species that attract visitors to visit Uganda’s primate parks for life time experiences. The experience of Golden Monkey trekking in Uganda can only be found in Mgahinga National Park located in the south western region of Uganda closest to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park famously known for the largest number of Mountain Gorillas in the whole world.
Golden Monkey Trekking in Mgahinga National Park in Uganda is an exhilarating and less strenuous adventure activity, that rewards visitors with beautiful moments of meeting with the shy but yet striking endangered Golden Monkey creatures in the dense thicketed bamboo forests in their natural habitat, in this Park, there are two or more habituated Golden Monkey groups of more than 60 individuals available for tourists to have an encounter with.
Throughout the whole trekking experience which takes approximately 4 to 6 hours, and less tiresome compared to Gorilla tracking experience, Visitors are always allowed a full hour of observing these primates upon finding them, which creates great moments as you view, learn, relate and observe their behaviors in the forests.
Other than Golden Monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park in Uganda, these beautiful monkey species with golden orange patches on their back and upper flanks, endemic to the Albertine rift can as well be found and tracked in highland forests of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, and two other National Parks in the Democratic Republic of Congo one being Virunga National Park and the experience is as well exhilarating and brings about life time unforgettable memories.
The Cost of Golden Monkey Trekking activity in Mgahinga National Park is 60$ and visitors can combine this adventure with other activities in this park which include Gorilla tracking – an encounter with mountain Gorillas, Volcanoes climbing that features Muhabura and Gahinga Volcano mountains that are part of Virunga ranges, Bird Watching as well as the Batwa Cultural experience which gives you a chance to meet with the local indigenous people amongst others.
The close proximity of Mgahinga National Park which straddles along Rwanda – Uganda border gives tourists a great opportunity to explore both countries in our combined Rwanda – Uganda safaris in just a few days, reach out to us to arrange for you an adventure safaris one of its kind that will give you the best of primates adventure in Uganda or Rwanda based your own interests.
