Uganda Gorilla families.

Habituated Mountain Ugandan Bwindi has four Gorilla tracking sectors: Ruhija, Nkuringo, Rushaga, and Buhoma; Gorilla families may be located there. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to many threatened species.

Situated in southern western Uganda, this tropical rain forest provides cover for half of the surviving Mountain Gorillas whose encounter is the most fascinating on the whole continent. The primary activity in Bwindi National Park is gorilla tracking; from all four sectors of the park, twelve Gorilla families have been documented overall.

One Uganda Gorilla family lives at Mgahinga Gorilla National park, where Mountain Gorillas are also found. These Uganda Gorilla families have now become acclimated for tracking. As Mountain Gorillas go about their daily lives in their native habitat, a two-year process known as gorilla habituation trains them to get used to human humans. Each Gorilla family may have up to eight visitors daily each trip.

Four areas make up Bwindi National Park: Rushaga, in the south Buhoma, in the north Ruhija in the east, and Nkuringo in the south. We have information on every Gorilla family accessible for visitors before starting your Gorilla tracking expedition.

Lead by one silverback Mwirima, in his late 20s, Rushegura Gorilla Family is one of the families with 19 members overall. Brother of a previous silverback in Habinyanja named Rwansigazi.

Although visitors first arrived in 1999, Habinyanja Gorilla Family began in 1997. Habinyanja is a native term Nyanja “meaning water”; it is one of the bogs in the forest where this family was discovered. There are seventeen members in the family.

With eight members including one silverback, the Mubare Gorilla Family was discovered in the jungle on the Mubare hills—stone in the local language.

With 14 members, Bitukura Gorilla Family initially came within sight in 2007; their original count was 24 members close to the river. Given a two-year term, the occupancy was shorter than any other.

Established in 2011 by the Uganda Wildlife Authority, recently discovered in 2011 and the second habituated group in Ruhija area, Oruzogo Gorilla Family has 25 individuals including two Silverbacks.

After their habituation in 1999, Kyaguriro Gorilla Family is among the most valuable Gorilla groups. This group was set apart for study and research under the Max Planck Institute by Evolutional of Anthropology.

Gorilla Family Nkuringo The Nkuringo sector was started in 2004; the term “Nkuringo” comes from the circular hills seen in Kisoro and Bwindi districts.

There are twelve members of the Mishaya Gorilla Family, eight of whom may be seen daily. This group is recognized as a fighter due of the leader it had long ago; their name came from Mishaya, the silverback who was renowned for combat and interactions with other Gorilla families.

Launched in 2009 with the greatest habituation group, Nshongi Gorilla Family is the largest group in Rushaga area frequented by tourists. It was called after River Nshongi, where it first observed.

Kalunggye Gorilla Family Found in the mountains of the Rushaga district, this family consists of 13 individuals including three Silverbacks. One of the most recent Mountain Gorilla Groups.

The biggest habituated group after Nshongi group is Bweza Gorilla Family; yet, in 2010 Mishaya the silverback chose to split from the family to start his own group.

Located in the Rushaga area of one of Bwindi’s sectors, Busingye Gorilla Family counts among the Mountain Gorilla populations most numerous. The native term for “peace” is Busingye.

Family Nyakagezi Gorilla Forming ten members, Nyakagezi’s is the sole group in Mgahinga; often, this group crosses borders between Congo and Rwanda. But the UWA has seen the family enjoying more of Uganda in 2012; it is now stable.