Age Limit For Gorilla Trekking

Are you planning to travel with children on your gorilla trekking safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda? Well, Vibrant Holiday Safaris brings you information on age limit for gorilla trekking in Uganda. Under the Uganda Wildlife Authority policy, the gorilla trekking age limit is currently at 12 years and anyone below that age is considered a minor or child and thus not fit to trek of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.  Children or minors many not be contained and in order to avoid such, children or minors are not allowed to trek gorillas in Uganda’ Bwindi impenetrable National, a child may decide to make noise or run which may result into gorillas charging and becoming/act wild to visitors. 

Minimum and maximum age limit for Gorilla trekking. There are many reasons why children below 12 years are not allowed to trekking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is due to the fact that children tend to have communicable diseases which can easily be transmitted to mountain gorillas since humans and mountain gorillas almost share the same genes, diseases such as cough and flue can easily be transmitted. The other reason is that the trek can sometimes be hard as Bwindi is hilly, it can be slippery and the surface is rough which Kids many not be able to handle.

There is no maximum age for gorilla trekking provided on can travel to the Park, though there are options to help the elderly to get to see the gorillas. You can opt to pay for a Porter who helps you carry your bag pack and also gives you a hand as you hike through the forest, there is also a sedan chair which helps to carry the elderly to see the gorillas, and this goes for about $300 per person be carried to and from the forest. We have had visitors aged 70’s and 80’s be able to trek and see the gorillas. Gorilla trekking is a life time experience that you shouldn’t miss out.