On record, visiting the mountain gorillas is done every day throughout the year, both in Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park in Uganda and Volcanoes national park in Rwanda. Most of Uganda’s tourist destinations experience conducive tropical climate all the year through and it is favorable for most of the tourism activities. However, Gorilla tours in Uganda are best done in specific times of the year.  Most Gorilla and wildlife tours in Uganda are done in the dry/high season of the year. In the high seasons, also known as the dry season, the rainfall is less in Bwindi impenetrable national park, and other parts of the country, which makes it favorable for the tourists to trek the mountain gorillas. The high seasons occur in the months of January, February, June, July, August, September and December where there are less or no rainfall at all.

And on the other hand, during the low seasons, also known as the rainy season, most of the national parks in Uganda, Bwindi and Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks inclusive, experience heavy rains   which may interrupt hard the Gorilla trekking activity. In the months of March, May, April and November are recorded to have the heavy rains and this is the wettest time of the year. Hence tourists in these months are always advised to carry rain jackets and coats.

In a rundown, Gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda are one of the activities you should do for once in a lifetime trip to Africa. However you can also enjoy the other wildlife safaris to Queen Elizabeth National park, Kibale forest National Park, Murchison falls National Park, Kidepo valley national park and Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda. In Rwanda, Gorilla trekking tour can be spiced with a wildlife and Cultural safari to Akagera National park and Nyungwe Forest National park for Chimpanzee trekking.