Gorilla habituation is a process of getting the gorillas used to human presence and interaction in their natural habitat.

The fact is that mountain gorillas are wild primates however due to much need to protect and monitor these critically endangered creatures from their natural habitat, gorilla trekking as an adventure was introduced as a strategy to promote conservation and create distinctive awareness about wildlife to the people that were a big threat to these creatures.

For gorilla groups to be available for gorilla trekking adventures, they must have gone through the habituation process guided by a team of researchers, guides, and rangers.

Therefore, a limited number of visitors/tourists are permitted to join the habituation team on a particular day to visit the semi-habituated gorillas in their natural environment as they follow them trying to monitor and understand their behaviors for example how they feed, play, and groom among others.

The habituation process can take between 2 to 4 years depending on how the gorillas respond to the process and remember visiting the gorillas to get them fully habituated is done daily.

However, in this article, we look at the question; why there is no habituation experience in Volcanoes National Park Rwanda? Which is one of the frequently asked questions by many travelers.

Habituation experience takes place only in Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda in the Rushaga sector of the park. And here are some of the reasons why there is no gorilla habituation experience in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda – Rwanda has 12 habituated gorilla family groups all available and open to the public for gorilla trekking adventures leaving the rest of the gorilla groups remain uninterrupted for research purposes.

Therefore, if you’re planning to visit Africa for a gorilla habituation experience, this must be from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Gorilla habituation in Bwindi Forest is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience because it allows spending more time with the gorillas in their natural environment lasting for a full four hours spent catching a glimpse of the gentle giants of Virunga mountains.