Kahuzi Biega National Park: (Budget) Eastern Lowland Gorilla Trek
Kahuzi Biega National Park: (Budget) Eastern Lowland Gorilla Treks are amazing to do in Congo. Kahuzi Biega National Park: (Budget) Eastern Lowland Gorilla Treks are very exciting and unforgettable.
Kahuzi Biega National Park covers an area of 6000 square kilometers hence DR Congo’s largest National Park and is prominently known to offer amazing Eastern Lowland Gorilla Trekking Tours. The National Park was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 and in 1997. The Park inhabits various bird species i.e 349 species with 42 being endemic.
In the park the vegetation is swampy and boggy with marshland and riparian forests on hydromorphic ground at all altitudes. There is a corridor that adjoins the highland to the lowland section of the park. In the Western part of Bukavu Town within the Southern Province of Kivu in DR Congo. The Park is named after Mount Kahuzi and Mount Biega which elevate to 3,308 meters Above Sea Level and 2,790 meters.
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Rainfall & Temperature in the Park
Kahuzi Biega National Park receives an average rainfall amounts annually of 1,800 mm with temperatures varying between 18 degrees Celsius and 10.4 degrees Celsius.
Geography of Kahuzi Biega National Park
Kahuzi Biega National Park occupies the region in the West of Bukavu Town in the Southern Province of Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A candid portion of the park is situated in the Mitumba Mountain range within the Albertine Rift Valley whereas the vast region is in the lowland terrain.
Best Time to Visit kahuzi Biega National Park
Kahuzi-Biega National Park can be visited any time around the year for Safari although the Best Time to visit the park is during the rainy season. The short rain season starts from October to November while the long rainy season beings from mid-March to end of May.
Safari Activities to do at kahuzi Biega National Park
Eastern lowland Gorilla Trekking
Eastern Lowland Gorilla trekking is the most prominent safari carried out in the park and this offers you an opportunity to watch the rare species of Eastern Lowland Gorillas. You get to the Park headquarters for briefing on conduct around the Eastern Lowland Gorillas then later in located groups of 8 per Gorilla Group, enter forest to trek the rare Eastern Lowland Gorillas for 3-5 hours. When you meet them in an hour take photos to keep.
Bird watching
Bird watching at Kahuzi Biega National Park is also very exceptional and offers you unforgettable encounters. There are 342 bird species of whch 42 are endemic to the park. The Birds you watch include; yellow crested-helmet shrike, African green broad bill, Congo peafowl, Rockefeller’s.
Nature walks
Hiking and Nature Walks are very exceptional at Kahuzi Biega National Park and these include; the Marais musisi trail and Tshiabati falls trail following through bamboo Forest and after you reach the 3 waterfalls.
Visiting Lwiro Chimpanzee Sanctuary
While at Kahuzi Biega National Park, you can go and visit the Lwiro Chimpanzee Sanctuary which inhabits over 90 chimpanzees and more than 100 monkeys. The Sanctuary is situated about 4 kms and when here you learn about the conservation efforts of the Chimpanzees at the Orphanage.
Mountain/ Volcano hiking
Mountain/ Volcano Hiking at Kahuzi Biega National Park is very exciting and incredible and this is done along Mount kahuzi and Mount Biega located in the Park. You hike the Mitumba Mountain Ranges as you hike through the green forest vegetation The hike to the Kibatu waterfalls is at US $25 per person where as that to Kahuzi and Buega is US $100 per person.