点评:This truly is an incredible experience. The treks are organised well into groups of 6-8 people.
We done a moderate trek which took about 1.5 hours to see the gorillas. We were told there would be a family of 9 but nothing is ever guaranteed and some sightings may not be close but wow we saw one silverback and two black backs super close they were within arms length and two even brushed past me on seperate occasions. You have to remain very still and quiet when this happens.
The trek was hard. The weather changes all of the time and we had heavy rain the night before our trek so the terrain was very slippy . The sticks and a porter where much needed.
I’d highly recommend a porter 1. You’re giving a local a job who may have had no work for weeks on end 2. Not only to carry your bag they are there for a helping hand to pull or push you where needed up or down the trek. I’m fairly fit and I was grateful for our porter.
Take layers as it can be chilly to begin your trek early in the morning. We were glad to loan gaitors from our lodge and we forgot our masks and gloves so please remember your garden gloves as your guide will charge you 20.000 ahillings a pair or used gloves which you give back at the end of the trek. Flimsy masks are also 5.000 shillings. The garden gloves are much needed as lots of thorns etc around. The forest is very dense so you can be trekking through thick vegetation/terrain. And the masks are needed to protect the gorillas when you get close.
I would love to come back and see the babies but so grateful we managed to get so close
翻译:这真是一次令人难以置信的体验。徒步旅行组织得很好,每组6-8人。
我们参加了一条难度适中的徒步路线,大约花了1.5小时去看大猩猩。我们被告知会看到一个9只大猩猩的家族,但任何事情都无法保证,而且有些时候可能看不到它们。不过,我们真的看到了一只银背大猩猩和两只黑背大猩猩,它们离我们非常近,几乎就在我伸手可及的地方,其中两只甚至还分别从我身边擦身而过。遇到这种情况,你必须保持绝对的静止和安静。
徒步旅行很辛苦。天气变化无常,我们出发前一晚下了大雨,所以路面非常湿滑。登山杖和背夫真的非常必要。
我强烈建议雇佣背夫:1. 你给了当地人一份工作,他们可能已经好几周没有工作了;2. 他们不仅帮你背行李,还能在你需要的时候帮你拉或推你,无论是在上坡还是下坡。我身体还不错,也很感谢我们的搬运工。
建议多穿几层衣服,因为清晨开始徒步可能会比较冷。我们很庆幸从旅馆借到了绑腿,但我们忘了带口罩和手套,所以请务必带上园艺手套,因为向导会收取每副20000先令的费用,或者收取用过的手套的费用,徒步结束后归还即可。简易口罩也要5000先令。园艺手套非常必要,因为周围有很多荆棘之类的东西。森林非常茂密,所以徒步过程中可能会遇到植被茂密、地形崎岖的情况。戴口罩是为了在靠近大猩猩时保护它们。
我很想再来一次,看看小猩猩们,但我们能如此近距离地接触到它们,已经非常感激了。