When planning for your trip to see the gorillas in Africa, we advise you to come with a few things that are useful for you to attain your lifetime absolute experience that involves trekking/hiking visit mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Such things that you need include your attires that you will be putting on such as;
- You need to put on light weight hiking boots for this activity/strong waterproof walking boots due to nature and altitude of the forest. So get shoes that have good ankle support (the ones that come above the ankle bone) to prevent you from getting pitched by the thorns.
- Take a light jumper and lightweight breathable waterproof jacket/trousers as temperature is variable and weather conditions can change at any given time.
- Combine your above the ankle boots with light weight long wool socks which are comfortable for a mountain tropical forest.
- Along sleeved shirt and trouser to insulate your temperature. Please ensure that you trek in your long sleeved trousers/shirts to avoid insects such as safari ants entering your trousers.
- Sweater for cool evenings and chilly mornings due to nature and altitude of the place.
- Bush hat with a brim for sun protection if at all you fancy it. Please carry a hat to protect you from the strong sun rays if it is hot.
- You may also need to carry some Sunglasses too with neck strap
- Sun cream is also necessary
- Always put on garden gloves that will protect you from germs and other items that may scratch your hands.
- You must also have different layers of clothes since the temperatures tend to change.