Are the mountain Gorillas aggressive animals?
The animals are most loved for their interactionism once encountered in their natural habitats. Are the mountain gorillas aggressive animals? Can gorillas attack people when trekking? If they are how safe are the trekkers of these aggressive and potentially dangerous wild animals? Many travelers/ people are curious about the issue of gorilla aggressiveness before rolling for the adventure. In real sense, this helps to understand how one could conduct themselves in case they have encountered the gorillas.
Mountain gorillas are low-dwelling primates and the hugest among all the other apes. Only can be located in the mountain forests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Virunga Conservation Aare which is mutually shared among three parks which are the Virunga National Park of DR Congo, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park of Uganda, and the famous Volcanoes National Park.
Mountain gorillas are reserved and shy towards people. As well imitates much of human characters among which are communication, laughers, care, emotions and security. They share almost 98% of human biological likeness (DNA). The apes live in families formed of several members. Under the leadership of a dominant silverback with other submissive black-backs, adult females, and cheerful juveniles. In their family composition, the silverbacks always stands to defend the family members. From any kind of threat even till death. Mountain gorillas are humble apes but in case of any threat suspicion, they turn aggressive and dangerous towards the cause.
Safety of trekkers
Well, everyone should know that mountain gorillas are very aggressive animals. Thus dangerous to people incase of threat. Right from the time of Diana Fossey, she discovered that gorillas can hesitate their shy and aggressiveness. The gorilla training process introduced to combat both their shy and aggressive characters when encountered by people.
Mountain gorillas can be dangerous. But just need a special handling that can only display their social lifestyle towards people. The gorilla training process embraced and done in all gorilla trekking parks. The process commonly known as the habituation. Gorilla habituation starts as a follow-up of a new emerged gorilla group from the area.
Our Safari Vehicles - Luxury 4x4 Land Cruiser Extended
All our Safari vehicles are Toyota Land-cruiser 4×4 with pop-up roofs. The vehicles are serviced and maintained to a very high standard before, during and after every safari. Paradise Adventure Vacations Ltd offering all-wheel drive safari vehicles suitable for off-road driving, which enable travelers to discover the magical areas of East Africa in a pleasant and reliable manner.
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All our safari vehicles have power / charging points. Please bring travel adaptors to ensure they are suitable for your appliances / devices
What happens if the jeep breaks down?
Our Safari vehicles are serviced and maintained to a very high standard before, during and after every safari. The age of the vehicles in our fleet varies but most were built between 2008 and 2013. If your vehicle does break down and it cannot be fixed on the road, we will request a rescue jeep which will come for you so that you can continue your safari with minimum impact. Whilst every effort is made to prevent this from happening, the driving is rough and the vehicles do take quite a pounding!
We believe in value for money. Every guest would like to have the most reliable and comfortable vehicles on safari. In response to the clients’ needs, we have a very strict vehicle replacement policy that ensures a young fleet at all times. We have a total fleet of 225 well-maintained motor vehicles, predominantly 4-wheel drives. This does away with the problem of sub-contracting vehicles and driver-guides, which may compromise the quality of services. Our safari vehicles are specifically converted for maximum space and comfort. All of them have hatched roof and sliding windows to facilitate good viewing and convenient photography during game drives and sight seeing.
