Mountain climbing, hiking and forest treks are excellent ways to prove your fitness on any safari tour in East Africa. If you enjoy walking in the wilderness, trekking through thick jungle forest, then Mountain climbing safaris, hiking safaris and gorilla treks are right choice for your vacation trip. Opportunities of challenging your fitness and feel rewarded are scattered in the mountains and rain forest jungles of East Africa. You can do hike mountain Kilimanjaro, mount Kenya, and mount Rwenzori or hike the great volcanoes of Congo , Rwanda and Uganda. Besides, treks into the forest to see gorillas especially when the gorilla family is far away, it’s another wonderful way to prove your fitness in the Wilderness.
Climbing Mountain Kilimanjaro
Have you ever imagined making your way to the top of Africa’s tallest mountain peak through lush rain forests, alpine deserts, across glaciers and sleep close to the stars every day for a couple of days?. Kilimanjaro mountain climbing will give you all the answers. But climbing Mount Kilimanjaro needs some advance training if you have never trekked before, the hikes ate tough and is only recommended to healthy travelers with moderate degree of physical Fitness. For a few weeks before the trek, make prior practices if hiking hills in order to build your stamina and climbing muscles. The recommended time for preparation would be six months at least to be able to coup up with the tough challenging hike of Kilimanjaro. Due to difference in the altitude, the air at Kilimanjaro summit is half of the breathable oxygen we use at sea level so managing high altitudes become a challenge not all to fitness but in all aspects. So the more time you give yourself to adapt the easier it becomes as you hike to the top.
Hiking Volcanoes
Virunga National park the oldest in Africa offers superb volcanoes hiking adventures in Mount Nyiragongo a home to the largest lava lake in Africa. Travelers take 5-6 hours to the top and the hikes are a little bit challenging though not as tough like that of mountain Kilimanjaro. With Nyiragongo hike you need just a night close to sky and return back on the usual planet the next day. Everyone gets exhausted by the time you get on top feeling all tired and warm but coldness takes over in a few minutes calling for only warm wears which you must pack in the process of preparing for your hiking safari. The lava lakes turn into fire at night and it’s a great time to take nice photos and admire the dazzling fame. Other Volcanoes to hike are Karisimbi, Muhavura, Gahinga, Bisoke etc.
Gorilla Trekking Adventure
The hill thick jungle forests wait for those seeking to see the wild stars-mountain gorillas that attract hundreds every year from all corners of the world. The things that made the forest residents the Batwa people to quit the forest for mountain gorillas, the incredible stars of the jungle forest is the reason for many gorilla safaris in Uganda .For decades the Batwa lived with gorillas in the forest but today the paradise rain forest is a home of the stars .However, to meet with the gorillas, tourists marvel through the forest and hike through hills covered with thick vegetation for a period of 2-6 hours which require some level of fitness. The sick and unfit are not fit for gorilla trekking tours in Africa.
