Why do you need a Daypack for your Gorilla Tracking Encounter?
Choosing the suitable Waterproof Daypack for your Gorilla Trekking Safari
Why do you need a Waterproof Daypack for your Gorilla Trekking Safari? Gorilla Trekking is done in Tropical Afri-Montane Rainforests, where there is the usual morning mist often accompanied by a bit of typically light rain. You are on the actual Gorilla Trek between 3 and 6 hours, which at times is somewhat longer.
The weather changes from a cold morning to a warmer day, and you might need something to eat, something to drink, and protection for your camera, lenses, and batteries, which is why a waterproof daypack will come in very handy. Even better, use a porter to carry your Daypack and support the local community.
A Waterproof Daypack for your Gorilla Trekking Safari is even more necessary if you are on the all-day Gorilla Habituation Experience. You spend 4-Hours with a Gorilla Family in the Rushaga area of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
You do not need the most expensive Daypack – but sturdy, waterproof, comfortable to use, and large enough to pack the things you will need on the day of your Trek.
We suggest that you use your Daypack as a carry-on on your flight to Uganda, making it unnecessary to pack it into your suitcase.
Your Daypack will come in handy on hikes, nature walks, and day climbs.
Why do you need a Daypack for your Gorilla Tracking Encounter?
Packing your Waterproof Daypack for your Gorilla Trekking Safari:
- Lunch – you will need a packed Luch from the lodge where you will be staying. A packed lunch is necessary if your Trek is longer than four hours long.
- 2-Liters of Bottled Water or equivalent into a Bottle attached to your Daypack. If that is not possible, put bottled water inside of your Daypack. Make sure that bottles are sealed and not leaking.
- High Energy Snacks – You can buy locally grown dried Peanuts – Dried Fruit – or in the US, go to Trader Joe and buy some.
- Light Rain Jacket or Poncho unless it is raining
- Camera Equipment – use Ziploc Bags or a Shower Cap to protect items
- Use the services of a porter to carry your Daypack so that you can focus on the Trek
The Things you will not need to pack on the Day of your Trek
- Your Phone – Trek Unplugged – all you need is for it to ring while you are with the Gorillas
- Binoculars will not be required unless you are a birder – You are close to the Gorillas
- Do not bring Cigarettes – Smoking is not permitted
Please note that what you carry in must be brought out. There is to be no littering in the Gorilla Sanctuary Parks.
Waterproof Daypack for your Gorilla Trekking Safari – a simple Daypack, everyone has one at home; some use it to carry their books to school, others take one to work. One of the ingredients that make your time with the Gorillas a success. We suggest you use it during your whole Safari with us, even as a carry-on flying to Africa.
The Focus is on seeing the Gorillas. Daypack makes it more accessible.
