Nkuringo family of the endangered mountain gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was officially opened up for tourism in October 2004. The Uganda Wildlife authority only begun to officially offer tracking permits for the Nkuringo gorilla group which the number use to 18 animals after a mock tourism test period that lasted from April to September 2004. During that period, visitors paid a considerably lower permit rates to take a chance with a gorilla group that was newly habituated. Now that the Nkuringo gorillas are fully employed in the business, the UWA has an additional eight permits can offer park visitors each day. Nkuringo group of the endangered mountain gorillas is one of the families of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park that offers tracking to boost gorilla safaris in the region. Nkuringo group of the endangered mountain gorillas was added to other three groups of the habituated gorillas due growing demand since Uganda is becoming one of the popular tourism destinations in the world due to gorilla tours.
Many time times the permits would be sold out three months or four months in advance particularly during the peak tracking seasons of May to August if one is to adventure in these amazing gorillas. The Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund (MGCF) is devoted to the preservation and protection of the highly endangered Mountain Gorillas in Africa, their habitat, and working with the people around the National Parks. The Denver Gorilla Run is a charity fun run with a difference. Everyone who takes part wears a full gorilla costume – from feathery head to hairy toe and helps raise funds for the Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund, the international charity working to save the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas and keeping Dian Fossey’s dream alive for the past 21 years.
The World Bank and the UN have recognized the initiative of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in the protection of the globally endangered mountain gorillas in Uganda. Uganda is the only country in which gorilla populations have been time after time on the rise and where the population is part of effective matter. Legislation that recognizes its habitats within a gazetted national system of protected areas. An excellent way to help protect the last remaining mountain gorillas is to adopt a gorilla. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI) makes this possible with profits from adoptions directly going to support research on the mountain gorillas and the local communities living in the periphery of protected areas. All these for the success and survival of the endangered mountain gorillas.