Gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Corona Virus
Gorilla trekking in Rwanda and Corona Virus: Gorilla trekking in Rwanda is by far one of the most rewarding activities that tourists all around the world come to visit Rwanda in order to see the endangered mountain gorillas in volcanoes national park. The fate of gorilla trekking in Rwanda was interfered with when Rwanda confirmed her first case of corona virus in march 2020 when the rest of the world was also fighting against corona virus .which led to the closure of national parks in the countries and the closure of the international airport to minimise the spread of corona virus in the country. And to promote the safety of the tourists that are interested in gorillas trekking in Rwanda.
As coronavirus became a global pandemic, a number of tourists that were interested in gorilla trekking in Rwanda were affected in a way that their trips were cancelled, and in some instances no refunds were made and this shortened their long life dream of watching the endangered mountain gorillas along the virunga mountains in volcanoes National park. With a number of standard procedures the government of Rwanda is carrying out to ensure that tourism for example treating the corona virus patients, putting the country under lockdown to avoid the spread of the virus among communities, government programmes of each national wearing a face mask has also minimised the spread of the virus among others has ensured that tourism in Rwanda bounces back to normal as soon as possible has brought hope to a number of tourists interested in participating in gorillas trekking in Rwanda.
The Rwanda development board in their need to ensure that tourism activities get back to normal, they released a number of guidelines that are expected of by a tourist to take part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda during the corona virus pandemic. For any tourist interested in gorilla trekking in Rwanda, they are expected to follow the guidelines and these include the following;
- Face masks are mandatory for any tourist interested in taking part in gorilla trekking which will ensure that you have an amazing time in the country as you protect yourself against the virus., it should be noted that corona virus in spread through inhaling droplets of an infected person which can easily spread the disease, with the face masks it will ensure that you are well protected against the virus during your encounter with the locals in Rwanda.
- Corona virus test will be taken for the different tourists that come into the country to take part in the numerous tourism activities in the country to ensure that the spread of corona virus in Rwanda is controlled.
- Social distancing is another way gorilla trekking can be carried out to ensure that tourists can have an amazing time during the corona virus pandemic. During gorilla trekking in volcanoes national park, the number of tourists is reduced to 6 people per gorilla family which will help to avoid crowding which is another way corona virus is spread among one another.
- Regular disinfecting of surfaces and the means of transport will ensure that the spread of the virus is controlled because the virus lives on surfaces close to 12 hours.
- You should get into the country days before your tourism activity in order to make the necessary tests
- Covid-19 certificates to ensure that you are free from the disease and you can take part in the activity. Just like yellow fever certificates that are issued, to ensure that the tourists are safe from corona virus, the covid-19 certificates will ensure that you are safe from the disease.
- Cashless payments to be encouraged to avoid close contact with one another which can lead to the spread of the virus.
- You should oblige to temperature screening in public transport means this is to avoid any cases of corona virus undetected.
For tourists that are interested in taking part in gorilla trekking in Rwanda during the corona virus pandemic, they should look at the following signs and symptoms of the virus to ensure that you have an amazing time in the country.
- Running nose
- Fever
- Dry cough
- Shortness of breath
- Headaches
- Congested chest
- Pneumonia
- In the more advanced stages of the Corona Virus, patients will have problems with the respiratory organs like the lungs, and the liver.
Many tourists had lost hope in participating in gorilla trekking in Rwanda due to the covid-19 pandemic, corona virus which had claimed and put in danger the lives of a number people which led to temporary standstill on tourism activities in the world but with the following guidelines you will get to fulfil your lifelong dream of gorilla trekking in Rwanda amidst the corona virus pandemic.
