When Her Life Rolls Out in Front of Her Eyes
When we organise trips for other tour companies, we never push to build relationships with the guests. It’s kinda unprofessional; their clients are their clients…
Gorillas
Mountain gorillas evolved with the rise of the volcanoes half a million years ago, adapting to the terrain by becoming larger than western gorillas and with thicker, darker fur. They are herbivores who sometimes eat ants and termites. Only about 1,000 mountain gorillas exist in the world but the number is gradually increasing. They can be visited in four parks: Rwanda’s Volcanoes NP, Uganda’s Bwindi and Mgahinga NPs and Congo’s Virunga NP.
Kahuzi-Biega NP is the only place in the world where habituated Eastern lowland gorillas (also known as Grauer’s gorillas) can be seen. It is estimated that there are about 3,500 of them left on the planet.
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