According to Visit Rwanda, the park is home to 12 mountain gorilla families. There are only 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild. That said, a unique vantage point affording unrivaled views ...

I achieved the dream earlier this year when I traveled to Rwanda to visit mountain gorillas. Chris Johnston, of Steppes travel, an expert in gorilla trekking, shares his knowledge and passion in ...

Shortly after dawn two mountain gorillas swing gracefully over the shoulder-high stone wall that borders Volcanoes National Park in northwestern Rwanda. Landing lightly on cropped grass ...

Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During this time I have become well acquainted with many of the gorillas, and they with me. They roam the mountain slopes and saddles in ...

Such a montage is cheering because Rwanda is not sunk in dire poverty; it’s now the eighth most prosperous – and the least corrupt – country in Africa. The evening before is spent meticulously packing ...

Rwanda, and Uganda. The remainder can be found in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Since the discovery of the mountain gorilla subspecies in 1902, its population has endured years of ...

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It’s not too late for us to protect our mighty mountain cousins. Mountain gorillas live in just two isolated groups – one in the Virunga volcanoes – spanning the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the ...