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What do Mountain Gorillas Eat? More Fascinating Facts

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Mountain Gorillas are the largest living primates occupying rainforests of Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda , the Virunga mountains bordering Uganda and Rwanda and the extended Virunga’s in Congo possibly a total of about 1041 mountain gorillas still found on planet earth. Mountain Gorillas are mostly found in the dense jungle forests of east and central Africa while the biggest population find homage the west and eastern central parts of Africa. Other than the Mountain Gorillas , East and central Africa is home to Lowland Gorillas found only in Congo while the rest of the population of lowland gorillas is found in West Africa. Mountain Gorillas call Uganda , Rwanda , DR Congo and the Congo Brazzaville’s nature forests where they find a comfort home and these countries are proud homes the to the worlds remaining Mountain gorillas while the impenetrable forests of Bwindi and Mgahinga gorilla national park in Uganda shar and the volcanoes of Rwanda are comfort homes of...

Gorilla Trekking Uganda or Rwanda?

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Gorillas trekking in Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills can be seen only in the volcanoes national park at $1500 per person on a one time basis. Driving from the capital kigali/ the international airport of Rwanda to the volcanoes national park takes you a few ours less or plus three hours. (-/+ 3hours) Virunga National park can also be accessible my aircrafts. This arranged earlier prior to your arriving, this may be totally impossible if not booked in advance. Most likely you will see the gorillas and spend about one hour with them in the wild as a conservation measure to avoid stressing the gorillas in their natural habitant.. Bwindi impenetrable national park in Uganda the pearl Of Africa is a home of the biggest number of Mountain Gorillas in world. You can trek mountain gorillas of Uganda at $700 per person for 1 hour and a habituation experience for $1500 per person for 4 hours max. Driving from Entebbe to the park takes roughly -/+ 8 hours. The drive however is so be...

What is A Gorilla?

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    A Gorilla is an ape the largest living primate in the world. They are next animals close to human relatives with about 95-99 % DNA and weighs about 150-350 kilograms. These are mostly found in the sub Saharan Africa. Gorillas are described as the low land gorillas in the central African countries of Congo and the high land or mountain gorillas of Uganda and the Virunga’s shared with both Uganda , Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. If you chose to describe it personally I would say the long haired man of the jungle. After all they do all a man can do apart from walking for long distances on foot.  Because of having a lot of resemblance and similarities with man, Gorillas are much more in danger to poaching, diseases, forest destruction as well as humanity itself. With a population of more than 200000 the gorillas are critically endangered animals in the whole world. This has led to a lot of research and protection of these giant apes.  Most of t...

Responsible Travel With Gorilla Walking Safaris.

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Making A Difference: The Batwa Smile at receiving Covid_19 Relief food From Gorilla Walking Safaris

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Corona Virus has hit the world hard but the effects are not close to the escalating hunger that has seen many people struggle to find a meal including communities that directly depended on tourist’s visits for survival out of selling crafts, tips or cultural encounter experiences. This has seen thousands of households struggle to live but worst is finding a survival meal for the day. The Batwa Community has not been spared either and to me, they have surely had the wrath of the pandemic. All was well with us at first when we got restricted to move _ in our houses by the government of Uganda as a preventive measure to curb the spread of the deadly virus pandemic, while we thought was a good idea and a solution to the then fast spreading virus, it hadn’t crossed our minds that fast about the lock-down effects it would cause to the more less privileged communities like the Batwa and many others who directly or indirectly survived on tourist guest arrivals. After we had written about Afr...

Kenya Masai Mara Quotes

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Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the most popular travel destinations not only in east Africa but the whole Africa. In the Great Rift Valley lies the Masai mara, it gets its name from the masai people leaving in the area. Maasai Mara National Reserve is in Kenya and it stretches 580 sq miles and raises 1,500-2,170 meters above sea level. It hosts over 95 species of mammals and over 570 recorded species of birds. There is an excellent chance of seeing the Big 5, cheetah, hyena, bat eared foxes, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, impala, water bucks, reed-buck, zebra. It is in the masai mara national park that you get to see the great migration to Tanzania from Kenya or vice versa. The wildebeest migration needs a little timing I guess because it does not happen all year around. Depending on what you want Masai Mara national park is good for 3-5 days Kenya safari . If you are interested in photography the longer you stay the more c...