, Uganda Gorilla Trek

Uganda Gorilla Trek

Seeing gorillas in the wild has been on my wish list for a while, and last month I ticked it off.  This trek was in Mgahinga National Park and I was quite prepared to possibly trek for up to 6 hours to find them.  Fortunately that wasn’t the case and we only had to walk to where they were for under 2 hours.   There is only one habituated gorilla family in the park  (habituated means used to humans) and it’s a family of 9.  There are only 8 permits a day issued for a gorilla trek here and for a maximum of one hour to be spent with them.  Facemasks must be worn in order to protect them from human diseases and I came away with a lot of images and the memory of one of them walking so close to me that it brushed my leg as I was standing there.   Here are my favourites.

, Uganda Gorilla Trek
This huge silverback was the first one we saw and although he looks intimidating he just calmly observed us.
, Uganda Gorilla Trek
I wanted to show them in their surroundings so I made sure to take some wider shots.

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek
Caption suggestions?
, Uganda Gorilla Trek
This one walked really close to me!

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek
Wondering if this one will be tasty enough.

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek

, Uganda Gorilla Trek
A very playful baby sat still and posed for a very short time.
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Not so still, but I managed to focus and get a photo.
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