Here are three Gorilla Pictures from our trekking in Bwindi, Uganda. Alex describes our trek in great detail in a previous post. He took all the photos.
Last night we were joined for dinner by Dr. Katie Fawcett, the current Director of the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund. A PhD primatologist, she gave us a great deal of insight into these amazing creatures.
We have just returned from an even better trek in Rwanda. We visited the Sabyinyo Group, the same group Cathy and I trekked in 2005. The only silverback in this group, Guhonda, is the largest gorilla in the world. We got VERY close to him. At one point, he took off down a path so close to Alex that the guide had to grab Alex's shirt and pull him back. I think Guhonda grazed Alex on the way to wherever he was going. At one point I was less than 6 feet from him. We were extremely lucky. We will post pictures from today's trek soon, I hope.
WCB
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Location:Parc du Volcans, Rwanda
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