Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover adventure, outdoor, and wellness travel. If you are thinking about combining an East African adventure with thrilling ...

Preparing for your first trip can be hard! To some it is quite overwhelming and sophiscated to put together a trip on your own. Planning lifetime adventures like gorilla trekking is not an easy job ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover adventure, outdoor, and wellness travel. You may think of mountain gorillas as something that should provoke a fight or ...

Anyone who has gone on safari in Kruger National Park, Serengeti National Park, the Okavango Delta, or any of the other popular game reserves in Africa will tell you it’s a once-in-a-lifetime ...

Though many travelers come to Rwanda specifically to see the highland gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, the great apes are just one of many types of primate visitors can track during a visit to the ...

“There are two rules when doing a gorilla trek. Keep a distance of at least 7 meters (about 23 feet) from the gorillas and don’t threaten them,” said one of the park guides. My friend and I listened ...

Need to trek mountain gorillas in Africa? Rwanda is one of the few destinations that are open for gorilla tourism in Africa. To many travelers who have gone on primate safaris, there is no better way ...

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I’D BEEN IN Volcanoes National Park, a sliver of jungle in northern Rwanda, for all of 30 minutes, when a fur ball the size of an ottoman came barreling toward me. To be fair, I was on his turf. I had ...

For nature lovers, few things can compare to the experience of seeing mountain gorillas in the wild. There are fewer than 900 left in the world, all in Rwanda, Uganda and the Congo. There are a number ...

Primate researcher Dian Fossey famously became the first human to closely interact with mountain gorillas, sitting amongst their groups and getting up close and personal. The movie version of her book ...