Gorilla Trekking Blog

The Gaboon viper holds several superlatives in the snake world: the largest viper in Africa…

The green mamba is Africa's most arboreal venomous snake — a slender, vividly coloured predator…

The African rock python is the largest snake in Africa and one of the largest…

The Rothschild's giraffe is the world's most endangered giraffe subspecies and one of Uganda's most…

The Jackson's hartebeest is one of Africa's most distinctive and most ungainly-looking antelopes — a…

The common eland is the largest antelope in Africa and one of the most impressive…

The African golden cat is the least-known wild cat in Africa and one of the…

The lesser bushbaby is one of Africa's most endearing and least-known primates — a tiny,…

The potto is one of Africa's most unusual primates and one of the most rarely…

De Brazza's monkey is one of the most strikingly beautiful primates in Africa and one…

The vervet monkey is the most familiar primate on any Uganda savannah safari — ubiquitous,…

The Ugandan red colobus is one of the world's most endangered primates and one of…

The blue monkey is one of Uganda's most abundant and widespread forest primates — a…

The black-and-white colobus is one of Africa's most visually striking primates — its dramatic colouring,…

The olive baboon is Uganda's most widespread and most commonly encountered primate — present in…

The L'Hoest's monkey is one of Uganda's most distinctive and least-known forest primates — a…

The red-tailed monkey is one of Uganda's most widespread forest primates and one of the…

The pangolin is the world's most trafficked mammal, and almost nobody has seen one —…

The genet is one of Africa's most elegant small predators — a slender, long-tailed, spotted…

The mongoose is famous for snake-killing — the image of a mongoose facing down a…

The giant forest hog holds the title of Africa's largest wild pig and the largest…

The sitatunga is the most aquatic of all African antelopes — a species so thoroughly…

The bushbuck is one of Uganda's most widespread and most habitat-flexible antelopes — and one…