Gorilla Trekking Blog

Mountain gorillas never leave Bwindi or the Virunga massif, and understanding why they cannot migrate…

A silverback gorilla is approximately ten times stronger than the strongest human being -- and…

Gorillas have human-like fingerprints, and scientists use them to tell individual animals apart -- a…

Mountain gorillas share 98.3% of human DNA, and this number appears in every gorilla trekking…

Watching a silverback discipline his family is one of the experiences that gorilla trekking briefings…

The gorilla that approached our group and sniffed the air was a female from the…

Why people cry during gorilla trekking is a question worth exploring seriously, because it happens…

The 10 seconds that changed how I see the natural world forever did not involve…

A silverback gorilla sat two metres from me in Bwindi Forest, and here is what…

What a gorilla smells like up close is something nobody talks about, which is strange…

Moses Tumwebaze has spent 23 years tracking mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park —…

I have been on safari twelve times across seven African countries, and gorilla trekking in…