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A mountain gorilla feeding in dense vegetation in Bwindi

Safari idea

Gorillas and primates

Bwindi and Mgahinga for the gorillas, Kibale for the chimpanzees, and the golden monkeys in the bamboo on the Rwandan side. A permit is one dated document for one named person, so the date is fixed first and every flight, lodge and mile of road is planned backwards from it.

The hour

One hour with a habituated family, the same for everybody. The walk to reach them takes anywhere from one to seven.

The walking

The guide moves at the pace of the slowest person, and porters can be hired at the trailhead.

Best months

June to September and December to February are drier. The forest is wet all year.

What it actually looks like

Travellers on a wet forest trail in Bwindi

The trail in, on an ordinary morning.

A chimpanzee mother and infant in the canopy

Kibale, where the chimps are overhead rather than in front of you.

A golden monkey in the bamboo

The golden monkeys, in the bamboo below the volcanoes.

Which family, and when?

Four screens of pictures, about two minutes, and an answer before we ask you for anything.

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