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Rob, how did I miss this when you posted it? This is possibly the most interesting article I've read for quite a while. I'm pleased they'll be filming it and hope to see it one day. While I'm up for an adventure from time to time watching a film of this one is the closest I'll get to doing it. Thanks!

Grand Escapades shares a fascinating encounter with Gorillas in the misty hills of Rwanda in today's Pic of the Day.

No African Safari is complete without seeing the Mountain Gorillas! There are only 700–880 Mountain gorillas remaining on earth. The majority live in the Virunga Mountains that straddle Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in East Africa. The cost of a Gorilla Trekking permit can cover a wildlife-viewing safari in a top wilderness park in many parts of the world. However, the gorilla trekking experience is completely worth it, it lasts a lifetime. It is the best safari every...

Explorer Levinson Wood begins his try of walking the Nile this Sunday.Read about it. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra...-along-the-Nile.html 

What an amazing travel experience! Thanks for sharing these photos, Gilles!

Great photos...were you on a trek? In a zoo? You were so close to them!!

Hi, It was on a trek in the Volcanoes National Park, at the border between Rwanda, Uganda & DRC. You can come up to 7 meters from the gorillas (NP rules), but at times the animals are much closer. We had the Silver Back something like one meter from us at one time. A mighty and beautiful creature ! Cheers, Gilles