![]() DAY 12 Volcanoes National ParkĪ day of adventure will be dedicated to tracking mountain gorillas. This afternoon, visit the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund to learn about important research and conservation initiatives. Check in to Five Volcanoes Boutique Hotel, where each room offers a veranda with lovely views of the Virunga Mountains. DAY 11 Kigali / Volcanoes National ParkĪfter breakfast, depart overland for Volcanoes National Park, with a stop for lunch. Day 10 Bangui / Kigali, RwandaĪfter breakfast, enjoy a morning at leisure before boarding our flight to Kigali. DAY 9 Dzanga Sangha / BanguiĪfter breakfast, board our charter flight for our return to Bangui and and check in to the now familiar Ledger Plaza Hotel. There will also be opportunities to search for nocturnal species during evening walks around the lodge. Take a hike to the top of the falls for amazing vistas over the canopy, while keeping an eye out for the extremely rare and endangered gray-necked rockfowl. Learn about edible and medicinal plants and hunting techniques while searching for game.Ĭruise along the river through prime rainforest to a series of lovely waterfalls. Join Ba’aka net hunters for a day in the forest, observing their ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The bai also attracts shy forest creatures like the bongo, giant forest hog, red river hog, sitatunga, and forest buffalo. Spend time at Dzanga Bai where it is often possible to view large numbers of forest elephants gathering to drink the mineral rich waters. This group of monkeys are part of a long-term study and are quite comfortable with human observers. Another highlight here is the chance to visit a group of about 150 habituated agile mangabeys. The reserve is one of the only places in the world where you may observe these gentle creatures in the wild. Of course, one of the highlights of our time here is the opportunity to join experienced guides to track habituated western lowland gorillas. Our itinerary is flexible, and there will be a variety of exploration options to choose from. The reserve is home to large populations of forest elephants, western lowland gorillas, 16 primate species and hundreds of bird species, along with numerous reptiles, frogs, insects, and more. Spend a week exploring this vast region of pristine rainforest. Time permitting, venture out in the afternoon to visit the only habituated black-bellied pangolins in the world, followed by a short sundowner cruise on the Sangha River. Check in to the Sangha Lodge, our home base for seven nights. DAY 2 Bangui / Dzanga-SanghaĪfter breakfast and a morning at leisure, return to the airport for our charter flight to Dzanga Sangha. Transfer to the Ledger Plaza Hotel and meet with fellow travelers and your expedition leaders for a welcome dinner and overnight. Unlike human’s gestation period of 9 months gorillas have a gestation period of 8.5 months, its though very hard to tell when a female mountain gorilla is pregnant because there stomach is always large however some usually have temporarily swollen knuckles during pregnancy, a female mountain gorilla starts conceiving at the age of 10 years and it gives one baby every after 4 years mother gorillas stays with their babies until four years.Arrive in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. These mountain gorillas are about the same height 4-6 feet tall with their bodies covered in thick black fur. an adult male mountain gorilla may weigh up to 220kg and an adult female weighs up to 97.7kg. Mountain gorillas are also afraid of chameleons and caterpillars, they are technically omnivores they diet on fresh green leaves, stems, and bamboo shoots as their favorite food and are in the third level of the food chain still food these apes also hunt for larvae, snails and ants. Mountain gorillas are under a secondary consumer bracket their direct predators are the leopards there next immediate threat would be humans and for no reason known to us these great apes are surprisingly scared of water and rain, they wouldn’t dare cross a river stream unless there is a log of wood. ![]()
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