Our Gorilla Habituation Experience in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

On our recent trip to Uganda we visited the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and did a Gorilla Habituation Experience. Unlike the standard gorilla trekking experience, this trek allowed us to meet a semi-habituated gorilla family and observe them for almost four hours.
The most impressive moment came soon after we reached the family and they were all up in the trees. After a few minutes the huge silverback male climbed down from his tree and ambled straight past us, totally unconcerned with our presence. This is because he has come from a family that had been fully habituated before forming his own family.
Everyone in the gorilla family follows the lead of this enormous gorilla and so did we!
The family consisted of 8 gorillas in total, the silverback, five females and a male and female infant. Half of the family were reluctant to come close but two of the females, the silverback and the male infant were quite happy with us around. The baby tried to show us how brave he was by beating his chest in front of us - too cute! They truly are beautiful creatures and it's great that the money we spent goes toward helping protect them.
We were blessed with excellent weather for our experience, except on our way back where we had a little bit of rain. It could have been a lot worse!

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Fabulous footage! I'd love to do this exact trip. Can you tell me who you booked this with?

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Apologies for the late reply. We booked this with Gorillas and Wildlife Safaris: www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g319722-d5016665-Reviews-Gorillas_and_Wildlife_Safaris-Bwindi_Impenetrable_National_Park_Western_Region.html