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Gorillas! Volcanos National Park, Rwanda

Gorillas!  Volcanos National Park, Rwanda by extremeboh.
Yes, I said Gorillas! Plural! After climbing up to 10,000 feet on one of the many volcanoes in this park, we were admist the Susa family group of Mountain Gorillas. There are only 700 mountain gorillas left in this world and they are all found in the Verundi Massif Park of eastern Congo, western Uganda and northern Rwanda. This is the area where Dian Fossey studied the gorillas until her death (not by gorillas) in 1985. Our trip was a nine mile loop up to the gorillas and back again. At one point, by spinning in a circle and counting, I could spot 22 distinct gorillas sitting all around our group and having lunch. Unbelievable!! J 

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FelipeArte  Pro User  says:

Wow! Beautiful shot!

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lecercle  Pro User  says:

Lucky you/
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sistereden2  Pro User  says:

Impressive. Miss the mist.
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Jungle_Boy  Pro User  says:

This is one of the things I want to do most in the world. Thanks for sharing this! (1-2-3 Travel)
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morephotos49  Pro User  says:

Wow, that must have been a wonderful once in a lifetime experience!
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westwithjesus says:

I must say a well deserved moment for fellow RT'er Jason Hall!
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Oma and Opa 7782 says:

You never know who is watching. Love it.
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Giulygia says:

very nice
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Dey  Pro User  says:

Great shot, and story. Must have been a terrific adventure.

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*Simian*  Pro User  says:

Beautiful image! I've just created a new group for mountain gorilla images (Mountain Gorillas)
It'd be great if you could post it there!
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fffriendly  Pro User  says:

:-) You may want to add some of your images to 'Images for Africa'!
www.flickr.com/groups/images-for-africa/


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jim delicio  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Monkey Bussiness, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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