Mountain gorilla tours and safaris news
Audubon Society activities in February Red Bluff Daily News Only recently has Uganda become a tourist destination, primarily because of its mountain gorilla population. Few people are aware that Uganda is also a world class birding destination, with 1100 species of birds to be found in a country the size of ... |
Indiana Gorilla Doctor Back From Africa 93.1 WIBC Indianapolis By Network Indiana (news@networkindiana.com) Jan Ramer is back home in Indiana after spending two years helping save the mountain gorillas in Africa. A veterinarian with the Indianapolis Zoo, Dr Ramer served as a gorilla doctor with the Mountain ... |
 PhysOrg.com | Satellite technology saves endangered gorillas, again SmartPlanet.com (blog) By Christie Nicholson | January 31, 2012, 7:24 PM PST In 1993 when rebels fighting in the Rwandan civil war moved higher into the mountains, the endangered mountain gorillas made famous by researcher Dian Fossey nearly disappeared. Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world's rarest gorilla Satellites reveals new hope for gorillas |
 East African | Latest news: Rwanda private sector contests new gorilla tour permit pricing East African By Berna Namata (email the author) The population of mountain gorillas in Rwanda has increased by 26.3 per cent over the last seven years with a 3.7 per cent annual growth, according to Gorilla Census conducted in April 2010. The Rwandan private sector ... |
Among Mountain Gorillas Travel Adventure Cinema By TAC (We watched this great footage of Mountain gorillas and asked filmmaker Rich Kern for his take on the video. Rich has specialized in nature films and has won a ton of awards. He was familiar with the area and its gorillas. Read on. |
Would tourists in Indonesia pay $500 to see orangutans? Forests Blog, Center for International Forestry Research (blog) In Rwanda, to catch a glimpse of a mountain gorilla costs $500 – and the tourists are lining up. Could Indonesia charge foreign tourists $500 to see its great apes? “When we started (gorilla) tourism in Rwanda, people were paying $50. |
Uganda has a lot of wildlife safari attractions these range from mountain gorilla tracking done in the Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and Mgahinga gorilla national park in the south western corner of the country. A large number of tourists have started flocking the country to view these Africa wildlife tour attractions. The 10 national parks in the country include;