You’ll spend an hour observing the gorillas in Rwanda as they munch on bamboo, carefully groom each other, or tend to their infants. Visits are limited in time and you’ll need to keep your distance to avoid causing the apes distress and to prevent the transmission of disease.
You’ll need to remain quiet and still as you observe the gorillas, but you’ll be rewarded with a view of fluffy youngsters wrestling and rolling, older females snoozing, scratching, or feeding, adolescents chest thumping, and a silverback keeping a quiet eye on it all.
You’ll have a prime position to take photographs, but we’d recommend spending most of your time simply observing these gentle giants as they interact with each other. Their facial expressions, hand movements, and obvious emotions are so human-like that it’s a moving and humbling experience just being in their presence.