800 Gorillas
That’s it. There are no more. The last living mountain gorillas spend their days in the densely forested mountain range that is shared by Uganda, Rwanda, and the Congo. Through human population growth and poaching, the numbers of the mountain gorillas have dwindled to just 800. We got a chance to get up close to one family as part of our African safari with Acacia Africa. We visited the gorillas in the beautiful country of Uganda. This part of Africa is the image most people get when they think of the continent. Uganda is lush, bright green plants cover the red soil and the skies are a deep blue with crisp white clouds. As we approached the western edge of Uganda the terrain became very hilly and the roads windy. The hills looked like a patchwork quilt of different shades of green with small plots of tea, vegetables, and coffee. The most striking feature was the morning mist. The dampness of the night would spill over into the morning and cover the hills in a blanket of white mist....