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• News 

  Rwanda raises gorilla permit fees by 50 percent An announcement was just received that the Rwanda Development Board will, effective 01st of June 2012, raise…

• Contact 

• Volcanoes Park 

  Perhaps best known as the home of the rare mountain gorilla, the Virungas are that and so much more. Trekking through the park in far northwest Rwanda, one…

• Gorilla Trekking 

  When visiting the ‘Land of a Thousand Hills’, one should not miss out on the magnificent opportunity to visit Rwanda's Volcanoes National…

  • Gorilla Group Info 

      There are 10 gorilla families available for tourists with 8 tourists allowed per group: Susa—the largest group with 41 gorillas. This…

  • Gorilla Guidelines 

    To minimize possible transmission of human diseases, visitors are asked to maintain a distance of 7m (about 22 feet) from the gorillas. If you are sick with…

  • Gorillas rules poster 

  • Gorilla rules brochure 

  • Gorilla Trekking Movies 

       

• Kwita Izina 

  World Environment Day & Annual Kwita Izina “Many Species, One Planet, One Future” “Raising global awareness of biodiversity…

  • Kwita Izina Background 

    The mountain Gorillas share with the human beings 98% of the genes and about a third of the world’s total mountain gorilla’s population live in…

• Gorilla Info 

  The mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) is one of the two most endangered apes in the world (with the Cross River Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla diehli).…

  • Mountain Gorilla Info 02 

    Hands of orangutan, chimpanzee, gorilla  and human Feet of orangutan, chimpanzee, western …

  • Mountain Gorilla Info 03 

    Gorillas - their Home Like all other apes, all gorillas live in the rain forest. Only chimpanzees  also occur in the tree Savannah. The gorillas roam…

  • References 

    Selected references: Evolution, Taxonomy, Genetics. Amato, G. et al. (1999) Molecular systematics for taxonomic placement  of a gorilla of uncertain…

  • Mountain Gorilla Info 04 

    Planning Your Travel to Visit the Gorillas If you want to travel to Africa and see the gorillas, you should start  planning in time - especially if this…

  • Tourist Mountain Gorilla Information  

  • Mountain Gorilla Pictures 

    The mountain gorilla pictures on this page are made by Dean Polley.

  • Mountain Gorilla Data 

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  • Gorilla rules 

    The maximum number of visitors per group is 8 and not 6 as mentioned.

  • Mountain Gorillas safe from ebola 

• More 2 visit 

• Links 2 

  UWAF believes that the best investment for Africa’s future is in its children: the future change makers. We therefore seek to support successful…

Blog Posts

• Category: Uncategorized  (1)
  • There are now 8 gorilla groups in Rwanda by: admin

    March 12, 2011, 09:06

    Young male starts its own group in Virunga, please have a look at the present groups.

• Category: Events  (1)
  • Kwita Izina set for 18th June 2011 by: admin

    March 10, 2011, 05:49

    Make a date with Rwanda in the week culminating with the annual Kwita Izina Gorilla naming festival, planned for the 18th of June this year. This date…

• Category: News  (2)
  • Rwanda extended gorilla groups to 10 by: admin

    March 28, 2013, 11:22

    Recently Rwanda was lucky to extend the total of Mountain Gorilla groups to 10. This implicates that there is room for 80 tourists (10 groups times 8…

  • Gorilla Fees by: admin

    March 5, 2012, 11:04

    IMPORTANT INFORMATIION ABOUT THE GORILLAS PERMITS FEES : 1.) Rwanda Mountain Gorillas Permits Fees / Volcanoes National Park : With effect from 01/06/2012,…

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