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June 19, 2019
Location: Rushaga The family has 7 members led by silver black Bweza. The family was once a big group with 18 members but due to infighting between the two silverbacks, bweza and kakono, it split […]
June 19, 2019
Location:Ruhija This family has 17members with two silverbacks. Bakwate is the dominant silverback and kagaanga as second in command. In the group also are 2 black backs, 5 adult females, 2 sub adults, 1 juvenile, […]
June 19, 2019
Location:Ruhija This family has 14members led by dominant silverback Ndahura. The family is named after bitukura river along which it foliages. The family has 4 silverbacks (adult male gorillas); the retired alpha silverback karamuzi, rukumu […]
June 18, 2019
Location: Ruhija This is a family of 12 members led by dominant silverback Mukiza. Its a splinter group from kyagurilo gorilla family led by rukina. The fights between mukiza,the successor of rukina and rukara the […]
June 18, 2019
Location: BuhomaThis is a new gorilla family with 7 members led by dominant silverback Katwe. It was officially opened for tourism on 20 August 2018 in the northern sector of Bwindi Buhoma. The family has […]
June 18, 2019
Location: RuhijaThis family has 9 members led by dominant silver back Rukara. Originally habituated as a research family by the German Max Planck institute of evolotion anthropology; the family was big with 21 members led […]
June 17, 2019
Location: Buhoma This family has 15 members with one silverbacks. Kabukonjo is the current leader of this family helped by his young brother to co lead the family. Kabukonjo took over the leadership of the […]
June 15, 2019
Location:Buhoma sector This family has 17 members led by silverback makara as the dominant and sole leader of the family. The family was habituated in 1997 and named habinyanja (H group) meaning a swampy area, […]
June 14, 2019
Location: Buhoma sector This is the oldest habituated gorilla family and the first to be opened for tourism in the whole of bwindi impenetrable national park with 11 members. The family was habituated between 1991 […]
June 12, 2019
Bwindi forest is one of Uganda’s biggest forest conservation area covering an area of 325 km². It also one of Africa’s oldest forest dating back to before the Pleistocene ice age thus making it over […]
June 5, 2019
Volcanoes national park (PARC national des volcans) lies in the northwestern part of Rwanda and borders Virunga national park in Congo DR, and Mgahinga gorilla national park in Uganda. The park is a haven for […]
June 4, 2019
ON THE WAY TO THE GORILLAS 1. always wash your hands before you head out to the gorillas 2. A maximum number of 8 visitors may visit a group of habituated gorillas in a day. […]
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