So after being charged twice as Danny mentioned yesterday, which really was terrifying, we slid down the mountain a bit more and found ourselves in a huge clearing with about a dozen mountain gorillas.
It was an amazing experience being surrounded by these huge creatures, but they couldn’t have been more passive.
We spent an hour with them, and while it was probably the most expensive hour of our whole lives, it was incredible.
Our gorilla group- nkongo- had 18 members, including one 4 month old infant and a set of one year old twins.
While we only saw one silverback, there were two in the group as well as several males. After being charged, I was surprised the gorillas allowed us to come so close to them. For about an hour (maybe a little more but shhh…) we stood less than 10 feet from the gorillas, watching them eat, play and interact with each other.
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