You’ll start by helicoptering from the capital of Kigali over the lush mountains of the countryside—Rwanda is nicknamed the Land of a ... in hand watching the sun set over the magnificent Virunga ...

For 13 years I lived with mountain gorillas on the misty slopes of the Virunga volcanoes, which form a section of the borders between Rwanda, Zaire, and Uganda . In a study area of 25 square ...

Three decades after the groundbreaking researcher was killed in Rwanda, the ape population ... mist-shrouded slope of the Virunga Mountains, and turns her attention to a silverback known as ...

When they come to Rwanda as tourists ... In addition to visiting protected gorillas in the Virunga Mountains, the show’s crew shot footage at Akagera National Park. A game park, Akagera suffered ...

Last year, Rwanda’s critically endangered mountain gorillas saw an all-time high of 25,927 trekkers shuffle around their turf in the Virunga Mountains. In little-visited Gabon, a chart-topping ...

Located in DRC on the border with Rwanda and Uganda, Virunga National Park is home to more than half the 700 remaining mountain gorillas — one of the world's most critically endangered species.

Curtis recalled that Holliman said one of the proudest moments of his life was “Going up the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda with Dian to help raise awareness for the plight of her gorillas.” ...

Those who’ve seen one in its natural habitat will agree: There are few African wildlife encounters as soul-stirring as locking eyes with one of our closest relatives, the gorilla. Perhaps it’s ...