Rwanda

[kennas]

Central Africa is a bit of a trouble spot, and has been for some time. Can't see it changing much….

Unfortunately, they have some interesting things for the traveler.

I was lucky enough to visit the Gorillas up on the border with Zaire in 2003 ish.

Probably heads the list of travel experiences anywhere in the world.

Highly recommended for your next travels through central Africa..

Wish I had a decent photo of the apes ..... :o

[Prawn_86]

Are they the Silverback gorillas your talking about? or am i thinking of somewhere else?

[kennas]

Are they the Silverback gorillas your talking about? or am i thinking of somewhere else?Silverbacks are the males. There were two in this group I think, but I thought there was supposed to be just one dminant male with his haram of females. There was about 14 ish all up, and a few of the females had babies attached to them. We got to spend about 20 minutes with them before the silverback started thumping his chest and pushing over trees which was the sign to leave.

[Prawn_86]

Yeh that would have been pretty amazing. You have definitely seen a lot of cool things

[EverNothing]

Your gorilla-tracking mission sounded mind-blowing, K-man. I'm bloody envious mate. It's a shame that such a tiny, destitute nation (i've heard it's half the size of Tassie) has had so many problems over the last couple of decades.

The mountains must have been an awesome sight to see, it's not refered to as "The Land of a Thousand Hills" for nothing I suppose. Did you also end up trekking through Akagera National Park or sweating it in Nyungwe rainforest or seeing the beauty of Lake Kivu?

And how is the birdlife? I read something once which said there are more than 650 different species of game in the entire country. That's a lot of bird crap to dodge!!! :eek:

[kennas]

Was an awesome experience, and I want to take my wife back one day. Yes, lots of hills, most a bare around the country apart from a few gum trees. The nature reserves in the NW are obviously well wooded. Didn't notice the birds really, was focussed on finding big hairy apes. :)