Today's Agenda, trekking the mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
There are about 800 mountain gorillas left in the world and they are all found in Africa, despite costing nearly $600 for the permit it is well worth the money and I would recommend it to anyone, it's also going to a good cause to try and protect these magnificent animals and get the population on the increase.
After a bumpy one hour journey covering 17km we arrived at car park.
Me, Jon, Rogan, Alison, Dianne and David had decided on doing a long trek to find the gorillas.
After walking for nearly two hours in the forest with some spectacular views and noises also going close to Dian Fossey's grave, we met up with the trackers who had been following the gorillas all morning, led us down to where the gorillas were making their nest for the night.
First sightings of the gorillas were restricted as they were sat in trees and quite dense foliage and also thanks to a Austrian guy being very ignorant and needing to have prime spot for photo taking.
The Trekkers cleared back some of the vines and nettles for a better look at the gorillas.
It was magnificent to be so close to the gorillas and you really appreciate the presence and power a Silverback Gorilla really has!
Not only by looking at him but when he charged at us not once but 4 times.
First charge we were totally oblivious to any danger, happily taking pictures and videos and out of the blue the male puffed his chest up started beating and bolted towards us!
Rogan managed to get a bit of a video, but with the rush cancelled recording as we got out of the silverbacks way!
Heart racing, adrenaline pumping took a little time to steady to our nerves and a chuckle between ourselves about how we survived unscathed, it was back to taking pictures of the group.
The 4th charge was probably the best as the group had been split on the 3rd charge. So it was a matter of hoping the gorilla didn't head for me, Rogan and Dianne as we were trapped by bushes!
Luckily he headed in the different direction.
Before you knew it, our hour allocation with the group was up and it was time to start heading back to camp.
The walk back gave us time to reflect upon what we had just done.
In complete awe of these magnificent creatures, how gentle they appear at first sight and the pure strength they possess if in any danger they can use either against other silverbacks or humans.
One of the highlights of the trip