Mubare Gorilla Group

Mubare Gorilla Group is found in the Buhoma region in the southern parts of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi National Park is one of the Mountain gorilla parks in Africa and it is separately situated away from other parks. Other parks which harbor the Mountain gorillas in Africa include the Mgahinga National Park in Uganda, the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, all the above mentioned three gorilla parks …

Katwe Gorilla Group

Katwe gorilla group is one of the newest introduced gorilla families found in the Buhoma area in the southern sector of the park. Initially the Buhoma area had only two habituated gorilla families which include the Mubare gorilla family (the first family to be habituated in 1993), the Rushegura group (most loved by tourists when they visit the Buhoma area) and the habiyanja gorilla group. Unlike other gorilla families that are habituated for a period of two years, it took …

Dian Fossey: Amerian Primatologist

Dian Fossey: Amerian Primatologist : Dian Fossey (also referred to as “Woman in the Mist”) was an American “primatologist and a Conservationist” born on 16th/January/1932, San Francisco, California (United States of America ) to 26th/December/1985 (Murdered in cold blood in Rwanda), she was known for her extensive research and study on Mountain gorillas in Volcano National Park in Rwanda from 1966 until her death in 1985. She released a book in 1983, called “Gorillas in the Mist” which covered her …

Mountain Gorillas in Africa

Mountain Gorillas in Africa :Gorillas are ground dwelling giant apes (herbivorous) and occupy the forests of central Sub- Saharan Africa. Gorillas are divided into two subspecies that is the Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) and Lowland gorillas (Beringei grauri) but both are listed as critically endangered by IUCN. Rwanda and Uganda gorilla subspecies are the Eastern gorillas that predominantly live in Mountains and are referred to as the “Mountain gorillas,” the Democratic Republic of Congo has got both subspecies that …

Mishaya Gorilla Family

The Mishaya Gorilla family was once a single family with the Nshongi Gorilla Family in the Rushaga area in the Southwestern part of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Like humans, gorillas tend to evolve misunderstanding amongst themselves for a given number of reasons which result into separating from one another to start a new life. Through fights, some families may either be acquired or lost to another rival gorilla family hence a change in the numbers of the family members …