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Favorite thing: You just simply cannot get around paying the $600 for an hour visit with the gorillas. Nor should you. Your money does indeed go to the rangers and park personnel in charge of protecting the Gorillas. Now, I am not a hippy tree-hugging, save-the whales, kind of guy. But, even I know that this is a worthwhile undertaking. If you have seen the video of poachers carrying out the 600lbs gorilla, you should know what I mean. Its just heartbreaking. Just coming here supports the gorillas and your travel to the country helps it continue to recover form the genocide.
Written Oct 9, 2008
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You just simply cannot get around paying the $600 for an hour visit with the gorillas. Nor should you. Your money does indeed go to the rangers and park...
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Our visit to Rwanda was purely in order to see the endangered mountain gorilla. Below are extracts from my diary written at the time:
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It goes without saying that if I pay a rate of $600/hour and leave thinking I came away with a steal, it had to have been impressive. The Mountain Gorillas swarming around you in the middle of the...
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