We hadn't planned to do the gorilla tracking in Uganda because we'd heard that you needed permits months in advance. But our driver, a soft-spoken man named Sinani, told us that we could hike in another national park where you can get permits the day before if the gorillas are on the Ugandan side of the border. (When they cross the mountains into Congo or Rwanda, hikers can't go out. Okay by us!) So he called a friend at that park who told him the gorillas were on the Rwandan side, and there was space available on March 9! We couldn't believe it. Only 8 people a day are permitted to visit the gorillas in one group for one hour. This is one of the young males in the family group of 8 that we observed: 3 silverbacks, two young ones, one female, and two young males.
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