To celebrate 2009 being the UN year of the Gorilla, Goway’s AFRICAExperts has launched a special offer to encourage clients to track these gentle giants. Goway is offering clients a free second gorilla permit (Worth $500USD) on a safari of 6 days or more valid for new bookings until December 31, 2009. In effect this money is being donated to the gorilla national parks for conservation and communities, thus increasing revenue for the gorilla parks. “Before I saw my first mountain gorilla he brushed my shoulder as he bounded from the canopy above and went somersaulting down the track behind me,” says Bruce Hodge, President of 39-year-old Goway. “There was another gorilla in the undergrowth to the left and one to the right and even more in the bamboo canopy above.“ The place was Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, East Africa the region where Dian Fossey became famous. “I feel privileged to be one of the very few travellers who have ever encountered mountain gorillas in their own habitat” continued Hodge.
Consider that in contrast to the six billion human beings living on our crowded planet, there are only some seven hundred mountain gorillas left. Goway’s AFRICAExperts offers travellers some programs where they can encounter gorillas up close. One is a 7 day ‘Gorillas, Wildlife & Chimps’ (http://www.goway.com/africa/uganda/gorillas-wildlife-chimps.html) which includes gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda and chimp trekking from $4434. Also on offer is the 3 or 4 day Mountain Gorilla Encounter in Rwanda from $2936CAD. Only 8 permits are issued each day in Rwanda to visit each of 5 families habituated for tourists, so early booking is essential if you want to join one of the few travellers to have encountered mountain gorillas in their own habitat.
For more information on these and many other great value Travel ideas, visit www.goway.com or call 1-800-245-0920.