Exactly 1 year ago today, my wife and I were hikign through the PNV in Rwanda going to see the great mountain gorillas. We were trekking to see the Sabinyo group. It was the climaz to an [color:"purple"]amazing month in Kenya, Tanzania & Rwanda[/color].

Soon I will post my entire trip report here. For this who want jump ahead, they can go to www.waynehazle.com/eastafrica/ My trip report is in a PDF file. There are also quick time video of various moments on the trip.

Wow, an amazing picture! Looking forward to having the time to sit down and view the whole of your picture galleries! Thanks so much for posting!!

That is a really cool photo -- how close were you at the time you took the picture?

I think I was around 20 - 30 feet from him.
At times we got to within 4 feet of some gorillas. A blackback walked by a group of us and we could have touched him.

I would NOT want to be within arms length of this guy however.
While they are habituated to humans, he was definitely keeping an eye on us.
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Four feet away from some?? <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Shocked.gif" alt="" /> Wow..

Beautiful creature! You are really one for anniversaries.

A powerful photo...how fortunate for you to get to be so close and be able to obsere this magnificant creature!

Wayne,

A most excellent photograph. I remember someone at the get together asking you if it was worth it to go to Rwanda when you only get to hang out with the gorillas for an hour and you said it was definitely worth it...I can see why with this photo...one hour of pure magic and raw beauty would definitely be worth it in my book, as well.