Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. (Photo: Unsplash)
By Don Pinnock – 7 Jan 2025
In a dark, almost impenetrable forest in southern Uganda live huge, near-mythical creatures which remind us of ourselves.
Gorillas are outrageous. Nothing prepares you for meeting one on the green-dripping, moss-covered, butterflied equatorial forest floor. They look up at you from their wrinkled black leather faces and it’s … well, it’s extremely difficult writing about mountain gorillas…