Rwanda gorilla trekk

This is what he have been waiting for! We got up at 5:30am this morning and had breakfast at the lodge with a quick briefing about the days activities. We then drove to the park to get paired into our groups. They only let 10 groups per day in. Each group has 8 people in it. You are then assigned a guide and a family to track. Our family was the Agashya family, it is made up of 1 silverback and his females and some small children, for a total of 24in the family. We then hoped into our vehicles and drive to our starting points, as you start tracking from different points depending on the family you are assigned. At our starting point we met our trackers who have been out since first light tracking the gorillas from were they last say them from the night before. Our journey started with a hike for about 1km through farmland to reach the border of the park were the gorillas are located. Then we continued for another 1hr hike up the volcano to find our family. Once we found them we were allowed to spend only 1hour with them. It was the colest thing I have ever done! Karen had the silverbck pass about 2feet from her....I thought she was going to faint. He also made a few charges through the forest and tore down bamboo trees as he ran! We also witnessed mothers and babies interacting. What a day. I post pictures on FB as soon as I can. We have another outing tomorrow with a different family.