Category: Gorilla trekking safaris

Where mountain gorillas are found?: A bit more than half live in the Virunga Mountains, a range of extinct volcanoes that border the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. The remainder of mountain gorillas are found in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. The overwhelming consensus is that gorillas originated from monkeys and other apes in Arabia and Africa about 9 million years ago. In west and central Africa, eastern gorillas eventually split apart from western gorillas over a period of time (about 2 million years ago). 400,000 years ago, the eastern gorillas further divided into the mountain and eastern lowland subspecies that we know today. After the genus was initially known as Troglodytes, the name "gorilla" was chosen in 1852. The terms western lowland gorilla, eastern lowland gorilla, and mountain gorilla all originated from Colin Groves' 1967 suggestion that separate names be given to the various gorilla species. Where are Mountain Gorillas found? There are just three nations where mountain gorillas are found in Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Uganda, mountain gorillas are found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, half of Uganda's population is there. Mountain gorillas are found in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the other groups of mountain Gorillas are found in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. The environment, ecology, and elevation (7,200–14,100 feet) in these places are ideal for gorillas to survive and prosper. High elevation, cold, and overcast weather foster lush vegetation. Eastern and Western lowland gorillas are found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and other nations in west and central Africa. Eastern lowland gorilla numbers are less than 8,000, compared to approximately 250,000 for western lowland gorillas. Because they cannot survive in captivity