Gorilla filming is more so likely to be the same with photography but the difference is between the capturing mode, Africa has got a three countries where gorilla filming can be done. Uganda, Rwanda and DR.Congo are among the countries that have conserved the endangered mountain gorillas in the four national parks with Uganda having over 400 gorillas almost half of the world’s left gorillas.

We decided to take up a two gorilla photo safaris from DR. Congo and one in Uganda. Uganda has got two national parks where gorillas are protected and can be tracked from Bwindi impenetrable and Mgahinga national park. In Uganda we tracked and filmed from Mgahinga national park and here we paid $630 since it was a general filming and this was for a group of five people, we were also briefed that for an extra person of the above number pays $150 per day and for individual filming, it costs $4200 per hour and this excluded the tracking permit of $600.

Our filming was to take six days from the two countries, we arrived through Uganda since we partnered with nature adventure Africa safaris limited as Moses was taking us through vigorous advice. We made all our reservations through the same company. And on our first day we were picked from Entebbe international airport to Mgahinga safari lodge and this took us a full day but on the way we  had an en-route lunch from Mbarara a town on the way to Kisoro.

In the evening we all settled in the hotel for refreshments and drinks plus supper, since we were too tired we were shown the room where we had to sleep and we rested as we were waiting for the next day. In the morning we were taken to the park to start our activity as we were to track the Nyakagezi gorilla group which is the only group found in this park. Indeed this is where gold meets silver because in the process of tracking, we met the golden monkeys that were spread over our paths. This was an added experience on to our filming activity.

We made sure that our cameras were fully charged; by coincidence we met the gorillas on their way to the available water stream. They were moving in a huge group of over thirteen gorillas including the babies as they were on the backs of their mothers as their means of transport. This was a chance for us to start our filming activity as we were following them. The weather though it was misty we were able to take clear for a full hour.

In the evening after we went back to the lodge for an overnight and on the third day we went to DR. Congo and we passed through Goma border, we took lunch and we proceeded to Mikeno Lodge which I can refer as one of the best lodges in Congo. This took us almost a half day we had a rest as we got entertained by the chimps that escaped from Tango forest and they loitered around our tents.

On the fourth day after our wonderful black and milk tea, we headed to Kibati patrol post to meet our guides, we were given two armed rangers who led us and through the Virunga montane forests, we had covered ourselves in long sleeved shirts plus covered shoes. It rained a bit but we were covered in our rain jackets, we followed our path and we tracked the gorillas, it didn’t take us much time to discover where they had rested. We did our filming for two hours as the young babies were playing around.

This is the best filming we have ever had in Africa since we got chances of seeing other wild animals including elephants. On the fifth day we went back to Uganda but it took us a full day from Congo to Uganda, we slept at Protea Hotel in Entebbe as we were waiting for our departure the following day with Ethiopian airlines.