Climbing Bwindi to see the Mountain Gorillas

Describe your most memorable vacation.

I’ve had so many memorable vacations traveling the globe enjoying different cultures, eating different foods and meeting some very interesting people. But by far my trip to Uganda, climbing the Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest stands out. For one, Africa and the great apes have been on my bucket list since I saw my first Tarzan movie as a very little girl.

Our trek was 2 hours up a mountain and partway down the other side, where we finally encountered the gorilla family.

This was Rohendeeza – the oldest gorilla known at this time in 2011. I was about 5 inches away from him before I took this photo.

We also spent time checking out other wildlife such as the chimpanzees.

And giraffes!

Published by lisanordlund1

In 2015, I retired and my goal was to do as much traveling as I possibly could. I started the blog for our first month long trip to Panama in October 2015. My sister Linda and her husband Stan joined Bruce and I on our first trip and we decided together on the name the four amigos. Since then, we don’t always travel with them, sometimes just Bruce and I, sometimes other people, whoever wants to join us on our crazy journeys. The name stuck and I grew an affinity to it. So here we are. I invite you to join thefouramigos blog on our next destination.

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