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LATEST STATISTICS IN
RWANDA.
Rwanda is home to around one third of
the 700 mountain gorillas left in the world. The country is in
the forefront of gorilla conservation. The endangered mountain gorilla
still survives in the Virunga Mountains, a mountain chain linking
Rwanda to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
There are currently
five gorilla families open for tracking to tourists in Rwanda.
These are-Amahoro, Susa, Group 13, Sabyinyo and Umubano. Note
that we are not considering the study groups. Below is the
recent statistics of the groups
|
GROUP
NAME |
TOTAL
|
MALES
|
FEMALES
|
JUVENILES |
INFANTS |
|
SUSA |
39
|
3
SILVER BACKS |
8 |
12 |
3 |
|
5
BLACK BACKS |
|
AMAHORO
A |
15 |
1
SILVER BACK |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
1
BLACK BACK |
|
UMUBANO |
7 |
1
SILVER BACK |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
GROUP
13 |
10 |
1
SILVER BACK |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
SABYINYO |
9 |
2
SILVER BACKS |
3 |
2 |
2 |
Now
on the issue of ease of trucking.
Normaly
trekking/sighting duration depends on where the gorillas are.
During the rainy season, Gorillas come in the lower slopes and
during the dry season, they tend to go higher up them slopes.
So far I have not had a customer who was unable to trek any
group.
The
Amahoro Group is more strenuous compared to Sabyinyo and Group 13.
Susa
group can sometimes be very tough to trek especially when they migrate
to the higher altitudes. Of
recent most of my customers have visited this group easily in fact
finishing earlier than the others.
This is found in the slopes of Mt. Karisimbi(4507m)
The
easiest group to trek is the Sabyinyo group which is found in the
gentle slopes between Mt. Sabyinyo(3634m) and Gahinga(3437m).
Group
13 is also to be found in the saddle of Mt. Sabyinyo.
It is less strenuous to reach compared to Susa and Amahoro.
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