This was interesting. There are 10 mountain gorilla families and they give permits to allow 8 people in each group to view the gorillas. The 10 families are scattered all over the mountain, some you can get to in a half hour of trekking and others up to 4 hours. Here is where they are trying to get the shorter trek groups-- everyone is saying they have old people in their group, or poor fitness levels, and try and secure the shorter walk for their clients. Doug is looking on to try and figure out which family we will get. This was our first trek and we got a medium length, 2 hours of straight incline through mud and vines. Since we had a 2 day permit we gave our guide a nice tip with the promise we would get the short hike for the next day, and thankfully we did.
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