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Although the primates live in protected national parks, the Rwanda tourist office organises some restricted gorilla-tracking visits. I simply could not pass up such an opportunity! Even though the fee is hefty ($250 plus another $25 to enter the park), it is the price to pay for ecotourism, since the revenue goes towards conservation efforts and local community projects.

As soon as possible, I headed north from Kigali, the capital, on the "Virunga express", a service of Toyota mini-vans commonly used as public transport.