Although hearing of Congo's forests may evoke images from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, with adventurers facing the perils of the river and the forest and all that come with it, our trip to Congo's Virunga National Park was a far cry from roughing it.
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We stayed with the gorillas for an hour, watching the mothers and babies interact, and looking in awe at the huge silverback - the male patriarch of the family.
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