As you may be aware, there are around only 880 mountain gorillas remaining in their natural habitat. These habitats are in Rwanda, Uganda and D.RCongo. Treks to visit these gentle giants occur in their misty mountain home, also known as the Virunga Mountains (a chain of volcanoes with altitudinal ranges of 3500m-4507m). Mountain Gorillas are found in the high altitude forests surrounding these volcanoes. There are currently 7 habituated gorilla families that can be visited and 2 Golden Monkey Families (Kabatwa & Musonga). 1- Sabyinyo Group -This is a family of 10 gorillas, led by the biggest Silverback known in the entire jungle called Guhonda. 2- Amahoro Group - 17 members including two Silverbacks 3-- Umubano Group - 12 members including one Silverback 4- Group 13- 25 members including one Silverback 5- Susa Group - The largest family with 43 members including 6 Silverbacks, it split in two groups recently. Susa A- 28 members Susa B- 15 members 6- Kwitonda Group- 18 members including three Silverbacks 7- Hirwa Group- 11 members including one Silverback In order to minimize behavioral disturbances to the gorillas, only 8 people are allowed to visit each of the families and for a period not exceeding 1hour. This means that only 56 people are allowed in the park daily. The limits serve to protect gorillas from the risk of exposure to human- borne diseases.