This story appears in the April 1981 issue of National Geographic ... of saving the imperiled mountain gorillas that I was studying from my base camp in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, in central ...

Park rangers ... mountain gorillas that are habituated to humans—are kept under daily watch by a security team of 80 humans, as would befit a president or a pope. Virunga is national property ...

Despite the dangers, Virunga National Park is open to the public. The park offers gorilla trekking, a guided excursion that leads visitors to view the iconic mountain gorillas. In addition ...