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Bespoke safaris beyond your imagination. Visit gorillas where they live, on foot in the wild. Trek the afro-montane forests of the Albertine Rift Valley. Bushwhack remote eco-systems in the Congo Basin. Boat up river through the jungles of Gabon. Hunt with Ba'aka pygmies in Dzanga Shanga. Join our next expedition to Gorillaland, where it all began and still goes on.
Gorillaland Safaris grew out of Greg Cummings love of trekking gorillas. An award-winning conservationist, Greg achieved notable success protecting wild gorilla populations in Africa through community-based initiatives. During his 17-year tenure as director of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund UK, he raised millions of dollars from companies, foundations and individuals around the world. All that money was invested directly into communities adjacent to gorilla habitats, which helped ensure their survival.
As a veteran safari guide, Greg has taken movie producers, heads of industry, ambassadors, and celebrities to meet great apes in the wild. Steve McQueen, who recently won the Academy Award for Best Picture, remarked after trekking with him in the Congo jungle, โBasically heโs Dennis Hopper out of Apocalypse Now!โ
Greg is a consummate storyteller, and has appeared with Tom Brokaw on the Today show, participated in docs for the BBC, NPR, and CBC, and published articles in The Guardian, Sea Angler, and The Ecologist. He has also published two action adventure novels set in Africa: Gorillaland and Pirates.