Article: GORILLA WAR; YOU CAN NOW RE-LIVE THE FILM GORILLAS IN THE MIST WITH A TRIP TO UGANDA, THE LATEST COUNTRY TO OFFER SAFARIS. AS JACQUELINE VASS FOUND OUT.(Features)

As we hacked a path through the dense vegetation with machetes, our guide motioned us to stop. There before us was one of the rarest creatures on Earth. His name was Ruhondeza, which means "He who sleeps a lot". He was sitting on his haunches munching fistfuls of leaves.

"Don't make eye contact," our guide whispered. "And if approached, do not run away. Adopt a submissive posture." Ruhondeza's eyes flicked up. My eyes flicked down.

I was fighting my way through Uganda's Impenetrable Forest and Ruhondeza is one of just 650 mountain gorillas left in the ...

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