If you plan to ever take a trip to Congo for eastern lowland gorilla trekking, you should always keep it in mind that this activity is done in the Congo safari park of  kahuzi biega, though there are more Congo Gorilla Safaris offered.

Kahuzi biega National park was created in 1970 and it was listed on UNESCO world Heritage Site in 1980 and It is situated near the western bank of Lake Kivu and the Rwandan border.

Mount Kahuzi and Mount Biega and its why the important safari activities including hiking these Mountains and Kahuzi biega national park is ranked as th biggest national park in democratic republic of congo and it has been visited by many Travelers.

Kahuzi biega National park was created between 1970 & was once listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site around 1980. It is located close to the western banks of Lake Kivu on the Rwandan border.

The name Kahuzi Biega was derived  from the two spectacular extinct volcano mountains which dominate its high altitude sector, Mont Kahuzi (3,308m) and Mont Biega (2,790m).

Kahuzi Biega National Park is one of the parks to have Congo gorilla safaris as it is home to the largest population of the Eastern Lowland Gorillas, and the only place in the world where you can visit them.

Gorillas are the largest of the primate species, but they are also known as the most gentle and peaceful. They are also one of the closest relatives to humans, second only to the chimpanzee.

The Eastern Lowland Gorilla is a sub species closely related to the Mountain Gorillas, which can be seen by travelers on Uganda Gorilla safaris & Gorilla Safaris in Rwanda as they live in the neighboring mountains of Rwanda & Uganda.

There are small differences between the two sub species. The Eastern Lowland Gorillas of Kahuzi Biega, compared to the Mountain gorillas, are larger in size, with a bigger, longer faces and have fewer nose prints.

In Kahuzi Biega, there are  Nine gorilla families, and only two of them are habituated for human presence and tourists. The two habituated families are the Chimanuka and Mugaruka, which were both named after their dominant male silverbacks.

Chimanuka is the silverback that heads the Chimanuka family, a large family containing 36 members. Along with this leader, there are 17 females and 18 infants, all aging from 6 months to 9 years old.

The family is famous for having 4 sets of twins, a phenomenon unseen in any Eastern Gorilla populations. Mugaruka, the dominant silverback in the Mugaruka family lost one hand in a poachers trap and is now a solitary male after losing his accompanying females and infants in a fight with Chimanuka.