 West in Uganda is one of the four regions in Uganda and it's a hidden place. Look at that. Elephant right behind me. This is so cool man. A region filled with green, beautiful landscape, lakes, wildlife and it's also the home of half of the world's mountain gorillas. Oh my god, look at that gorilla. Isn't it? Come on, let's go. In this episode I'll be going to have a conversation with my long lost big cousin living inside Windy Impenetrable Forest. It also has another name which is called the Place of Darkness due to its giant tree tops. Exploring is the best teacher ever. I mean traveling is the best teacher ever. I mean I've been to Rwanda and when we started driving here I asked the driver why do we feel like we are in Rwanda and he said hey we are just 15 kilometers away from Rwanda so where we are is called Kapalei and you see this road right in front of me if you drive 50 kilometers straight you will be in Rwanda which is incredible man. This is what I've been saying, Africans are just one people and it's about time we clear all these borders so that we all can live together one harmony and just enjoy ourselves as Africans but at the end of the day we have a border that says that this is Uganda and that place is Rwanda. This district or town that we are is known for mountain gorillas that's how you see gorillas sculptors everywhere we go to. The reason why you saw those statues for the gorillas on that roundabout each represents one country the one this side represents Uganda the one on your right represents Rwanda and on the left represents Congo because that's where you find the gorillas. I know these gorillas don't pay mind to political borders definitely they go to various countries without a passport and I know and believe that someday humans living in this place will live the same way. We are going to trek to gorillas right? How far are we from where we're going? It's 94 kilometers but it will take us around 3 hours because of the road. 3 hours because of the road? Anyway, let's go. It's an adventure and we have to go. Hi, we are about to start the whole journey. We've been on the road for the past 3 hours. This is actually the route that leads you to the gorillas trekking but I've seen maize and you know like a village boy like me wherever I go. How many maize on fire? Hi. How are you? Fine and you? Good. 2000. 2000? How? This one? Yes. I'll give you 10,000. 10,000? Yeah, I'll give you 10,000 don't worry. 2000. 2000? Yes. Okay. One piece. One piece? Yes. This is like 500 you want to give me 2000? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Training? I don't speak a language like. 2000, 2000. Come on. Hi. Let me just give them money. Come with me otherwise these people would not take my 1000. That's the only money I have. Hi, I don't have 2000. This one? Is it ready? Yes. Can I? Think. You don't have? Thousand. One thousand. thousand. my money this is two thousand you see the people are saying thousand you give me give me the change I want to give the money to them yeah give me give me hi come come come I give you money because you give me my money I should wait yeah yeah thank you he'll give you another one you go I hope I don't fall man that was so cool to be honest we're driving through mountains and it's extremely scary it's really scary because the road is tiny and the driver has to be careful so that we don't just roll roll roll outboards look at that so that's a park now the boundary the park boundary the boundary wow the boundary yeah the boundary the park and the community so you can find a car lesson there there's a bit inside there I don't know if some of them move closer I guess they're missing the human beings so where's the plant? it's so cool man we've been driving in the rain forest for like three to four hours and we just got here like eight fifty that's crazy man I'm so tired man I'm so exhausted I don't even want to sign it I just want to eat and go and sleep and go trek tomorrow good morning from the beautiful ride for a woman resort located right here in Boondi purposely to empower domestic abused women I had a really great time but hey today is the day the Lord has made and it's about time for me to see my big cousin living in Boondi in Penitrabo National Park you know what I'm super excited because I can't wait to shake hands with him we've got to the entrance to do the final expression to enter into the forest but hey it's not for free what you are told is for you to have this experience with the gorillas how much is it? 800 US dollars and it's gonna begin so there are different groups of gorillas and every gorilla got its own destination I mean where you can find them so yeah this is where we're gonna start our home from as you can see the car behind us yeah like I said we drove one hour to get and I love the fact that this whole gorilla trekking has created some kind of employment for the locals as you can see they are more of what do you call it porches I think when I went to Kilimanjaro I heard porches with me hi so these are the local porches okay how do I say hello Agandi Agandi yeah so are they they're gonna go with us or something if you don't need them if you need them they go with you so they go with you if you have a backpack then they can use it to their hand where you need them I didn't carry anything so you may not need if you want to support them you may because we hire them one is hired after the minimum of 20 USD 20 USD you have my wallet now you let me give them dollars I have only this one okay I don't have anything no like these are Swiss francs I don't know I'm so sorry but maybe you guys can keep this you can't share it thank you so much I wish I had things so that I can carry you all along but this is all I can do thank you so much it's tough man you see how can I struggle just to go and see my own cousins my brothers and sisters hiding in the woods man in the rainforest they decided to go up on the mountain but I love them so much now definitely do this for them come along with me let's go meet our brothers man I've been walking through the community area but now what you see here is the park bound you see some plants we are putting at the Mauritius these are thorny plants and they make a good face it's one of the problem animal intervention strategy when they have grown up then they could make a thick face so this is a thick forest right the community are allowed to enter they are not allowed unless they seek permission but they are not allowed to enter without communication or any permission as you guys can see this is the borderline so this is like Togo and Benin so right now we are entering the Benin forest that's a borderline the tracking team already have the gorillas they have already located them and from here they are telling us that in about 15-20 minutes we should be getting close to them I'm excited to see my cousins man nice people like you oh my goodness for the first time I have to be quiet I've never been quiet since I was born I'm the most annoying guy on earth woo one of the things that I know that Africans have in common is two things right so if I'm in my farm and I want to make sure to let the other person in this farm to know that I'm around I'm just gonna shout right you see they responded to me meaning that they are just ahead of us so we need to walk and go and meet them because they've already tracked where the gorillas are it's like that in Ghana and it's so beautiful to see that it's exactly the same in Uganda which means Africans are the same people we love ourselves but anyway that's why I'm here come along with me so we are we are right close to the gorillas see what we shall do we'll get them back after then you will get your canvas ready I make sure the flash is off the gorilla comes close to you or charges you don't run don't run you just stand just stay still we shall put on a face mask they are so cute gorillas are on top of us cheery listen being here for one hour is one of the greatest privileges in life man I mean spending time with gorillas man oh my goodness I never knew I would ever have such an experience I mean sitting down peacefully having a conversation with a gorilla it's one of the best thing I've ever done in my entire life you know what I asked him hey dude have you eaten he was like Maya did you bring me any food I was like dude I brought you some food and that's what I'm gonna do I love this experience and I hope you will also come here and experience it you know what believe me or not Africa is the heaven on air come and enjoy the motherland and believe me you will never disappointed Uganda is a hidden gem it's one of the places that I never imagined to be this beautiful I want to tell you all welcome to Uganda welcome to the pearl of Africa