HOLLYWOOD STARS ARRIVE TO SAVE GORILLAS
21st September, 2009 - Posted by admin - 1 Comment
Six Hollywood stars jetted into the country yesterday for the launch of Uganda’s Friend-A-Gorilla campaign.
The stars include Jason Matthew Biggs, best known for his role in the American Pie, a high school three-parts comedy, Kristyn Wu, an American actress of Chinese descent, known for her role as Chao-Ahn in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and co-starring as Melissa Wu in Flight 29 Down, Simon Curtis, Rachel McDonald, Matthew Kurte and Tertius Bune.
The Uganda’s Friend-A-Gorilla campaign, spearheaded by the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) is part of global efforts to save the endangered mountain gorillas, the majority of which live in Uganda.
The film stars will track the largest group of 36 gorillas, called Nshongi, at Rushaga in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.. It should be noted that gorilla tourism is a lucrative business earning Uganda half of all the tourism revenues. A gorilla permit costs USD 500 (foreign tourists), USD 350 (Foreign Residents).
To track the Uganda’s gorillas, one needs to secure a gorilla permit as early as possible given that they are on high demand. For those who book a gorilla safari with several tour companies, a gorilla permit is included in the total price of the safari package.
By Jackie Kisibo
Tags: Gorilla safari, Gorilla safaris, safaris in Ugnda, Uganda Gorilla safaris
Posted on: September 21, 2009
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Kakuhenzire
November 19th, 2009 at 2:01 am
I was impressed by the close picture for one of the film stars and a gorrilla. I wished I was the one but I would have got dead scared.
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