First Sight of the “hairy People”

This photo of the black back of the Mubare Family has become one of my favourite photos. In part its due to the fact that it was taken on my first ever encounter with a Mountain gorilla family. But its more than that.

We had a very difficult trip up the mountain to reach this family and I really had to work for this one. The photo also shows the difficulty in photographing these critically endangered animals or “hairy people” as I love to call them in the wild.

First sight by Corne Schalkwyk 

 The photo achieved international acclaim that is ongoing and was featured in different magazine articles and will also be part of DHL’s calendar of 2014.

It’s become the face of Premier Safaris gorilla focused Safaris and – you can also see more of the photos and my account in the official magazine for the Bidvest Lounges at the airports in Southern Africa (Interestingly also called Premier Magazine) 

http://www.premiersafaris.com/sites/default/files/files/blog/gorillas.pdf 

www.premiersafaris.com if you wanted to see these animals up close and personal