For subscribers
In Quest Of: Looking mountain gorillas in the eye and staying in a luxury lodge in Rwanda
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Hop, a juvenile silverback from the Umubano family of gorillas, in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
PHOTO: LYDIA VASKO
Lydia Vasko
Follow topic:
KIGALI, Rwanda – Every life has some pinch-me moments. This trip is one of mine.
I arrive in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, early one October morning in 2019. The sky is hazy and grey, the air humid and cool.

