Laura
Sonnino who was 94 years old from Italy on March 14, 2013 became the oldest
person to have tracked mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
in South western Uganda. She was born on 20/5/1919 and she successfully tracked
the Nkuringo Gorilla Family in the south where she viewed the playful great apes.
Laura
says she had once tried to track Gorillas in Buhoma in 2002 but failed to see
them because of the difficult terrain. Tracking Gorillas has been her main
dream and this time she had everything arranged in advance for her tracking to
be a success. To do this, she hired 12 strong porters who carried her on a
stretcher to and from the Gorillas location at an extra fee of 300 US dollars. It
was a real record since by 11.30 am she was already back from tracking. The
last recorded oldest person to have tracked the much sought after gorillas was
82. All congratulations go to Laura for that feat, courage and love for these
endangered species.
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