arrangements. We later drove round Lake Kivu which is very like the English Lake District, but with banana plantations. Stopped for lunch in a pleasant shaded glade. Arrived at Kahuzi-Biega at about 7pm. Set up camp in the dark.
Wed 29th: Got up at six to go gorilla trekking. Walked up to the park H.Q. where we had to select 8 from the 11 people there to go on the trek. I lost out and was very disappointed, but when we got back to camp, Karen had left her bag behind, so I took her place on the trek. After a hard climb up the hillside we stopped at the place where the gorillas had been seen the previous day. We found a small chameleon. We then went on through the forest and found gorilla dung and nests used the previous night. Twice we heard gorilla alarm calls and some chest beating, but never saw the gorillas. Gave up about 3:30 and returned to camp - six hours hunting without success.
