Our Great Gorilla Adventure at Animal Kingdom

Hello! Amanda here again.

This week I wanted to share with All Ears® readers Norwood’s and my great gorilla adventure at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. While at the Animal Kingdom Park the other day we walked the Pangani Forest Exploration Trail (Africa).

We knew that a person who took the trail had the chance of seeing a Gorilla or two but that morning we were quite lucky to see five different Gorillas.

The first one we saw was cuddled up under a rock sleeping. ..

The next one we saw outside and he appeared to be stretching.

As we moved along the trail we came to the exhibit where the Gorillas can come up to the glass. When we arrived there were two (a male and a female) just hanging out right there.

The male Gorilla was quite a ham, he loved the attention that the people on the other side of the glass were giving him. He would roll on his back stick out his tongue as we all clicked away.

Nearing the end of the trail we ran into one more male Gorilla. He was sitting out in the open watching all the people watch him and snacking on some leaves. Here are some shots of the last guy, who was also very photogenic.

It was an amazing morning. All the previous times we have been to Disney we have never encountered so many Gorillas.

Many say that in the morning you have a better chance of encountering the Gorillas. So the next time that you are in Animal Kingdom you might want to plan to see all the animal exhibits in the morning and ride the rides like Everest in the afternoon or evening.

Have a Disney Day!
Amanda