• A protester jumps on a burning police vehicle during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago. Reuters
    A protester jumps on a burning police vehicle during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago. Reuters
  • A visitor leans on a heart-shaped inflatable at a Beijing mall, on February 13, the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the day before Valentine's Day. AP Photo
    A visitor leans on a heart-shaped inflatable at a Beijing mall, on February 13, the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the day before Valentine's Day. AP Photo
  • A man detained by the police speaks to the media during a protest against the reopening of the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
    A man detained by the police speaks to the media during a protest against the reopening of the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos, Nigeria. Reuters
  • Sweden's Mikael Ymer hits a backhand to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. AP Photo
    Sweden's Mikael Ymer hits a backhand to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia. AP Photo
  • A spotted owlet sits on its nest at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in the Morigaon district of Assam, India. EPA
    A spotted owlet sits on its nest at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in the Morigaon district of Assam, India. EPA
  • Anti-coup protesters demonstrate next to an image of General Aung San, Burmese independence leader and father of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a rally that coincided with the anniversary of his birth, in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo
    Anti-coup protesters demonstrate next to an image of General Aung San, Burmese independence leader and father of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a rally that coincided with the anniversary of his birth, in Yangon, Myanmar. AP Photo
  • Kashmiris fish in Anchar Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. AP Photo
    Kashmiris fish in Anchar Lake, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. AP Photo
  • A bird flies at sunrise in Richmond Park, London, Britain. Reuters
    A bird flies at sunrise in Richmond Park, London, Britain. Reuters

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Essentials

The flights
Whether you trek after mountain gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda or the Congo, the most convenient international airport is in Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali. There are direct flights from Dubai a couple of days a week with RwandAir. Otherwise, an indirect route is available via Nairobi with Kenya Airways. Flydubai flies to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, via Entebbe in Uganda. Expect to pay from US$350 (Dh1,286) return, including taxes.
The tours
Superb ape-watching tours that take in all three gorilla countries mentioned above are run by Natural World Safaris. In September, the company will be operating a unique Ugandan ape safari guided by well-known primatologist Ben Garrod.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, local operator Kivu Travel can organise pretty much any kind of safari throughout the Virunga National Park and elsewhere in eastern Congo.

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