RWANDA // Nothing compares to gazing into the eyes of a gorilla and seeing them look back at you with the same sense of wonder. And there's nowhere better to embrace this experience than in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. The park's stature is impressive, with five steep-sided conical volcanoes, each covered in rainforest, rising out of the East African plains. Their rugged nature becomes apparent as you climb through the thick bush to one of the 10 habituated family groups that live on the Virunga volcanoes' slopes.