{"id":9451,"date":"2016-06-30T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/?p=9451"},"modified":"2016-06-12T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T18:22:51","slug":"gorillas-by-matt-frost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/30\/gorillas-by-matt-frost\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Frost&#8217;s close encounters with gorillas in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Esteemed travel photographer Matt Frost took a trip to the the lush <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/index.php?lang=en&amp;page=search&amp;s=volcanoes+national+park&amp;smode=0&amp;license=2&amp;zoom=1&amp;display=5&amp;sortby=0&amp;bgcolour=white&amp;orientation%5B0%5D=0&amp;orientation%5B1%5D=1&amp;orientation%5B2%5D=2&amp;orientation%5B3%5D=3&amp;paged=2\" target=\"_blank\">Volcanoes National Park<\/a> in Rwanda, where he was able to observe gorillas close-up. Here are some\u00a0of the wonderful images he took.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 340px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/975-287\/silverback-gorilla-intensely-volcanoes-national-park-rwanda-africa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.robertharding.com\/preview\/RM\/RH\/VERTICAL\/975-287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silverback gorilla looking intensely, in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, Africa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/preview\/975-119\/baby-gorilla-living-mountains-volcanoes-national-park-rwanda\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images.robertharding.com\/preview\/RM\/RH\/HORIZONTAL\/975-119.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby Gorilla living in the mountains of the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Chewing on a leaf and negotiating a branch in front of them. Volcanoes National Park, Virunga mountains, Rwanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/?lang=en&amp;page=search&amp;s=gorillas&amp;smode=0&amp;license=2&amp;zoom=1&amp;display=5&amp;sortby=0&amp;bgcolour=white&amp;orientation%5B%5D=0&amp;orientation%5B%5D=1&amp;orientation%5B%5D=2&amp;orientation%5B%5D=3\" target=\"_blank\">See more photos of Gorillas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/mattfrost\/\" target=\"_blank\">See more of Matt&#8217;s work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esteemed travel photographer Matt Frost took a trip to the the lush Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, where he was able to observe gorillas close-up. 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