With newborns in some troops, multiple silverbacks in others, each family is unique in size and dynamic.

From a trio of fly-in lodges, Churchill Wild offers twice-daily walking safaris to spot the furry white giants.

The experience is simply unreal.

Gorillas in Rwanda

Courtesy of Paul Rubio

Chances of seeing the chimps are best as they feed in trees during the early morning hours.

Far easier are the treks to see the photogenic Angolan colobus monkeys.

Polars Bears in Hudston Bay

Courtesy of Robert Postma and Churchill Wild

Meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, southern Africa

Courtesy of Paul Rubio

The Big 5 at andBeyond Phinda Private Game Reserve

Courtesy of andBeyond

Misty sunrise over Nyungwe Forest National Park Rwanda

Courtesy of OneandOnly

Greater one-horned rhinoceros in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Courtesy of Taj Safaris

The great migration in the northern Serengeti, Tanzania

Courtesy of Paul Rubio