Maria Sharapova enters jungles in Rwanda, encounters gorillas

Maria Sharapova

Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova is on a vacation in the jungles of Rwanda with her businessman boyfriend Alexander Gilkes and took to social media to reveal her encounter with Silverback gorilla.
The five-time Grand Slam champion travelled to Kinigi, Musanze district of Rwanda to track the mountain gorillas and Instagrammed pictures with the herbivorous apes.

"Rwanda!! Silverback's!! We have fallen in love with your country. Truly! Early morning treks to locate the gorillas, getting caught in a rainforest downpour, witnessing a Silverback big daddy of all big daddies walk right past us without a care in the world [thankfully]...so special!!" Sharapova wrote.

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