Kevin Hart's family trek a real-life ‘Jumanji’ experience

AMERICAN comedian Kevin Hart recently gave us a peek into one of their wildest family vacations ever. It involved jungle vines, sweaty hikes and a lot of “maybe I should’ve thought this through” moments.

- BERNELEE VOLLMER

In his new Netflix special Acting My Age, Hart dedicates a good 13 minutes to what was supposed to be a chilled-out trip to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Instead, he got up close and personal, no glass, no barrier, with real mountain gorillas.

Hart says: “We wanted to take a vacation ... We went to Rwanda. I wanted a new experience, something that could give us a little bit of culture... When we go on vacation, the word ‘no’ never exists. We embrace it all.” And embrace it they did.

One of the first things suggested to the family was gorilla trekking. Hart signed up, under one big assumption: “The reason I agreed to go is because, in my mind, I was like - there has to be glass. I’ve never been around gorillas, and there hasn’t been glass...”