Ladies and gentlemen, you can find the second edition of SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA above (and in the podcasting app of your choice), the episode that answers the following questions:
- How safe it is to use public transportation in Uganda and Rwanda being a white woman travelling solo?
- Is it possible to get by public transport from Uganda’s Entebbe airport to let’s say Kisoro?
- What is good to organise beforehand in my home country and what is better to do it directly in your region? I know about gorillas permit, visas and vaccines.
- Should I be extra careful with anything while in the Gorilla Highlands region?
Do you have any questions of your own? Do you want to SEE who the voices behind the podcast are? Do you feel like hanging out with a cool group of knowledgeable locals and travellers from around the world?
Our GHE Live sessions happen every Tuesday at 6pm Rwandan time (that is 9am in San Francisco, 12pm in New York, 4pm in London, 5pm in Vienna, 6pm in Bukavu and Windhoek and 7pm in Kampala) and are open to any member of our global community.
Most importantly, we don’t come together to record a podcast specifically. We come together to catch up, and make ourselves available for an hour.
Some participants’ minds were blown this week when Kahiri showed up with a guitar and began playing; they did not expect a meeting to include such stuff. Of course, because our live sessions are more gatherings than meetings, it was fun for all!
But we did come together to chat about the first episode of the podcast and where we wanted it to go from here. This is what we agreed to do:
- give audio quality much more attention
- focus on timeless topics but also allow in-the-moment questions in the first part of the podcast
- hold off on serious promotion of the podcast until we have more episodes ready
You SEE? You will not be interrupting a podcasting session if you chip in, you will simply be part of the fun raw material that becomes SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA some days later!
By the way, we did not list all those times above for nothing! Not one but two of our people showed up an hour later, ha ha. Kamanzi is a Tanzanian who used to live in Uganda but now works in Namibia, so you can easily understand his confusion with time. Katharina’s case is more fascinating: she left Mexico knowing that once she reached Vienna she would be in the same time zone as Rwanda but while she was in the air, Europe messed up its clocks! Her travel-tested smile did eventually join our crew.
… But back to the second episode, the show notes are below:
SHOW NOTES
Gorilla Highlands region
Patron saint Festo Karwemera
Oruhindu, the Voice of Santa Barbara
• Moderators
Miha Logar
Joe Kahiri
• Expert Panel
Charlotte Beauvoisin
Katharina Lahner
Moses Turinawe
Ramadhan Sindayigaya
• Mailbag Questions
Charlotte’s article on a Kampala-Kigali bus from her Diary of a Muzungu
Covid curfews in Uganda and Rwanda
What to Pack
Gut Feeling — Your Biggest Travel Safety Enemy?
Staying Healthy in Uganda and Rwanda — 2 Doctors’ 7 Pieces of Advice
Miha’s boda boda horror story
Safe Boda app
🎤 voice by:
Adalbertus Kamanzi was among the founders of Edirisa/Gorilla Highlands Experts in 2001. A Tanzanian with an Italian accent (a result of studying in Rome), he has close to 30 years of experience in academia and public engagement. His work centres on Ubuntu philosophy and decolonial thought, examining how African perspectives can reshape development, leadership, and human agency. Kamanzi is currently advancing the vision of the Ubuntu University of Tanzania and lecturing in Oshakati, Namibia. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Charlotte “Nagawa” Beauvoisin is a conservation volunteer, sustainable tourism trainer and the author of Diary of a Muzungu (est. 2008). During the Covid-19 pandemic, it meant the world to her to be part of the Gorilla Highlands Experts online network, regularly communicating with inspiring people around the globe. British by nationality, Charlotte is Ugandan at heart and runs the East Africa Travel Podcast from the edge of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Click for her self-introduction. [bio updated: 2026-04]
Joe Kahiri, a former SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA host, is a Ugandan actor, recording and performing artist, and the founder of Qwela, a top Afro-fusion band. Passionate about creating a positive shift in mindset through artistic creation, he lives between Kabale and Kampala, Uganda. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Katharina Lahner was the historic first Gorilla Highlands Experts volunteer (Lake Bunyonyi, 2015) who continues her involvement as our main digital communications consultant. She is an Austrian marketer and natural-born traveller, currently living in New Zealand. [bio updated: 2026-03]
Moses Turinawe is Senior Tourism and Hospitality officer in Kibale National Park. Among his previous positions with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, he twice worked in Queen Elizabeth National Park and served as Tourism Warden of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park before acting as the Mgahinga Park Warden. He often visits his family in Mitooma, Uganda. [bio updated: 2026-05]
Ramadhan “Rama” Sindayigaya was the first Rwandan chef to win at Gorilla Highlands Silverchef. Nowadays he is Culinary Chef at Griffith Foods for the Sub-Saharan African region and Chef Judge at the Africa Chefs Alliance. His office and his three kids are found in Kigali, Rwanda. [bio updated: 2026-03]
🖋️ text and 🎤 voice by:
ML Rwebandira — formerly known as Miha Logar — is an adventure and cultural tourism expert, writer and multimedia producer who co-founded Gorilla Highlands Experts. His most recent publication is the Pocket Treasure. A national of both Uganda and Slovenia, ML resides with his son Lan in Musanze, Rwanda. Click for his personality-infused quarterly newsletters. [bio updated: 2026-05]
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Well done!!