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Ambassador to Ambassadors
For many future Gorilla Highlands Ambassadors, the highlight of the in-person training weekend was the congratulatory speech by Uganda’s High Commissioner to Rwanda. How kind of H.E. Amb. Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke to welcome them as colleagues! Here’s a shortened version of his remarks. You may also like: Travelling Groups Just Got a Better…
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Snap, Snap, Snap! (Ambassador Training, Take Two)
We zoomed in on photography to get the second GHAT intake rolling. Feast your eyes on some of our shots! 📸: Catherine Owarinayi, Denis Ssebayiga, Hillary Niwahereza, Jean Marie Mbonyintwali, Joshua Mbonyimana, Meschac Tsongo, Pacifique Iradukunda, Precious Atuheire, Raymond Mugisho, Robert Bagonza, Sonia Giramata … and: 📸 photography by: Crescent Kanyesigye works as an agriculture…
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GHE’s Fully Home-Grown Operations Manager
Our Sandrine “Sasha” Benimana has graduated, and her part-time years at Gorilla Highlands Experts are over. She is now a full-time Operations Manager, the first in the organisation’s history. We are growing, and growing with Sasha at the heart of it all. Her colleagues describe her as “a kind-hearted, positive and strong-willed woman, who has…
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Volunteer in Uganda: Live, Work & Make Friends on Lake Bunyonyi
The last Wheeling2help group of 2026 wrapped up their week with us today! Three of this year’s teams also helped in a rather special way: they gave us the stars of this video, made to bring more volunteers to Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi. 🎥 video by: Elie Cirhuza is a freelance journalist and digital communication…
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Spotlight on Batwa Potters (and Ramadhan’s Clay Zoo)
Say hi to Ramadhan Ntaganira from Coopérative Moderne de Poterie in Ngaruyinka, a village on the outskirts of Kigali. He is the most artistic of our Batwa friends who make a living there. Yesterday he showed off a hippo and a gorilla of his own making, perched on a giant chicken he had created too.…
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Irebe Baskets, a Deeply Cultural Part of Musanze on Foot
There’s so much to see on our Musanze on Foot walking tour. We’ve just made a little video about Irebe Baskets, one of the many cool places we visit … 🎥 video by: Elie Cirhuza is a freelance journalist and digital communication consultant who works on the Gorilla Highlands Experts media team. A 2025 winner…
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Whose Hopes Did We Bring to Zanzibar?
We are back! To the beach! And in general!Jambo from Essence of Africa, a trade fair on the eastern shores of Zanzibar. It’s happening in that building in the background. For the next three extremely full days, Gorilla Highlands Experts will be showcasing the day experiences and treks of our region … but above all…
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⏰ Tick Tock, Future Ambassadors: Six Days to Apply!
Do you love the Gorilla Highlands region and want to share it with the world? Our Ambassador training prepares tour guides and media producers to represent our home with confidence.You will learn how to welcome guests, tell stories that stay with people and capture the beauty of our region in photos and video. Those who…
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Friendship Camp Is Back! 🇨🇩🇺🇬🇷🇼
Our moment is here again! Whatever is happening around us, young people keep choosing resilience, peace and connections across borders. This December we’re celebrating exactly that. From 13 to 16 December 2026 young people from DR Congo, Uganda and Rwanda will meet at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda) for our 4th Friendship Camp: four days…
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Looking For an Exciting Part-Time Job in Musanze, Rwanda?
Job Title: Gorilla Highlands Experts Office CoordinatorLocation: Musanze, RwandaEngagement Starts: 14 October 2026Job Interviews: 10 October 2026Application Deadline: 4 October 2026 Are you a Rwandan aged 18 or above who is eager to join one of the biggest global businesses — the travel industry? Do you care about the nature and cultures of the Gorilla Highlands…
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New Intake: Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training
📣 Applications are open for our second Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training (GHAT) of 2026! Would you like to earn money as a freelance tour guide or media producer? GHAT combines both skills in one programme. 📍 Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda🗓️ 6 to 8 November 2026 (Friday to Sunday)⏰ Apply by Wednesday 14 October 2026,…
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See You in September
This shot from the sunny beaches of Rwanda’s Gisenyi — you can see Congo’s Goma on the horizon — is our summer goodbye. Until September when our media will be back, very full blast! 📸 photography by: ML Rwebandira is an adventure and cultural tourism expert, writer and multimedia producer who co-founded Gorilla Highlands Experts.…
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Mr Muzungu Boda Boda Looks Back
We cherish the interns from UCLL, a Belgian university, who help us at Lake Bunyonyi in so many different ways, each for a 6-month stint! Milan was the fifth among them. “Adventure” was practically his middle name … 🎥 video by: Elie Cirhuza is a freelance journalist and digital communication consultant who works on the…
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Preet Moves, the Kigali Walking Tour Doesn’t
Preet Fast Food has moved! Kigali’s first purely vegetarian restaurant has found a nicer spot on KN 82, the same road it’s called home for over a decade. Good news for us too, as we don’t need to adjust the route of the Kigali Walking Tour. Preet has always been part of it, possibly controversially.…
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A Cyclist Learns to Talk: Michel’s First Walking Tour
The tour guiding side of our Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training (GHAT) was completed last week; and what better way to mark that than to throw one of the trainees straight into the fire? Today we had a Kigali Walking Tour for a group from Germany, and we invited Michel Iragena to shadow our guide JP…
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An Artist in Search of Ugandan Aletheia
“Aletheia” means “truth” in Greek or to be more precise: that which does not escape notice, does not hide, is not forgotten; that which remains evident, the opposite of oblivion, of forgetting; that which resists the wear of time, which cannot be erased from memory. I experienced all of this with every sense present while…
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Great Yields, Terrible Manners: Antisocial Climbing Beans
The little secret about the soil here at Bunyonyi is that it’s tired, basically. Our land simply can’t cope with beans that refuse to climb, because the poor ground has been overworked for years and is losing its fertility bit by bit. Nobody lets their fields have a proper rest either; there just aren’t enough…
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How $500 Can Change 100 Porters’ Lives
David was home in California, reminiscing about his trip to Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. He couldn’t help but think of the porters of Buhoma who had carried him to see the gorillas; without them he wouldn’t have experienced that highlight of Bwindi. Wanting to acknowledge the whole group rather than just the individuals who…
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