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Two Africas
Forgive me a litte detour… It would be worth mentioning the reason I missed the meeting in Rushaga: Uganda had sent me to Slovenia, my country of birth, to promote tourism in the Pearl of Africa. How it got to that was fascinating… In another life I ran a multimedia studio on the equator, near…
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Our Problem
In the beginning of October a group of tourism people met in Rushaga Gorilla Camp on the edge of Bwindi, the rugged rainforest that hides mountain gorillas. They discussed how to promote tourism in Kigezi, the Ugandan side of the Gorilla Highlands region. I couldn’t attend but the hotel manager was present and shared the meeting…
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Their Noise
I don’t walk much. That might be odd for somebody whose daily bread are hiking expeditions, however, there is always a passenger motorcycle somewhere around. There are tens of thousands, some claim hundreds of thousands, of them in Rwanda and Uganda. They are a dangerous yet strikingly efficient way to travel, and a handy way…
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My Peace
Hey, stranger, wanna come along into the heart of Africa? Let me take you to the shore of an extensive mountain lake that lies in Uganda and spreads its marshy limbs towards our neighbouring country, Rwanda. Lake Bunyonyi and the stupendous region under the volcanoes have been my home for the last 15 years, or possibly…
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Who Are We Making This Website For?
We are back! We had been having strange issues with our website often becoming inaccessible. Over the weekend we moved it to Amazon Web Services and we believe the problem is sorted out. The website also loads a bit faster now. So, back to work… Eseential work! Some weeks ago we invited you to think…
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China, the Superpower We Need on Our Side
“So you would want to translate it into Chinese?” he wanted to understand our plans.
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Join the Tagline Debate
As we expand our coverage to Rwanda, the Gorilla Highlands website is being re-organised and re-thought. Could you take part in choosing our new tagline? The current tagline can be seen just under the logo at the top of this page. This is how it looks as a Google search output: The problem with “trek…
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Why Do We Always Need Muzungu Help?
The Guardian, one of the leading global news sources, published a photo gallery about our home this week. It shows British rowers Richard and Peter Chambers, winners of an Olympic medal in 2012, carrying 20 litre jerrycans up the slopes of Lake Bunyonyi hills. Minus a rather unneccessary and vague mention that girls collecting water…
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Pocket Guides Covering Our Transboundary Region
It was not a little job to add Rwanda, almost double the number of pages and make it all happen during the high tourism season.
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How We Canoed to BirdNest All by Ourselves
(MASTER OF CEREMONIES SPEAKING) Dear audience, it’s the most fabulous the most amazing fashion designer ENYA [audience applauds] who paddled with her brother to BIRDNEST all on their own! (ENYA SPEAKING) Thank you, Mr MC, one and all! I would love to tell you why we went on this extraordinary adventure. You see, we had…
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Lufthansa’s “Neighbor Gorilla”, Corrected
The Lufthansa magazine interview we mentioned in June has been translated into English for their website. It might be useful to ad some corrections and clarifications: – permits for gorilla tracking in Uganda cost USD 600 (or USD 450 in November and April/May)– it is very much possible to get an internal flight to and airstrip…
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Pokémon Get Real at Lake Bunyonyi
Hi, on Monday I went on an amazing adventure in the GORILLA HIGHLANDS. But I’m writing about it today, as I don’t want to be blogging on the first day of the week because it reminds me of school. So I bet you are wondering what I did (if you weren’t, I would be surprised)… I…
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WARNING: Shooting Is for Kids Only
Watsup world it’s me, the one and only ENYAAAAAAAA with my third Enya’s Blog post. I just finished school so that means I’m spending my summer in the GORILLA HIGHLANDS. Let me get you through why I am at Lake Bunyonyi this time of the year… My bother Maani and I usually go to SLOVENIA…
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Here We Go: Apply Online for Uganda Visa [Updated]
![Here We Go: Apply Online for Uganda Visa [Updated]](https://gorillahighlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/e-visa-1-1.jpg)
UPDATE, 22/7/2016: The cost of the single entry visa for Uganda has been reduced to USD 50. UPDATE, 15/7/2016: Two travellers coming from Slovenia have emailed us some details on how the border-crossing experience was. Business as usual, basically, but they did get a printout with the following text: “It is still possible to get a visa…
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Follow the Example of the Good People from Seattle
In April we asked future trekkers to send us their photos and fulfill the wish expressed by the host family at Lake Kayumbu. This is the first submission, already laser-printed on an A4 sheet, waiting to be delivered to Gerald and Jackline. Kirk and Shawn are bringing their daughters Casey and Cameron to Kenya, Rwanda…
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Learning from a Huge Dying Rat
Hi, it’s me again! Do you guys remember what I said last on this blog? Maybe some of you know but others not so much, so to recap I ended up writing that I went to a school called KABALE PREPARATORY SCHOOL (KPS) which I hated by the way (BTW). Today I am going to…
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Pocket Guide with Rwanda on the Way
If you are from Musanze, you can truly help us a lot with your feedback!
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My Name Is Lake
Hi, my name is ENYANJA KANYUNYUZI LOGAR and I’m 11 years old. My favourite colour is blue, I go to school at BRITISH SCHOOL OF KAMPALA, my class is Year 6 and my best friends are Aster and Chloe. MIHA LOGAR is my dad, my mum is PAMELA KANYUNYUZI and I have an annoying brother called…
