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Backpacker on a Wheelchair Tracks Gorillas
Despite the anything-but-insignificant cost and physical strain of tracking mountain gorillas, this is an encounter many people feel they definitely have to experience. Even the disabled. Sunday Ndayakunze, the tourism warden of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, says that on average once a month they get a gorilla tracker who needs assistance. A visitor with disabilities…
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What Is Gorilla Highlands?
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First Lion Cubs Spotted in Akagera
The Gorilla Highlands region is beautifully complemented by two savannah national parks, Queen Elizabeth in Uganda and Akagera in Rwanda. Both parks were severely disturbed due to armed conflicts that took place decades ago and their animal populations are still rebuilding. Queen Elizabeth NP has risen close to its former glory – in the colonial days…
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High-Tech Conference Hall under a Thatched Roof
We are always on the lookout for new developments in the Gorilla Highlands region and if they bring our services to a new level, even better! On 1 May 2016 BirdNest Resort at Lake Bunyonyi opened a conference hall under its trademark grass-thatched roof. This special space of 150 m² can host up to 60…
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Secrets of Bakiga Marriage
It is very easy to get a girl but it takes a long time to marry her. In the beginning you give her your phone contact and Facebook account. You don’t talk much on the phone because airtime is expensive. You might use Facebook Zero (free Facebook messaging on your phone) to chat with her…
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Our Most Popular Product Will Include Rwanda
You cannot claim that you cannot afford a trip to our region while considering the budget you would invest in a city weekend…
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Fresh Photos from Sabinyo Gorge
In March we wrote about the upgrades in Sabinyo Gorge and announced that the waterfall at the end of the hike may be at its best in May. These photos taken last Sunday by Yonah Okoth take us back into the luxuriant wilderness… You may also like: Rwanda Is an Interesting ExperimentMt Gahinga, the Volcano for…
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How to Survive the Night
When you arrive to the Gorilla Highlands region, you will experience positive, colorful, and exuberant vibes. The people, the forests, and the calm, impressive lakes are right at your fingertips. Then comes nightfall. A comfortable breeze turns into a hollow, howling wind. The vivid birds seem to die out, and the obnoxious crickets make their…
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Gorilla Highlands Cooking in Slovenia
Our rolex recipe got published in Slovenske novice, the biggest Slovenian daily, a fortnight ago. This newspaper reaches over 300,000 people on an average day, so having a full page devoted to our speciality and the Gorilla Highlands project leader is a not a small deal. Every time we put the two special words “Gorilla” and “Highlands”…
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Avoid Uganda Visa Worries by Flying through Kigali
Uganda is following in the footsteps of Rwanda and Kenya by introducing online visa applications. The plan was announced on the Uganda Immigration website in December 2015 and the latest information is that the new arrangement will start on 1 June 2016. (Update: it eventually got implemented on 1 July 2016.) Keeping in mind how, without…
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35 Days of Backpacking with a Donkey
Ever thought of travelling with a donkey? Marc Ethienne Cuendet, 26, once briefly tried it in Morocco and liked it so much that he bought Rafiki in Mubende and walked with her to Lake Bunyonyi! Their 35-day route went through Fort Portal, Kibale Forest and Ibanda; they avoided Queen Elizabeth National Park not to tempt…
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The Man with Answers (Volunteer Life Part V)
I only had three months… What can you even do with that amount of time? Some people who stay in great resorts and love spotless bathrooms with food service might have a hard time. The scrappy, adventurous and enduring backpacker will say that it just isn’t enough. It seems that I’ve been thrown to the…
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Hiking in Surprising Africa: Free Your Mind
When you consider trekking in the Gorilla Highlands of Uganda and Rwanda—towards our extraordinary mountain gorillas or through the dramatic cultural landscapes—you should free your mind first. There are many preconceptions that have to do with Africa and simply do not apply. How safe is Uganda? How safe is Rwanda? In one word: very. The…
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Gorilla Highlands on Danish Tablets and Phones
GoTraveling is a Danish interactive magazine for phones and tablets running iOS or Android. We are happy to see our region featured in its latest issue, through the photos of Marcus Westberg, the man we interviewed on our blog last Friday. Another step on the way towards the Gorilla Highlands becoming a destination the world…
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16 Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Candidates
16 is exactly the maximum number we had in mind based on the size of Cephas Inn.
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Mapping, Exploring, Adding Musanze
This time we are beginning from scratch.
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Canoeing Experts Eliminate the Mzungu Corkscrew
Your holiday on Lake Bunyonyi or Lake Mutanda will be missing something if you don’t enter a canoe… Dugout canoeing is not as easy as it looks before you try it, nor as hard as it feels the first time you attempt it – watch the video tutorial above and read what one of Edirisa…
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Going Deep with our Friend Traditional Healer
Jeremiah Byaharugo, 73, practices traditional medicine in Rubona, a village on the ridge of a peninsula that points towards the centre of Lake Bunyonyi. He has been a Gorilla Highlands Trails partner for years and this relationship has allowed us special access. Please tell us about your family and education. I was in born in…
