Category: History & Culture
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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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Golden Monkey Lady
Of the two ways to track golden monkeys in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, the longer and deeper one exists because of the efforts of Sandra Gray. This former British nurse, now a primatologist, is so passionately committed to her monkeys that she cannot find peace in Europe anymore. Sandra and her team monitor golden monkeys…
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Focus on Batwa “Pygmies”
We always start the year with a meeting solely devoted to our partnership with Batwa “Pygmies”. Making sure local communities benefit from tourism is central to the Gorilla Highlands initiative and the Batwa are the poorest of the poor. At these annual meetings we discuss what activities can be offered to visitors and how much Batwa are…
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Perfect Custodian
Ruth Ndyabahika signed an agreement with Festo Karwemera yesterday, officially making her Grace Villa the new tenant of the Bakiga cultural museum and backpacker hostel. Edirisa has already handed over the keys of this property in the middle of Kabale Town. Who is Ruth and why was she Edirisa’s preferred successor? You might have noticed…
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Silverchef 2015 Cooking Competition
The chefs came with herbs and spices. They knew they would need to use a pre-arranged set of ingredients.
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Punishing Work on Punishment Island Documentary
There is a story that every Gorilla Highlands lover of culture and history is eagerly awaiting: the Punishment Island documentary. An Italian documentary film maker Laura Cini (pictured smiling in the centre of the photo above) has been working on it since 2011. It will tell the sad tale of Lake Bunyonyi’s Akampene Island where…
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Become Custodian of Cultural Museum & Backpacker Hostel
As Edirisa focuses on its ambitious Gorilla Highlands initiative, the place currently known as The Home of Edirisa needs a new tenant. This is a colourful backpacker hostel in the middle of Kabale Town, arranged around Festo Karwemera’s fascinating cultural museum of the Bakiga. The Bakiga documentary below includes Karwemera’s guided tour of the museum: This museum was the reason…
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