Category: Media Projects

Our Stories:

  • The Duuka

    The Duuka

    Growing up in the Gorilla Highlands, we watched the TV and saw pictures from the rest of the world. These images fired up our imaginations, and oh how we day-dreamed of America and England! In our minds these were the closest to heaven life on Earth could possibly get. We believed everything they had was…

  • Era of Regular In-Sights Begins

    Era of Regular In-Sights Begins

    When the concept of Gorilla Highlands Experts was finalised almost a year ago, it was based on In-Sights. That was the name we chose for something creative and insightful to be built on an online course platform. We didn’t want it to feel like school, just use the format of “lessons” building upon each other.…

  • Groups: Why We Have Them & How To Enjoy Them

    Groups: Why We Have Them & How To Enjoy Them

    We strive to serve you a vast variety of content on the Gorilla Highlands Experts platform, but sometimes you may want more of what especially touches you. That’s why we have groups for our members! Want to identify a bird you just saw? Ask your fellow Birders. The group leader is Charlotte who wrote in…

  • We Are In the Washington Post

    We Are In the Washington Post

    We interrupt our regular programming because having an article about us published in the Washington Post is a big deal. It had taken many years to make something like this happen! Henry Wismayer, the article author, has been to our region several times. He even met Marcus Westberg here, our photographer who would become his…

  • Our Focus: Build the Foundation

    Our Focus: Build the Foundation

    Dear GHE members, We are pleased that we have registered almost 100 users so far, and are impressed and encouraged by the spectrum of backgrounds you represent. We believe this platform will eventually be huge and successfully inform, de-stress and entertain all kinds of people. Nevertheless, as we leave the Early Bird phase behind we…

  • We Have Been Written About

    We Have Been Written About

    This is an honour. One of the most prominent men in the responsible travel movement, the author of the Responsible Tourism book, has written about us. In his article for Travel Tomorrow Harold Goodwin highlights the storytelling aspect of our work and quotes Mari’s recent blog extensively. It is worth noting that Goodwin’s piece points…

  • Picnic With Us on Lake Burera — Virtually or in Person

    Picnic With Us on Lake Burera — Virtually or in Person

    Aaaaaaaaand here we go again: the second and the even-better Picnic will take place on Cyuza Island, Lake Burera! Time: Saturday, 27 March 2021, 5-6pm Rwandan time which is: 8-9am in San Francisco11am-12pm in New York3-5pm in London4-6pm in Vienna6-7pm in Kampala Location: Lake Burera, Rwanda — and your Zoom screens (the link will be…

  • Weekly Companion – The One Minute One

    Weekly Companion – The One Minute One

    After two 6-minute Weekly Companions and an instalment of 30+ minutes, this is a one-minute edition! Our experiments with the format may be over next week with a special edition devoted to responsible tourism. You may also like: Bella of Cyuza Island: Reaping the Fruits of Hard WorkNyabingi? The One Whose Divination You Seek …Explore…

  • Cook With Me at the Lake Burera (Online) Picnic

    Cook With Me at the Lake Burera (Online) Picnic

    Friends, I am sorry for introducing myself a bit late… I was your chef at the Monthly Online Picnic in Musanze, I loved doing that for you — so I am back to invite you to the next Picnic at Lake Burera on 27 March 2021! I will also be bringing in a nice new…

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