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History-Making Competition in Kigali, Rwanda
That was a championship to remember, right in our Kigali! Nobody who watched it will forget the crowds. You may also like: 10 Cool Accommodations in the Gorilla Highlands RegionHave You Heard?! We Won a Global Responsible Tourism Award!Good Kind of Crazy: Volunteering and Hiking in Uganda and RwandaRwanda's Gorilla Fees Double in Epic Surprise…
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Jane Goodall, World’s Leading Expert on Chimpanzees (1934-2025)
One hero fewer on this endangered planet … RIP. Don’t miss the article linked by The New Yorker — in not too many words, it paints a cool picture of Jane. You may also like: Slow and Sweaty TravelNever Gets OldWhy Choose Uganda and Rwanda over Tanzania and Kenya?Mountain MiseryShiv’s Colourful Week in Rwanda &…
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Brains, Sand, and Coffee: Our Day at Cyimbili Guesthouse
The journey towards better days for Cymbili Guesthouse has begun! Yesterday our squad travelled to the cream-coloured coast of Lake Kivu in guide Enock Musabyimana’s car, with Sandra Ndahiro being the most distinguished passenger. This graduate of the 2024 Illumineers sessions offered her civil engineering knowhow to help us evaluate what could be done with…
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Rwandafully Classy: 40 Baby Gorillas Named
The 20th edition of Kwita Izina, Rwanda’s celebrated baby gorilla naming ceremony, was held in Kinigi yesterday. 40 mountain gorilla kiddos born since 2023 received their names, bringing the two-decades total of baby gorillas named to 438. The ceremony welcomed many distinguished guests, including the First Lady Jeannette Kagame and the Prime Minister, Dr. Justin…
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Cyimbili: A Congo Nile Trail Gem Poised to Shine Brighter
It’s no secret that we’ve long had our eyes on Cyimbili Guesthouse, arguably the most scenic overnight stop along the Congo Nile Trail. Ever since we first featured it in our media, we’ve been building connections and laying the groundwork for a conversation with its owners and managers. That meeting finally took place yesterday, when…
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Step Into Life in Goma
Powerful: current life in Goma (eastern Congo) through the medium of the comic book: “The city is stuck. It is a purgatory that leaves its residents bereft of words.” There’s insecurity and the prices are skyrocketing while local banks are locked out of the national system. The Continent, page 13. You may also like: The…
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What About National Unity?!
Mobutu Sese Seko put “liboke” into the national slogan: “Tolingi Zaire liboke moko, lisanga moko” (We want a united and undivided Zaire) and the French neglected to include that meaning — national unity — in the dictionary. Here’s to hoping that DR Congo becomes a peacefully delicious mix again! You may also like: Rwanda's Gorilla…
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Follow Us Here for This, There for That
Time to celebrate 🎉 — our multi-month regrouping on social media is done! We now have: 🦍 Gorilla Highlands Travels – touring & volunteering (Instagram, Facebook) 💡 Gorilla Highlands Illumineers – youth program (Instagram, Facebook) 🌋 Gorilla National Parks – all five of them (Instagram, Facebook) 🛶 Lake Bunyonyi – our Ugandan home (Instagram, Facebook) 🚴 Congo Nile Trail – hiking/cycling on Rwanda’s Kivu shores…
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DR Congo Opens Enormous Area to Oil & Gas Exploration
A jewel of nature created to protect Grauer’s gorillas, Kahuzi-Biega National Park in eastern DR Congo now stands on the edge — unraveling under the weight of a hauntingly familiar “collective failure.” You may also like: Go-To Guide: Track Gorillas in Uganda, Rwanda & DR CongoNever Gets OldThe Many Surprises of Lwiro in Eastern DR…