Category: Our People
Our Stories:
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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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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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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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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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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…
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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…
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Preparing for the Trekking Season
The Gorilla Highlands idea has always been to convince travellers that our region is a destination by itself (not merely a gorilla stopover) and to assure that local communities benefit from tourism. The Gorilla Highlands Trails, a system of guided trips throughout southwestern Uganda, is the epitome of this. Hikers are hosted by local families…
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