Category: Our People
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How to Get Out of Musanze Caves with Photos You’ll Treasure
It’s always nice to be surprised, to come across something unexpected. A field of wildflowers on your game drive, perhaps. Or a cave system when you think you are in Musanze merely to hike the Virungas and see gorillas? It’s a nice way to spend 2.5 hours with an expert local guide, and you don’t…
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End of an Era — Don’t Miss!
It’s been an extraordinary time. Over 60 people from four continents have stepped forward to help shape the next chapter of Gorilla Highlands — while war rages on the western shores of Lake Kivu and our planet increasingly resembles an ancient world where raw power reigns supreme. Are we silly? Talking about peace, prosperity and…
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Happy 2025 — with Tom in Musanze!
It used to be our tradition to ring in the new year on Tom’s island in the middle of Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi. Yesterday, however, we brought Tom Karemire to Rwanda instead. Fulfilling his wish to visit our home in Musanze was a delight and added something fresh to our celebrations. Alongside the usual New Year’s…
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Alenka’s Rwandan-Slovenian Christmas Twist
Merry Christmas! We’re treating you to a Rwandan-Slovenian twist on strudel today: choose between a delicious filling of carrots and pumpkin or a tropical mix of bananas, dried plums, and raisins — all lovingly prepared by Alenka Seher. Alenka, who previously travelled with us through Uganda in 2007, has returned 17 years later to get…
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Unpacking the Region, Illuminating the World
Quarterly newsletter for Gorilla Highlands lovers The Morrises are our most recent guests — an American family living in Moshi, Tanzania, where Wade teaches at the United World College East Africa. These colleges bring students from different countries together to promote peace and sustainability (much like the Illumineers pitched at the end of this newsletter).…
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Climate Change Threats & Strategies in the Gorilla Highlands Region
The Gorilla Highlands region of western Uganda, Rwanda and eastern DR Congo features extraordinary natural beauty, exceptional biodiversity, rich cultural heritage and agricultural productivity. However, if left unchecked, challenges related to climate change could destabilise ecosystems, jeopardise livelihoods and impede the region’s development. The stakes are high and urgent action is essential to strengthen local resilience and ensure…
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Serene Pleasure & Cherry Trees
It’s been a while since we last heard from our team at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, so here is a dispatch by volunteer Michele, enriched with recent photos … As we felt the seasons change and the sun lower its course, the cooler and breezier days were upon us. The team were rejuvenating from a busy…
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Welcome to Our Home
Do you even know where we live?! This June we moved into a house in Musanze’s Kizungu area. It’s a spacious place that blends family life with the demands of Gorilla Highlands Experts work. The building has five rooms, a large kitchen, and an even bigger living and dining area, its walls decorated with images captured by Marcus…
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The Joys & Trials of Visiting 14 Kisoro Accommodations
Imagine enjoying breakfast on a little island bathed in gorgeous morning sunshine — who wouldn’t love that? The tasty eats on Gahiza Island were the absolute highlight of our familiarisation trip in Uganda’s Kisoro District last week. Sasha, our 22-year-old Rwandan team member, and Maani, a 17-year-old Slovenian/Ugandan, had a blast. As our tour arrangers…
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