Category: Our People
Our Stories:
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Coming Together
Quarterly newsletter for Gorilla Highlands lovers How remarkable that we were there again — in the clearing next to a simple tin-roofed house, above a campsite with a couple of spacious tents, on the hillside of a medium-sized Lake Bunyonyi island — where the January newsletter was set. Over the years, legendary Tom had hosted hundreds…
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Unapologetically Miha
This is the first Gorilla Highlands quarterly newsletter delivered to subscribers by email. If you wish to get future issues please contact us. * * * There were tiny gorillas all over the place: dangling from the tall bamboo trees, playing across the gently sloping volcanic landscape, and peering at a small group of visiting…
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ChatGPT Gets Africa (Somehow)
As Tour Business Coaching Program participants, we were encouraged to subscribe to ChatGPT 4. Visual art generation is one of its advances, and it has proved hilarious to explore what it knows about Africa. When asked to draw a map of the Gorilla Highlands region, it emphasised Lake Bunyonyi, and that was intriguing. Requested to…
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Alex’s Full African Menu (He Loved Every Serving!)
Our October was distinguished by a visit from Washington — no, it wasn’t Biden just yet, but Alex Wilson ticked many boxes too. From the moment he read about us in the Washington Post, Alex was a fan who wanted to become part of our tribe. With his background in high school teaching, he was…
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Proud of Grace — Plus Cedric, Maani & Yvelise!
We can never express our heartfelt pride enough for our teammate Grace Neema who graduated today from Computer Networking at INES Ruhengeri! She enthusiastically applied to work for Gorilla Highlands Ltd and Gorilla Highlands Experts when her church colleague Mr Fred Munyeshyaka shared the news — and she was chosen to become the first office…
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First Time to Leave Rwanda, First Time to Canoe & Camp
The training period of the four candidates for our office staff ended with an adventure in Uganda, joining our guest Alex from Washington on three days of activities. Once we crossed the border, the first experience was a coffee tour, where we learned what it is like to work at a coffee farm. We all…
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Interested in Part-Time Work on Our Musanze Team?
Job Title: Part-Time Gorilla Highlands Office StaffLocation: Musanze, RwandaEngagement Starts: 11 September 2023 Are you a Rwandan aged 18 or above who is eager to join one of the biggest global businesses — the travel industry? Do you care about the nature and cultures of the Gorilla Highlands region shared by Rwanda, Uganda and DR…
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Where Differences Can Still Be Made
We were visited by Laura and Hannah from Austria last week … as they came to Uganda attempting to better understand their late friend Carla Weinzierl. “Cala” was our remarkable veteran volunteer and frequent returnee. She took her own life in Vienna in 2020. Before we get into anything else, there is one important message…
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Does a Responsible Traveller Take Photos of Locals?
100mm, f/5, 1/800s, ISO125 Photographing people is, understandably, a somewhat contentious activity. When we travel — and this we means absolutely anyone — we tend to do so because we are intrigued by exotic places, animals and cultures. “Exotic” simply means different, by the way, so Swedish culture can be just as exotic to a…
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