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Top Rwandan Chef’s Top Kigali Restaurants
Hello friends! Sorry I have been quiet since our Cyuza Island Online Picnic, but times have been a bit challenging. With the hospitality industry at a standstill, most restaurants and hotels have been closed for a long time or were not operating at full capacity, and owners had to find some new solutions. A patron’s…
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Why Do Gorillas Fart So Much?
Contrary to old myths about bloodthirsty gorillas hunting humans, mountain gorillas are peaceful vegetarians. What Do Mountain Gorillas Eat? They are herbivores, eating up to 140 different types of fruit, herbs, stems and roots. Like other primates they sometimes munch on ants and termites and have been seen to enjoy a communal meal off a favourite…
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Top 5 Prettiest Lakes of the Gorilla Highlands Region
From the ice-cold waters between Rwanda and Uganda atop Mt Muhabura to the colourful bays of Bukavu, the Gorilla Highlands region is blessed with numerous bodies of water. You can safely swim in all of them — but which lakes are the most beautiful? 1. Lake Bunyonyi This giraffe-shaped lake is made exceptionally gorgeous by the heavily terraced hills that…
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Experience Farming Life at a Very Unusual Location
Looking at the picture above, would you ever expect it to be taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Well, it is! Farm vacations are well known around the world and attract people who want to escape from busy work life or families who enjoy spending a weekend in nature, but the DR Congo might…
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The Battle of the Great Apes: Gorillas versus Chimpanzees
When I learned I was going to do an internship in Uganda for six months, I immediately started researching the country and its highlights. Naturally, one of the first things that came up was gorilla tracking. I remember opening the page, scrolling through it and getting excited, until I saw the price tag and realised…
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Travel Advisory for the Democratic Republic of Congo: Insider Info & Superb Images
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a challenging place in many ways. It is best known internationally for poverty, civil war and Ebola. At the same time, it is also a land of opportunity. The population is rapidly growing (it has passed 80 million), GDP is on the march, there is an increasing…
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How to Make Your Own Ugandan Rolex
A student at a Ugandan university was feeling kinda sick. He went to see a doctor who looked at him and asked: “How many rolexes per day”? “For breakfast, lunch and dinner,” said the student and the doctor had his diagnosis ready. Rolex derives its name from “rolled eggs”. Endemic to Uganda, it is a…
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To Fly or Not to Fly? Let’s Talk Responsible Tourism!
Ecotourism & Sustainable Tourism In recent years there has been — rightly so — a lot of attention devoted to ecotourism or sustainable tourism. While ecotourism clearly focuses on being ecological, or not harming the environment, the term sustainable tourism is a bit more encompassing. Sustainable seems to be the buzzword of the last decade;…
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What I Learned from Hikers on the Gorilla Highlands Trails
One must say that the world is changing! As a guide leading trekkers across our region for over 10 years, I have learned a lot and forgotten nothing culturally, economically and politically. Culturally, who can deny that girls in the Gorilla Highlands region are a source of wealth in the family? If you want to marry someone’s…
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