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Building Traditions: New Year’s Eve Celebration on Habukomi Island

4 January 2017

📍 Lake Bunyonyi /Uganda/

“How do local people celebrate New Year’s Eve?” visitors to the Gorilla Highlands often ask. Until 2007 there wasn’t much to say. The drumming that traditionally announces Christmas would get repeated to some degree, and that would be all. But now that we have awaited a new year on Habukomi Island ten years in a…
Here We Go: Apply Online for Uganda Visa [Updated]

1 July 2016

UPDATE, 22/7/2016: The cost of the single entry visa for Uganda has been reduced to USD 50. UPDATE, 15/7/2016: Two travellers coming from Slovenia have emailed us some details on how the border-crossing experience was. Business as usual, basically, but they did get a printout with the following text: “It is still possible to get a visa…
Avoid Uganda Visa Worries by Flying through Kigali

2 May 2016

Uganda is following in the footsteps of Rwanda and Kenya by introducing online visa applications. The plan was announced on the Uganda Immigration website in December 2015 and the latest information is that the new arrangement will start on 1 June 2016. (Update: it eventually got implemented on 1 July 2016.) Keeping in mind how, without…
Hiking in Surprising Africa: Free Your Mind

26 April 2016

When you consider trekking in the Gorilla Highlands of Uganda and Rwanda—towards our extraordinary mountain gorillas or through the dramatic cultural landscapes—you should free your mind first. There are many preconceptions that have to do with Africa and simply do not apply. How safe is Uganda? How safe is Rwanda? In one word: very. The…
Canoeing Experts Eliminate the Mzungu Corkscrew

15 April 2016

📍 Lake Bunyonyi /Uganda/, Lake Mutanda /Uganda/

Your holiday on Lake Bunyonyi or Lake Mutanda will be missing something if you don’t enter a canoe… Dugout canoeing is not as easy as it looks before you try it, nor as hard as it feels the first time you attempt it – watch the video tutorial above and read what one of Edirisa…
Going Deep with our Friend Traditional Healer

13 April 2016

📍 Lake Bunyonyi /Uganda/

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…
Into Sabinyo Gorge in a More Comfy Way

26 March 2016

📍 DR Congo/, Gorilla National Parks /Rwanda, Mgahinga Gorilla NP /Uganda/, Uganda

The most popular nature walk in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park leads into the luxuriant gorge deep under the steep slopes of Mt Sabinyo. It is totally comparable to volcano hiking, in duration (5-6 hours), beauty, and even difficulty. To make it a little easier, the Uganda Wildlife Authority team led by Moses Turinawe, the park…
Brussels Airlines Has Odd, Regular Problems [Updated]

12 March 2016

Flying to the Gorilla Highlands of Uganda and Rwanda? You might not want to go with Brussels Airlines on a Wednesday… A concerned passenger has contacted us with an extraordinary story. On 9 March 2016 he was meant to fly from Belgium to East Africa and everything went well until, just before the takeoff, the…

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