Let’s face it — we are from a remote area somewhere in the middle of Africa, and making it a destination everyone knows about will not be quick or easy. But we will work on it, each and every day.
Last year our leading photographer Marcus Westberg wrote an article about the Gorilla Highlands for a Swedish magazine called Vagabond (see above) that has a Norwegian edition. This is how Petter Løken, a journalist from Norway, learned about us. He came for a visit in July and left full of impressions.
Last Saturday his newspaper Dagbladet printed the first story, “The Last Giants of Africa” about gorilla tracking, on four pages. Petter plans to devote the next article to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
And mind you, we are talking about Norway’s second largest tabloid newspaper, with about 100,000 copies printed!
If you know Norwegian, find it online here.
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Marcus Westberg is a multiple award-winning photographer and writer from Sweden whose work — covering conservation, wildlife and travel — appears regularly in several global publications. He has made several trips to our region specifically to volunteer for Gorilla Highlands Experts. When not globetrotting, Marcus lives with his wife and daughter close to Lisbon, Portugal. Click for our interview with Marcus. [bio updated: 2026-03]
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ML Rwebandira — formerly known as Miha Logar — is an adventure and cultural tourism expert, writer and multimedia producer who co-founded Gorilla Highlands Experts. His most recent publication is the Pocket Treasure. A national of both Uganda and Slovenia, ML resides with his son Lan in Musanze, Rwanda. Click for his personality-infused quarterly newsletters. [bio updated: 2026-05]