This shot from the sunny beaches of Rwanda’s Gisenyi — you can see Congo’s Goma on the horizon — is our summer goodbye. Until September when our media will be back, very full blast!

We cherish the interns from UCLL, a Belgian university, who help us at Lake Bunyonyi in so many different ways, each for a 6-month stint! Milan was the fifth among them. “Adventure” was practically his middle name … gorillahighlands.com/milan

Preet Fast Food has moved! Kigali’s first purely vegetarian restaurant has found a more spacious spot on KN 82, the same road it’s called home for over a decade. Good news for us too, as we don’t need to adjust the route of the Kigali Walking Tour. gorillahighlands.com/preet-moves/

The tour guiding side of our Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training (GHAT) was behind us, and what better way to mark that than to throw one of the trainees straight into the fire? gorillahighlands.com/cyclist-lear...

“Aletheia” means “truth” in Greek or to be more precise: that which does not escape notice, does not hide, is not forgotten; that which remains evident, the opposite of oblivion, of forgetting; that which resists the wear of time: gorillahighlands.com/an-artist-in...

The little secret about the soil here at Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi is that it’s tired, basically. Our land simply can’t cope with beans that refuse to climb, because the poor ground has been overworked for years and is losing its fertility bit by bit. gorillahighlands.com/antisocial-c...

How $500 Can Change 100 Porters’ Lives: gorillahighlands.com/giving

Great news: our unlucky volunteer Anne is back at work! She has completed her first week at a Bristol care home, still on crutches. Let’s now rewind to early February, on the shores of Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi … gorillahighlands.com/thrice-unluc...

Originally from Bukavu, DR Congo, Innocent Ciza shares an inspiring story about his journey. Now living in Kampala, he explains how Uganda has become much more than a place to live — it is a land of opportunity, warm hospitality, and professional growth.

We Are Together: The Bukavu Boy of Kampala

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Uganda’s Supreme Adventure Park founder explains how Lake Bunyonyi’s activity-packed little island came to be, and what it offers today.

Lake Bunyonyi’s Activity-Packed Little Island

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5 hiking days on the Congo Nile Trail? With a bus ride to Kigali at the end? We had an intriguing alternative for Rachel, a British teacher from Tanzania. A strong hiker, would she be able to do the nearly 30 km between Kinunu and Bumba in one day? gorillahighlands.com/her-extended-congo-nile-trail/

“End of last year I quit my job and went travelling; the mid-life crisis* kicked in. I did similar travel before but this time it was different. This time it was time for Africa!” Full story and more beuatiful images: gorillahighlands.com/mid-life-cri...

Did you know that a little corner of your home can become a productive garden?

Make Your Own Garden, Big or Small

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Do you know how long we’ve been trying? For years and years and years! Finding a Musanze landlord willing to let us a house as both an office and a residence has been a struggle, since mixing the two changes how it’s taxed. More: gorillahighlands.com/musanze-offi...

The information about ebola in our wider region is all over the place. How can an outsider reconcile last week’s dramatic report from DR Congo by The Daily with the somewhat agitated video address by Uganda Media Centre showing business as usual? Some answers: gorillahighlands.com/ebola-travel...

Our video team has put together a little production about 2 weeks spent on Ugandan roads in 2025, with the highlight being the Friendship Camp (gorillahighlands.com/camp). Hard to believe they were able to pull together such a complete story from an amateur’s disparate shots and recordings!

The first ever Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training was great fun! gorillahighlands.com/ambassador-t...

Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training is around the corner! For more information see www.gorillahighlands.com/ambassadors

Ask anyone in Bufuka, our little village on a Lake Bunyonyi peninsula, for “Teacher” and you won’t get directions to the primary school. You’ll be pointed to a home filled with laughter, chat, and the smell of obushera, the local brew. gorillahighlands.com/ask-for-teac...

Did you know you can join someone else’s adventure in the Gorilla Highlands — and pay less for it? On our Tours page you’ll find real departures by real travellers. Join their group, split the costs, see more. Or add your own dates and let others join you. gorillahighlands.com/tours

Third time lucky — and what a city awaited on the other side! ML Rwebandira had been trying to get to Cape Town since 2023, to finally tell the world about our region. He has composed an epic story about the experience: gorillahighlands.com/cape-town-3r...

Letting them go wasn’t easy. Knowing they’d bring a little chaos and joy to their new places made it just about bearable: gorillahighlands.com/four-tiny-troublemakers-gone/

Diana and Sasha are relieved — the rate card is ready at last! They’ve spent countless hours poring over costing spreadsheets and debating what’s fair and what will work. The biggest change is a return to tiered pricing. Continue reading here: gorillahighlands.com/travelling-g...

Young Rwandan entrepreneurs are investing their savings in fighting malnutrition with quinoa: gorillahighlands.com/the-quinoa-h...

An 8-minute tour of everything that matters on our website (gorillahighlands.com) — and what’s coming next.

Gorilla Highlands Experts Website: Wanna Look In?

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Our Friendship Camp has led to a remarkable opportunity for some of the participants! gorillahighlands.com/friendship-c...

Intense frustrations expressed peacefully … as much as we can. 😅 gorillahighlands.com/pocket-treas...

A fantastic video collection for anyone interested in hiking Rwanda’s Congo Nile Trail! gorillahighlands.com/walking-the-...

Will you celebrate our silver anniversary with us, on Zoom?

24 Hours to 25 Years — Join Us Online - Gorilla Highlands Experts

This frame from our Treasures exhibition looks back a quarter of a century, to the moment when Edirisa — the mother of the Gorilla Highlands idea —

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The Pocket Treasure — an invaluable journey guide for lasting memories — is now available at 15 resellers, and online!

Best Little Guide to Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo? - Gorilla Highlands Experts

Made with love.Sung into being.Carried through the journey.

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