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:

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Gorilla Highlands Experts Website: Wanna Look In? YouTube video by Gorilla Highlands Experts

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

Our Friendship Camp has led to a remarkable opportunity for some of the participants!

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Intense frustrations expressed peacefully … as much as we can. 😅

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A fantastic video collection for anyone interested in hiking Rwanda’s Congo Nile Trail!

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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 —

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

Best Little Guide to Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo? - Gorilla Highlands Experts Made with love.Sung into being.Carried through the journey.

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

Love Has Been All Around - Gorilla Highlands Experts The silver anniversary of the window idea (“Edirisa” in the language of Bunyonyi) is less than a week away. And since today happens to be Valentine’s Day, it

Have you recovered from Valentine’s Day yet? Every day should be a day for love!

Let’s Create Provia’s Homestay 2.0 - Gorilla Highlands Experts When Provia’s son approached us with a request to upgrade some of their homestay facilities, he had no idea how far our proposal would go. After all, why stop

Camping may soon be just one of the options at Provia’s home on Bunyonyi’s Habukomi Island.

Listening to the Batwa, Not the Noise Around Them - Gorilla Highlands Experts With the imposing Virunga volcanoes on the horizon, the tapestry of Echuya Forest Reserve becomes even more striking. Once upon a time, this was all one

Echuya Forest was once home to Batwa “Pygmies” who now live on its edge.

Elie’s Offline Anguish at Lake Bunyonyi - Gorilla Highlands Experts On 20/12/2025 Elie Cirhuza set foot on Ugandan soil again, four months after his first stay on the shores of Lake Bunyonyi. Passionate about tourism and

Does being online feel like breathing to you?

Meet Elie, our Congolese volunteer whose stay at Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi turned into an unexpected lesson in disconnection.

Who Holds the Speed Record on Mount Karisimbi? - Gorilla Highlands Experts The gorilla national parks of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo are superb hiking destinations, with the Virunga volcanoes as the centrepiece. The highest peak is

The highest summit of the Virunga volcanoes lies at 4,507 metres or 14,787 feet, and most people need two days to climb it. Not our hiker from Manchester!

We Are Together: The Congo Boy of Lake Bunyonyi - Gorilla Highlands Experts 🇺🇬❤️🇨🇩 Hear a voice that unites, straight from the shores of Lake Bunyonyi!

A young Ugandan who is in love with DR Congo shares his passion for peace.

Counting Down from Mt Karembe: They Hiked in 2025, They Canoed in 2026 - Gorilla Highlands Experts “Zdravo, kako si?” guide Owen surprised a group of Slovenians at the end of December with this greeting. He freelances for us thanks to a volunteer from

18 Slovenians, many Batwa “Pygmies”, and our traditional way of stepping into a new year …

Mama Nelly Is Cooking at Nkora Again - Gorilla Highlands Experts We have some big news to share: Hadidja Nyirababikira, better known as Mama Nelly, is back in Nkora on the Congo Nile Trail! Six months ago we shared her life

Great news indeed!

Booklet Launched, Then Daylight Hit - Gorilla Highlands Experts We launched our Pocket Treasure at Kigali’s Kamahwa-Tsobe last night! Quizzed by Fred Murwanashyaka, ML Rwebandira guided the cheerful audience through the

The launch of the Pocket Treasure booklet went well! The aftermath not so much …

Guilty as charged! We’re sharing these wishes a little late, our team of course meaning “this year” when they say “next year” 😜 — but straight from The Heart, the historical name of Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi. Created by Elie Cirhuza from Congo, who has plenty more brewing. Can’t wait to show you!

Our booklet means very little without distribution partners, without the people who will help actually get it into visitors’ pockets. That’s why we’re reaching out to hotels, craft shops, duty-free stores, bookstores, organisations, … More: www.gorillahighlands.com/pocket-treasure

Our Gift to the Region: Pocket Treasure - Gorilla Highlands Experts What do you want for Christmas? Our region wants a beautiful little booklet!

We aren’t resting this holiday season, that’s for sure! 😎

How to Shop Smart in Bukavu (Rebels Love to Dress Well Too) - Gorilla Highlands Experts Eight months after M23 rebels took Bukavu, the city is as warm and dynamic as always. The national parks and banks are closed, the border with Rwanda is more

8 months after M23 rebels took Bukavu, the city is as warm and dynamic as always. The national parks and banks are closed, the border with Rwanda is more user-friendly than ever, there’s a weekly community cleanup … We can’t take you to Kahuzi-Biega for gorillas but we can take you for shopping!

Milan vs. Bunyonyi: Not A Bad Start! - Gorilla Highlands Experts This is Milan, a student of UC Leuven-Limburg, who arrived at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi last month. Like others before him, he’s doing a 6-month internship

An injection of youthful energy for our Lake Bunyonyi team!

That’s Provia’s Homestay Now - Gorilla Highlands Experts “Munonga, munonga, munonga!” said Provia Ndyahisahe when we inquired about her interest in hosting people on Lake Bunyonyi’s Habukomi Island. “Much, much,

Tom’s wife and son Felix will keep the homestay alive!

The freshest, the most 🔥 version of the Illumineers promo video is here — with tons of footage from Friendship Camp! Feeling generous today? 😎 GoFundMe link is right here: gofund.me/1945c5b0

This weekend — on 2 November 2025 to be exact — Sean from America begins his 6-day Ultimate Hike through Uganda’s stunning highlands, and he’s looking for company! For more info head to experts.gorillahighlands.com/seans-ultimate-hike/

Goodbye, Tom Karemire! YouTube video by Gorilla Highlands

9 minutes that will move you, with an invitation to then go dive into our Tom libraries (gorillahighlands.com/tom) …

Tom Karemire (1945-2025) - Gorilla Highlands Experts The bellowing voice and infectious smile of Tom Karemire will now beam only from our photo and video archives. This morning, a liver issue took him away from

An important man has died … There’s going to be a livestream of his funeral tomorrow, if you are one of the many people who knew him.

That was a championship to remember, right in our Kigali! Nobody who watched it will forget the crowds.

One hero fewer on this endangered planet … RIP. Don’t miss the article linked by The New Yorker — in not too many words, it paints a cool picture of Jane.