Volunteer’s Dilemma: Cause, Cash or the Girl?
Stay in Africa to help, or return to Europe for paid work (and a girlfriend who misses you badly)? A dilemma that many a volunteer…
Author: Gorilla Highlands Experts
Prepared by the GHE team.
Friendship Camp 2025: Bonding at Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
Illumineers from the Gorilla Highlands region and friends from near and far — we’re coming together again! You’re probably wondering: “Who’s ‘we’?” We are breakthrough…
Nature. Culture. Together.
Nature. Culture. Together. That’s our slogan from now on. Nature and culture have always been central to what we do, but it’s the third word,…
What Do You Want From Gorilla Highlands Travels?
Last week we invited you to dive deep with us and reflect on how we’ve been using Bluesky. The survey is still open — we’d…
Let’s Evaluate Our Bluesky Experiment
When we started our Bluesky experiment in November 2024, the app had 20 million users. It has 32 million now, but it hasn’t fully taken…
Katie’s Last-Minute Gorillas in Mgahinga National Park
Katie Savitz travels differently; some might call it bold. A solo female traveller in East Africa, she avoids big tour companies, preferring to improvise along…
How Safe Are Rwanda and Uganda in 2025?
Do you believe Rwanda and Uganda are a danger zone right now? They’re not. At all. Yes, the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of…
Catherina Did It Alone
It’s your fault! You had a unique chance to join Catherina’s Rwandan tour … and you missed it! Now she’s already in Kigali, prepping for…
White Widow’s Loyalty
Pleasure Katusiime could fly away if she wanted. But she doesn’t. She’s perfectly content at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, where she reigns as the one…
Pizzzzzzzzzza News
Pizza?! Cheese??? That’s disgusting! — such would be the reaction of any traditional dweller of Lake Bunyonyi, including our storied Tom Karemire. But for foreign…