Can Primate Parachuters Be Responsible Tourists?
If our goal is to make travel in the Gorilla Highlands region more responsible, what do we do with Primate Parachuters? The Primate Parachuter (PP)…
Author: Miha
Miha “Rwebandira” Logar is an adventure/cultural tourism expert, podcaster and lecturer. A Gorilla Highlands co-founder, he is a Ugandan/Slovenian national who resides in Musanze (Rwanda).
Have You Heard?! We Won a Global Responsible Tourism Award!
Gorilla Highlands was among the winners at the 2022 WTM Responsible Tourism Awards celebrated in London on Monday. We took the global “Contributing to Cultural…
Honestly, It’s Been an Insane Six Months!
Have you noticed us going quiet? Have you explained that away with a simple, “the pandemic is over and they must be very busy”? You…
Which GHE Project Will You Pick?
Gorilla Highlands Experts now exists for real! 10.5 years after the Gorilla Highlands idea was born in southwestern Uganda — as a humble project by…
We Know What We Are (Finally)
• “Gorilla Highlands” is a tour company specialising in tailor-made offers in Rwanda, western Uganda and eastern Congo
• “Gorilla Highlands…
SABA Episode #13 — Rwenzori Trekking & Uganda’s Interventions in Congo (Plus John Hunwick’s Crazy Stories)
John Hunwick truly has a story to tell! During the first hour of our Zoom call all participants pretty much just listened to his African…
SABA Episode #12 — Gorilla Tracking in a Local Helicopter & Other Questions
It wasn’t our original plan to have the 12th episode of SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA limited to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. But then we ran…
SABA Episode #11 — Eco, Sustainable or Responsible Tourism? It’s Clear (at Least to Harold Goodwin)!
It was a no-brainer whom to invite as our guest for the 11th episode of SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA focused on responsible tourism (we cut…
Is This Where You Come In? (Gorilla Highlands 2018-2021 and Beyond)
This is the fourteenth and final instalment of a series that marks 20 years of Edirisa and 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. Click…
How a Cryptic Group Got Us a Crypto Present
The surprising story below ends our daily blogging in 2021 — and the first 10 years of the Gorilla Highlands Initiative. See you in 2022,…