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    Category: Responsible Tourism

    Does a Responsible Traveller Take Photos of Locals?

    Photographing people is, understandably, a somewhat contentious activity. When we travel — and this we means absolutely anyone — we tend to do so because…

    Marcus 8 March 2023
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    SABA Episode #17 – Why Should Our Region Be More Than Just a Fling? (14m)

    And now for real — with a new jingle that will simplify our production, we are entering the third season of the SEE AFRICA BREATHE…

    Jens 3 March 2023
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    Why Is Congo’s Bukavu Safe to Visit & What Does It Offer?

    The Democratic Republic of Congo has been in the news for very unfortunate reasons. The Movement of 23 March (M23) rebels have been occupying the…

    Espoir 12 February 2023

    T-Shirts With a Message About Us

    The new Gorilla Highlands guide t-shirts came from Kampala to Kabale on a night bus yesterday, and immediately got onto the bodies of our Lake…

    Miha 4 February 2023
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    Trouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Successes & Failures

    Our Batwa friends from Rwamahano happily received six months of accumulated funds this week. They got UGX 2,130,000 (USD 570) that we had saved from…

    Owen 8 January 2023

    They Come To See Animals, They Leave Thinking About African Life

    (We thought our audience could find it interesting, so we translated the article by Aljaž Vrabec published on 30 November 2022 in Slovenia’s Delo newspaper)…

    Delo 4 December 2022

    Trouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Lake Bunyonyi

    We previously talked about Rwamahano, as an example of Batwa “Pygmy” groups we work with. These indigenous people originate from some of the oldest humans…

    Owen 24 November 2022

    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)…

    Miha 19 November 2022
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    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…

    Miha 9 November 2022
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    Trouble for Batwa “Pygmy” Communities: Echuya Forest

    This week we accompanied the last group of tourists into the wilderness of Echuya Forest and to the famed ritual tree of the Batwa “Pygmies”.…

    Owen 5 November 2022
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