SABA Episode #5 — Grauer’s Gorillas, Bonobos & Community Issues
With this fifth episode of SEE AFRICA BREATHE AFRICA we achieved something pretty monumental: we recorded everything but the Voice of Santa Barbara live, at…
Tag: Kahuzi-Biega NP
For a brief introduction to Kahuzi-Beiga National Park (DR Congo) please click here.
The Many Surprises of Lwiro in Eastern DR Congo
Ladies and gentlemen, Greetings from Lwiro, a village on the edge of Kahuzi-Biega National Park that routinely surprises visitors to eastern Congo. I have been…
Live Q&A: Kahuzi-Biega NP, an Attraction to Top It All
The unbelievable story about Uganda’s Kisiizi Falls was a transitional article. It takes us from the theme of Regional Attractions (that we began on 2…
How Working in Kahuzi-Biega National Park Works
In yesterday’s photography moment Marcus called my place of work, Kahuzi-Beiga National Park, the most “off-the-beaten-track” place to do gorilla tracking … He is not…
Never Gets Old
70mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO400 As much as we try to focus on highlights, attractions and activities other than gorilla tracking, this remains — undeniably and deservedly…
An Introduction to Gorilla Tracking and Sister Primate Activities
Where else to start our Attractions theme but in the dense rainforests and bamboo thickets that are home to gorillas?! The dream of tracking mountain…
Congo Sunrise
20mm, f/8, 1/50s, ISO100 One of the reasons I enjoy immersive travel so much is that it’s too easy to miss out on powerful experiences…
Tracking Time
38mm, 1/250s, f/5,6, ISO400 The Batwa are in many ways the Gorilla Highlands region’s forgotten people. The original inhabitants of this part of Africa, the…
What Can a Lady Marketeer Do for Congolese Wildlife?
Hello everyone! I’m Gloria Mwenge Bitomwa and I am a tourism officer at Kahuzi-Biega National Park, home to the endangered eastern lowland gorillas also known as…
Big 1
500mm, 1/500s, f/4, ISO500 I’m not sure if you have come across the New Big 5 Project: basically, an initiative to come up with, obviously,…