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Rwenzori Visitor Centre Opens

The new Rwenzori Mountains National Park visitor centre, one of the last projects of the Sustainable Tourism in the Albertine Rift program (STAR), is open for business! The STAR program is funded by USAID and has handed the centre over to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). The new centre will offer visitors to the park […]

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Kyambura Gorge a World Saver Finalist!

Conde Nast Traveler magazine has nominated Volcanoes Safaris Kyambura Gorge Lodge as a Finalist in its prestigious World Saver awards! The World Savers Awards have run since 2007 and recognise travel organisations from all over the world that are ‘powerful forces of positive change within their industries’. They have a number of criteria upon which […]

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Participate in the Craft of Bee Keeping!

The VSPT now offers our guests at Kyambura Gorge Lodge the opportunity to participate in and learn the craft of bee keeping. The hives were put in place by the VSPT to demonstrate to the local community how they can use bee hives to deter elephants from raiding their crops (elephants have a natural fear […]

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All About Coffee at the Co-operative

The Kyambura Women’s Coffee Cooperative has just wrapped up their third processing season. Despite the challenges faced from an unusually long dry season, the women were able to harvest over 400 kilos of organic Robusta and Arabica Coffees! Created by the Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT) in December 2010, the Kyambura Women’s Coffee Cooperative aims […]

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Rwenzori Sculpture Gallery Opens

The Rwenzori Sculpture Gallery near Volcanoes Kyambura Gorge Lodge is now open by appointment. The project to cultivate world-class African sculptors reaches a showcase standard in Uganda! The Sculpture Gallery is located an hour’s drive away from Volcanoes Kyambura Gorge Lodge, at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains in a stunning architect-designed building overlooking the […]

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