On 4th August 2015, the Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT) opened the Bwindi Bar located near the Volcanoes Safaris Bwindi Lodge on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The bar will provide a practical training institution for local disadvantaged youths living near the Bwindi National Park in Buhoma. The VSPT aims to provide practical […]
Intro: Bwindi Bar
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Lions released into Akagera National Park
Seven lions have been introduced into Akagera National Park in Rwanda this week. In June, African Parks in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), released seven trans located lions into the park: five females and two males. A waterbuck carcass was placed at the entrance of the boma quarantine gate to encourage the lions […]
Reintroduction of lions in Akagera National Park, Rwanda
After 15 years, lions are going to be reintroduced into Akagera National Park, Rwanda. Lions became extinct following the Rwanda genocide of 1994 when cattle herders poisoned the last remaining spices in the unmanaged park. This month, seven lions – five females donated by &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve, and two males by Ezemvelo KZN […]
Virunga Refurb!
We refurbished three more rooms at Virunga Lodge last May! Seven of the ten rooms at Virunga Lodge have now been upgraded…and with only three more to go, the finish line is almost in sight. The new and improved bandas now have built-in fireplaces to keep guests warm after a long day on the mountain. […]
The Batwa of Gahinga
Rupert Shanks, Jocelyn Cox, Rory Trust and Rory Maclean, filmmakers from The Guardian Newspaper in the UK, travelled to Uganda to film a documentary about the life of the Batwa tribe after they were evicted from the forest to protect the mountain gorillas. “The Batwa tribe have shared the forests of Uganda with mountain gorillas […]
