Saturday, 8th March – International Women’s Day is a time to recognize and appreciate the accomplishments of women around the globe. Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT) celebrated women’s day in Uganda with a variety of fun and educational events, held at the Volcanoes Safaris lodges. At the VSPT HQ in Kyambura, located next to Queen […]
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Tips from our guide of the month, Amon.
With his 10 years’ experience, Amon has given people planning to travel to Uganda and Rwanda the following expert travel tips; 1. Travel Light. You never know what you might want to carry back from your journey. You already have what you own at home so leave space to buy something new from Uganda or […]
Volcanoes Safaris guide of the month: Amon Kagurube.
Amon Kagurube, a Ugandan by nationality, has worked for Volcanoes Safaris as a safari guide for a period of ten years. He describes guiding as a professional job where one has to know the interests of the clients and be knowledgeable about flora and fauna so as to interpret the surroundings for the clients. Amon […]
Imbabazi Orphanage
After Rwanda’s genocide in 1994, many children were orphaned and lost contact with their families. Rosamond (known to her friends as Roz) Carr traded her life as a fashion illustrator in New York for life on a plantation at the foothills of the Virunga Volcanoes in Rwanda. She later turned her plantation into an orphanage, to rescue the children who […]
The Grid Comes to Virunga!
Virunga Lodge is located on the top of a hill between two lakes: Bulera and Ruhondo. Between these two lakes there is a huge hydro power station, which is called Ntaruka.The Ntaruka hydro power station was built in 1957 and started providing electricity in 1959. Since this seminal year, people in the village around Virunga […]
