Very limited access to education, social prejudice and a complete lack of land to call their own means the Batwa (pygmy) community around Mt Gahinga lodge have very few sources of income. As a result this once proud and fun-loving people have been consigned to margins of society, eking out an existence by ‘scavenging’ and […]
Volcanoes Safaris
More Hot Chocolate? Yes, Please!
Recently two new members of the Volcanoes Team, Holly and Richard, took some much needed down time from the hustle and bustle of Kampala life and traveled to Mount Gahinga Lodge to climb the misty Sabinyo Volcano… My first impression upon arriving to Mt. Gahinga Lodge was the breathtaking scenery. The lodge itself and the […]
Virunga’s Other Endangered Primates
With my muscles still aching from the steep climb to reach the Susa gorilla family two days earlier, I walked into the Volcanoes National Park headquarters in Kinigi, Rwanda, to sign in for another trek. I had been so nervous before that first gorilla trek wondering how I would handle the high-altitude climb and if […]
Berlusconi! Berlusconi! I Hear it on the Radio!
My hotel room has a tiny TV that I keep thinking is more for decoration than for anything else. Last night I finally managed to turn it on after several (pathetic) attempts. Mmm…let’s see, there was some sort of French documentary, a Rwandese news channel and on the last available channel…mmm….Berlusconi?! Yes, Berlusconi. Being Italian […]
VS Joins The Bespoke Travel Club!
Volcanoes Safaris is proud to have joined the elite club of travel companies known as the Bespoke Travel Club. The Bespoke Travel Club is a collection of small and specialist travel companies renowned for the quality of their service and the personal nature of the experiences they offer! The Bespoke Travel Club is a collection […]
