Guests at Mount Gahinga Lodge can take part in the Batwa Cultural Heritage Trail. Built on the Mount Gahinga Lodge property. The heritage trail consists of a demonstration-based herbal garden, a small collection of traditional huts and a short trail that allows the Batwa to demonstrate how they used to live, hunt, and collect honey […]
Francis Kiwanuka, Volcanoes Safaris Head Guide, is one of the most experienced and talented guides in the region, having worked with VS in Uganda for over 20 years. Francis’ favourite place to take Volcanoes guests is Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. He loves to see the majestic gorillas feeding and enjoying the lush vegetation surrounding Bwindi […]
Dear Supporter, This holiday season we are reaching out to request your assistance for vital projects that Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (see background below) supports near our lodges in Uganda and Rwanda. Support is especially critical at the moment, when so many of our communities have seen their livelihoods affected by Covid-19. Our new partnership with Empowers Africa as our […]
We are proud to introduce you to Nyiramahirwe Claudine and Nsengiyumva Kabeni, community guides working at Mount Gahinga Lodge. Both Claudine and Kabeni live in the Gahinga Batwa Village which was established in 2018 to provide a home to a community of 120 Batwa. Initially working in the Vocational Centre making and selling crafts, […]
We are delighted and honoured that Bwindi Lodge has been included on the list of the top 10 eco-lodges in the world by Eco-nnect. During the last twenty years Volcanoes Safaris has had a clear vision. We have sought to develop lodges that are sensitive to local culture and aesthetics, connect to the local community […]