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 […]
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Take a Walk on the Wild Side
The area around Gahinga is one of the most densely populated rural regions in Uganda. The reasons for this are simple enough; the land is very fertile and there is plenty of water and potatoes. While the link between potatoes and fecundity remains unproven, on current evidence I am pretty convinced. Broadly speaking there are […]
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 […]
Mysterious Visitor Over Breakfast in Bwindi!
Breakfast at the Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge is not as ordinary as it it is in most lodges. On a recent visit to the lodge, Richard, one of our sales staff from our Kampala office, realised he had some rather extraordinary company in the trees nearby. It’s not everyday you’re visited by a chimp while you’re […]
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 […]
