Forbes, Mary Ann Anderson, October 2019 Permits are required for gorilla trekking, and the cost is $600 per person in Uganda ($700 after July 2020), $1,500 in Rwanda, and for the DRC it’s $400. Permits must be purchased in advance through the country’s tourist office or a reputable tour outfitter such as (...) Volcanoes Safaris [...]
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Kyambura Gorge, UGANDA (16 February 2019) - Volcanoes Safaris is thrilled to announce the launch of the Kyambura Gorge Eco-tourism Project. The Kyambura Gorge Eco-tourism project has undertaken a series of activities since 2009 to safeguard the Kyambura Gorge ecosystem. The strategic assembling of four adjoining sites next to the Gorge over the last ten [...]
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The Times Online, The Sunday Times Ireland, Dara Flynn, August 2019 Gorillas In the Midst World Gorilla Day is on September 24 and, aside of the inevitable internet memes, Uganda is the best place to see the creatures. (…) They include Kyambura Gorge Lodge, where you can see the tree-climbing lions, and Bwindi Lodge, near […]
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Hollywood Reporter, Kathryn Romeyn, August 2019 RWANDA (…) Rossum and Esmail resided in a stone banda cottage with fireplace at Virunga Lodge . “It’s amazing to sit with the animals and watch them play, and have the teenagers come up and look at you,” says Rossum of meeting mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. […]
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Fodor’s Travel, Johanna Read, August 2019 Here is everything you need to know about trekking with the endangered great ape—and helping increase its population. Though an endangered species, the number of mountain gorillas in the world has quadrupled in the past 40 years. Understanding the interdependencies between these gentle giants, the people that live near […]
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