In 1988, when I was 8 years old, my father brought my sister and I to see the movie Gorillas in the Mist which told the story of Dian Fossey’s life struggle to protect Rwanda’s mountain gorillas. As an animal lover, I was delighted by the scenes of Sigourney Weaver, who played Fossey, interacting with real mountain […]
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17 Baby Gorillas Named
The 8th annual gorilla naming ceremony – Kwita Izina – took place in Rwanda on June 16th under the umbrella theme “Sustainable Tourism for a Green Economy.” This year’s ceremony named the 17 baby gorillas born in the past 12 months, a tradition that has named about 141 baby gorillas since its inception in 2005! This event […]
Sleeping Giant’s Final Rest has Silver Lining
Even giants eventually must fall, as was evidenced June 28th with the passing of Ruhondeza, the oldest silverback gorilla and leader of the first habituated gorilla family within Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, in Uganda. The UWA announced news of his death with great sadness, as he represented the beginning of protected great ape tourism within […]
8th Annual Gorilla Naming Ceremony
The 8th Annual Gorilla Naming Ceremony will take place in Rwanda on the 16th June 2012 and is open to all Volcanoes Safaris clients and guests travelling in Rwanda at that time! Every year, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) hosts the Kwita Izina – Gorilla Naming Ceremony. This year the ceremony celebrates its 8th year, proving to […]
The Accidental Family Reunion
On the morning of October 6, 2008, I pulled into the parking lot of the Volcanoes National Park headquarters in Kinigi, Rwanda, for my first trek to see mountain gorillas. I had come to Rwanda on a whim. At the time I was working as an adventure travel journalist, and had traveled to Africa to […]
