Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Friendship Camp Is Back! 🇨🇩🇺🇬🇷🇼 We’ve kept our promise: PARTICIPATION IS FREE. But a free place still has to be earned. We’re looking for those who are already making a difference and we’ll select participants based on the change you’re working for. More: gorillahighlands.com/2026-camp-ap... 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🌋We are hiring! 🌋 Part-time Office Coordinator in Musanze, Rwanda. Rwandan nationality, 18+. RWF 150,000/month during probation. Apply by 4 Oct; interviews 10 Oct; start 14 Oct. Study gorillahighlands.com before you do anything! gorillahighlands.com/office-coord... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 16/09/2026📣 Want to earn money as a freelance tour guide or media producer? Our second Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training of 2026 teaches both: 29 October to 1 November at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda, then a month online. USD 70. Apply by 14 October: gorillahighlands.com/ghat 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This shot from the sunny beaches of Rwanda’s Gisenyi — you can see Congo’s Goma on the horizon — is our summer goodbye. Until September when our media will be back, very full blast! 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We cherish the interns from UCLL, a Belgian university, who help us at Lake Bunyonyi in so many different ways, each for a 6-month stint! Milan was the fifth among them. “Adventure” was practically his middle name … gorillahighlands.com/milan 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Preet Fast Food has moved! Kigali’s first purely vegetarian restaurant has found a more spacious spot on KN 82, the same road it’s called home for over a decade. Good news for us too, as we don’t need to adjust the route of the Kigali Walking Tour. gorillahighlands.com/preet-moves/ 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 28/07/2026The tour guiding side of our Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training (GHAT) was behind us, and what better way to mark that than to throw one of the trainees straight into the fire? gorillahighlands.com/cyclist-lear... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 26/07/2026“Aletheia” means “truth” in Greek or to be more precise: that which does not escape notice, does not hide, is not forgotten; that which remains evident, the opposite of oblivion, of forgetting; that which resists the wear of time: gorillahighlands.com/an-artist-in... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The little secret about the soil here at Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi is that it’s tired, basically. Our land simply can’t cope with beans that refuse to climb, because the poor ground has been overworked for years and is losing its fertility bit by bit. gorillahighlands.com/antisocial-c... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 12/07/2026How $500 Can Change 100 Porters’ Lives: gorillahighlands.com/giving 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Great news: our unlucky volunteer Anne is back at work! She has completed her first week at a Bristol care home, still on crutches. Let’s now rewind to early February, on the shores of Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi … gorillahighlands.com/thrice-unluc... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Originally from Bukavu, DR Congo, Innocent Ciza shares an inspiring story about his journey. Now living in Kampala, he explains how Uganda has become much more than a place to live — it is a land of opportunity, warm hospitality, and professional growth.youtu.beWe Are Together: The Bukavu Boy of KampalaYouTube video by Gorilla Highlands Experts 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Uganda’s Supreme Adventure Park founder explains how Lake Bunyonyi’s activity-packed little island came to be, and what it offers today.youtu.beLake Bunyonyi’s Activity-Packed Little IslandYouTube video by Gorilla Highlands Experts 001
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 28/06/20265 hiking days on the Congo Nile Trail? With a bus ride to Kigali at the end? We had an intriguing alternative for Rachel, a British teacher from Tanzania. A strong hiker, would she be able to do the nearly 30 km between Kinunu and Bumba in one day? gorillahighlands.com/her-extended-congo-nile-trail/ 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 26/06/2026“End of last year I quit my job and went travelling; the mid-life crisis* kicked in. I did similar travel before but this time it was different. This time it was time for Africa!” Full story and more beuatiful images: gorillahighlands.com/mid-life-cri... 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Did you know that a little corner of your home can become a productive garden?youtu.beMake Your Own Garden, Big or SmallYouTube video by Gorilla Highlands Experts 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Do you know how long we’ve been trying? For years and years and years! Finding a Musanze landlord willing to let us a house as both an office and a residence has been a struggle, since mixing the two changes how it’s taxed. More: gorillahighlands.com/musanze-offi... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The information about ebola in our wider region is all over the place. How can an outsider reconcile last week’s dramatic report from DR Congo by The Daily with the somewhat agitated video address by Uganda Media Centre showing business as usual? Some answers: gorillahighlands.com/ebola-travel... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Our video team has put together a little production about 2 weeks spent on Ugandan roads in 2025, with the highlight being the Friendship Camp (gorillahighlands.com/camp). Hard to believe they were able to pull together such a complete story from an amateur’s disparate shots and recordings! 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The first ever Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training was great fun! gorillahighlands.com/ambassador-t... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Gorilla Highlands Ambassador Training is around the corner! For more information see www.gorillahighlands.com/ambassadors 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Ask anyone in Bufuka, our little village on a Lake Bunyonyi peninsula, for “Teacher” and you won’t get directions to the primary school. You’ll be pointed to a home filled with laughter, chat, and the smell of obushera, the local brew. gorillahighlands.com/ask-for-teac... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Did you know you can join someone else’s adventure in the Gorilla Highlands — and pay less for it? On our Tours page you’ll find real departures by real travellers. Join their group, split the costs, see more. Or add your own dates and let others join you. gorillahighlands.com/tours 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Third time lucky — and what a city awaited on the other side! ML Rwebandira had been trying to get to Cape Town since 2023, to finally tell the world about our region. He has composed an epic story about the experience: gorillahighlands.com/cape-town-3r... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Letting them go wasn’t easy. Knowing they’d bring a little chaos and joy to their new places made it just about bearable: gorillahighlands.com/four-tiny-troublemakers-gone/ 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Diana and Sasha are relieved — the rate card is ready at last! They’ve spent countless hours poring over costing spreadsheets and debating what’s fair and what will work. The biggest change is a return to tiered pricing. Continue reading here: gorillahighlands.com/travelling-g... 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Young Rwandan entrepreneurs are investing their savings in fighting malnutrition with quinoa: gorillahighlands.com/the-quinoa-h... 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 24/03/2026An 8-minute tour of everything that matters on our website (gorillahighlands.com) — and what’s coming next.youtu.beGorilla Highlands Experts Website: Wanna Look In?YouTube video by Gorilla Highlands Experts 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Our Friendship Camp has led to a remarkable opportunity for some of the participants! gorillahighlands.com/friendship-c... 061
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Intense frustrations expressed peacefully … as much as we can. 😅 gorillahighlands.com/pocket-treas... 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 28/02/2026A fantastic video collection for anyone interested in hiking Rwanda’s Congo Nile Trail! gorillahighlands.com/walking-the-... 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Will you celebrate our silver anniversary with us, on Zoom?gorillahighlands.com24 Hours to 25 Years — Join Us Online - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsThis frame from our Treasures exhibition looks back a quarter of a century, to the moment when Edirisa — the mother of the Gorilla Highlands idea — 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 20/02/2026The Pocket Treasure — an invaluable journey guide for lasting memories — is now available at 15 resellers, and online!gorillahighlands.comBest Little Guide to Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo? - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsMade with love.Sung into being.Carried through the journey. 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Have you recovered from Valentine’s Day yet? Every day should be a day for love!gorillahighlands.comLove Has Been All Around - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsThe silver anniversary of the window idea (“Edirisa” in the language of Bunyonyi) is less than a week away. And since today happens to be Valentine’s Day, it 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Camping may soon be just one of the options at Provia’s home on Bunyonyi’s Habukomi Island.gorillahighlands.comLet’s Create Provia’s Homestay 2.0 - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsWhen Provia’s son approached us with a request to upgrade some of their homestay facilities, he had no idea how far our proposal would go. After all, why stop 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Echuya Forest was once home to Batwa “Pygmies” who now live on its edge.gorillahighlands.comListening to the Batwa, Not the Noise Around Them - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsWith the imposing Virunga volcanoes on the horizon, the tapestry of Echuya Forest Reserve becomes even more striking. Once upon a time, this was all one 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Does being online feel like breathing to you? Meet Elie, our Congolese volunteer whose stay at Uganda’s Lake Bunyonyi turned into an unexpected lesson in disconnection.gorillahighlands.comElie’s Offline Anguish at Lake Bunyonyi - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsOn 20/12/2025 Elie Cirhuza set foot on Ugandan soil again, four months after his first stay on the shores of Lake Bunyonyi. Passionate about tourism and 020
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The highest summit of the Virunga volcanoes lies at 4,507 metres or 14,787 feet, and most people need two days to climb it. Not our hiker from Manchester!gorillahighlands.comWho Holds the Speed Record on Mount Karisimbi? - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsThe gorilla national parks of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo are superb hiking destinations, with the Virunga volcanoes as the centrepiece. The highest peak is 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 22/01/2026A young Ugandan who is in love with DR Congo shares his passion for peace.gorillahighlands.comWe Are Together: The Congo Boy of Lake Bunyonyi - Gorilla Highlands Experts🇺🇬❤️🇨🇩 Hear a voice that unites, straight from the shores of Lake Bunyonyi! 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 17/01/202618 Slovenians, many Batwa “Pygmies”, and our traditional way of stepping into a new year …gorillahighlands.comCounting Down from Mt Karembe: They Hiked in 2025, They Canoed in 2026 - Gorilla Highlands Experts“Zdravo, kako si?” guide Owen surprised a group of Slovenians at the end of December with this greeting. He freelances for us thanks to a volunteer from 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Great news indeed!gorillahighlands.comMama Nelly Is Cooking at Nkora Again - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsWe have some big news to share: Hadidja Nyirababikira, better known as Mama Nelly, is back in Nkora on the Congo Nile Trail! Six months ago we shared her life 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The launch of the Pocket Treasure booklet went well! The aftermath not so much …gorillahighlands.comBooklet Launched, Then Daylight Hit - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsWe launched our Pocket Treasure at Kigali’s Kamahwa-Tsobe last night! Quizzed by Fred Murwanashyaka, ML Rwebandira guided the cheerful audience through the 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Guilty as charged! We’re sharing these wishes a little late, our team of course meaning “this year” when they say “next year” 😜 — but straight from The Heart, the historical name of Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi. Created by Elie Cirhuza from Congo, who has plenty more brewing. Can’t wait to show you! 021
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Our booklet means very little without distribution partners, without the people who will help actually get it into visitors’ pockets. That’s why we’re reaching out to hotels, craft shops, duty-free stores, bookstores, organisations, … More: www.gorillahighlands.com/pocket-treasure 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 22/12/2025We aren’t resting this holiday season, that’s for sure! 😎experts.gorillahighlands.comOur Gift to the Region: Pocket Treasure - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsWhat do you want for Christmas? Our region wants a beautiful little booklet! 010
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 22/12/20258 months after M23 rebels took Bukavu, the city is as warm and dynamic as always. The national parks and banks are closed, the border with Rwanda is more user-friendly than ever, there’s a weekly community cleanup … We can’t take you to Kahuzi-Biega for gorillas but we can take you for shopping!experts.gorillahighlands.comHow to Shop Smart in Bukavu (Rebels Love to Dress Well Too) - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsEight months after M23 rebels took Bukavu, the city is as warm and dynamic as always. The national parks and banks are closed, the border with Rwanda is more 000
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 03/12/2025An injection of youthful energy for our Lake Bunyonyi team!experts.gorillahighlands.comMilan vs. Bunyonyi: Not A Bad Start! - Gorilla Highlands ExpertsThis is Milan, a student of UC Leuven-Limburg, who arrived at Edirisa on Lake Bunyonyi last month. Like others before him, he’s doing a 6-month internship 020
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Tom’s wife and son Felix will keep the homestay alive!experts.gorillahighlands.comThat’s Provia’s Homestay Now - Gorilla Highlands Experts“Munonga, munonga, munonga!” said Provia Ndyahisahe when we inquired about her interest in hosting people on Lake Bunyonyi’s Habukomi Island. “Much, much, 030
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 02/11/2025The freshest, the most 🔥 version of the Illumineers promo video is here — with tons of footage from Friendship Camp! Feeling generous today? 😎 GoFundMe link is right here: gofund.me/1945c5b0 020
Gorilla Highlands Experts @gorillahighlands.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This weekend — on 2 November 2025 to be exact — Sean from America begins his 6-day Ultimate Hike through Uganda’s stunning highlands, and he’s looking for company! For more info head to experts.gorillahighlands.com/seans-ultimate-hike/ 020