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CLICK FOR INTERACTIVE MAPKisoro Tourist Hotel: Best Place to stay
yaya1 Says: ExcellentCost 50USD per night Kisoro Tourist Hotel in Kisoro is the best solution for whoever is visiting the South West of Uganda, in the way for the gorilla...
K.Knight Says: Anne and I have travelled all over Africa, on 4 separate tours, with Kumuka Overland. These experiences have taken us through countries such as South Africa,...
Spend some time with the locals.
K.Knight Says: It is interesting to see how the local villagers have adapted to modern life, yet they have still held onto their traditional way of life. The kids in all...
Lake Bunyoni Overland Camp: Stop off at Lake Bunyoni
K.Knight Says: Lake Bunyoni, meaning place of small birds, should be renamed to mean “add 4 hours to your trip to drive around it!” Having said that, this is a spectacular...
Sit and watch the gorillas - 3.
K.Knight Says: I was captivated as the mammoth silverback rolled over in the dense forest, killing a dozen plant species as he did so, before scooping up a member of his group...
Sit and watch the gorillas - 2.
K.Knight Says: When you are fortunate enough to spend some quality time with the gorillas of Uganda it is easy to forget to put the camera down and take in the experience for...
K.Knight Says: As I mentioned earlier, if the mountain gorillas of Uganda only knew the plight of their future and what was being done to both protect them on one hand and to...
Virunga hotel/ campsite - Kisoro: Virunga hotel
K.Knight Says: There is a wide range of accommodation to choose from in Kisoro and they are all VERY BASIC. The Virunga Hotel offer the Luxurious side of accommodation as it...
K.Knight Says: For conservation reasons, visitors to the gorillas are tightly controlled. The following rules are strictly enforced:• No person under the age of 15 is...
K.Knight Says: The maximum number of people allowed in any one group was 8 when we were ther. This was fantastic as it left you plenty of room to view the gorillas without...
Begin the walk with your guides!
K.Knight Says: You are reminded that the trekking can take from 1 to 8 hours and that you may have to climb to altitudes in excess of 5,500 feet. The terrain is very rough and...
Drive from Kisoro to the UWA Headquarters
K.Knight Says: The drive to see the Gorillas is quite long.Getting out of bed at 4am for an early breakfast, you then begin a 3.5hr drive on murram roads, (another name for...
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Robert has decided to take a shortcut to Lake Bunyoni, and the track is, if possible, even worse! The sand is so deep it reminds me of a beautiful beach, and...
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Once we reach Kabala, the sealed road runs out and everything is covered in red dust: the road, the cars, the leaves, the rocks, the grass, the trees, the people. And us. Fortunately there is very...
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Kisoro - Home of the Mountain Gorillas
After leaving the relative comfort of Kenya, in our big blue Kumuka truck, Anne and I headed off toward our ultimate goal, the mountain Gorillas of the “Impenetrable Forest” In Uganda. To achieve...
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