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Above: A L'Hoest's monkey looks out from its green perch

The Green Heart of Uganda 29 July 2022 While the name Bwindi Impenetrable Forest promises all sorts of unfathomable adventures, somehow it's the forest that finds a way into your heart By Charlotte Ross Stewart

Above: The Virunga mountains as seen from the Campus. Image curtesy of Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund

Dian Fossey Would Be So Proud 22 February 2022 Nicky was lucky enough to visit the inspiring Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund just five days after it was officially opened on 1 February 2022 By Nicky Fitzgerald

Above: Nicky enjoying a hard-earned cold one

Treasures of the Albertine Rift 15 February 2022 A couple of weeks ago, Nicky was frogmarched from Kibale Forest in Uganda to Lake Kivu in Rwanda by two very demanding friends who wanted her to ‘see it all’ in just six days. She even tiptoed across the border into the DRC just because it was there By Nicky Fitzgerald

Not The Heart Of Darkness But Paradise Found 27 March 2018 Ilse Ferreira shares her adventure deep into the Congo Basin in lyrical prose. Her quest: to sit quietly with a family of western lowland gorillas but what she discovered was so much more … By Ilse Ferreira

The Hour My Heart Stopped 6 January 2016 Kate sets off on what is promised to be “a trip of a lifetime” – Trekking to the Rwandan Mountain Gorillas By Kate Fitzgerald Boyd

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