Gorilla Highlands – Youthfully Yours Beside the Volcanoes
(Posted 01st June 2023) Youth Spaces is going very well! Six weekends are already behind us and there is now a lovely 3-minute video that can give you a better idea about the groundbreaking program. If it moves you, please consider making a donation. In other news: After three full seasons […]
Gorilla Highlands – taking a deep breath after a momentous Month of March
(Posted 07th April 2023) What a month March was … When the intensity of travel guest arrivals reduced a bit, we got ourselves crazy busy in other areas of our work. Tomorrow we are starting a well-needed break — happy Easter if you celebrate it! — to be followed by: the pilot phase […]
Gorilla Highlands’ latest news
(Posted 02nd January 2023) A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS 2023 … AND GORILLA HIGHLANDS REGION! In the previous edition of this newsletter we listed the successes of our responsible travel company, but as we enter 2023 it’s high time to remind ourselves why we exist. Our ultimate goal is a peaceful and successful Gorilla Highlands […]
‘Gorilla Highlands’ now use podcasts to promote the region
(Posted 08th January 2022) A weekly 30-minute podcast made to bring the Gorilla Highlands region of Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo closer to you, moderated by a travel consultant and cultural tourism expert Miha Logar and an Afro-fusion musician Joe Kahiri. We regularly tap into the international network of Gorilla Highlands Experts to answer any question you might possibly have. Our team […]
Gorilla Highlands make it into the Washington Post
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Gorilla Highlands to hold another FREE boot camp in November
THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS – LEARN ALL THERE IS TO KNOW AT THEIR LAKE BUNYONYI BOOT CAMP (Posted 31st October 2018) Every year the Gorilla Highlands initiative has two main get-togethers. The Silverchef cooking competition and networking event is the better known one; it is an occasion to don your best clothes and small chat and […]
The Gorilla Highlands – time to take a closer look of what this stands for
THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS ARE PEOPLE – SCENERY – ADVENTURE – MOUNTAINS – FORESTS – HOSPITALITY – FOOD … AND NOT TO FORGET THE MOUNTAIN GORILLAS WHO LIVED HERE WAY BEFORE US … (Posted 01st May 2018) By Miha Logar and ATCNews.org Chef Rama, First Rwandan to Win at Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Chef Ramadhan […]
… and the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef 2018 is …
HOME ADVANTAGE FOR SILVERCHEF WINNER RAMADHAN AS MARRIOTT KIGALI HOSTS THE EVENT (Posted 29th April 2018) (Chef Ramadhan wearing the Silverhat with Marriott Kigali’s Executive Chef Eduardo delighted to see one of his rising stars win the competition) The Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition is now in its fourth year. The first such event was held […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition – the measure of culinary capacity in the region
GORILLA HIGHLANDS SILVERCHEF COMES TO RWANDA FOR THE FIRST TIME (Posted 24th April 2018) The 4th Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Regional Cooking Competition and Networking Event will be held in Kigali, Rwanda next weekend between the 28th and 29th of April 2018 at the Kigali Marriott Hotel. It has never taken place in Rwanda before. The […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition – just days away
#MARRIOTT #KIGALI HOSTS 4TH EDITION OF REGIONAL CHEF CONTEST (Posted 23rd April 2018) 16 chefs from the geographical area comprising the ‘Gorilla Highlands‘ made it into the finals of this regional chef competition, which will be held at the Marriott Kigali Hotel, the first time the event is taking place outside Uganda. Now in its […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition 2018 – See who joins the ‘Battle of the Spoons’
16 PARTICIPANTS MAKE IT TO THE ‘GORILLA HIGHLANDS SILVERCHEF COMPETITION‘ FINALS (Posted 13th March 2018) Dishes made at GH Silverchef 2015-2017; photo by Jiro Ose, Abby Bluth, Enock Luyonza The organizing committee for the 2018 edition of the Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition has just announced the 16 participating hotels / restaurants, this year covering all […]
The Gorilla Highlands – Becoming an ‘inclusive destination’
Congo: How Deep Do We Go? By Miha Logar with pictures from Marcus Westberg The headquarters of Kahuzi-Biega National Park overlooks a valley sprinkled with white buildings, as if in miniature, separated from the shining surface of Lake Kivu by gently rolling cultivated hills. Behind the thick walls of a visitor centre that […]
Gorilla Highlands new pocket guide for Uganda now available
GET YOUR FREE COPY OF THE GORILLA HIGHLANDS POCKET GUIDE (Posted 18th September 2017) The fifth edition of the Gorilla Highlands Pocket Guide download it here (10 MB file size) has already been distributed in its print version across Rwanda and Uganda. The new guide booklet has not only been updated but also comprehensively expanded […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition on course for the weekend
AND THE 2017 SILVERCHEF WINNER IS … (Posted 10th May 2017) The Birdsnest at Bunyonyi Resort (http://www.birdnestatbunyonyi.com/) will this year provide the venue for the annual culinary competition staged by the Gorilla Highlands and some 15 chefs have signed up to the event to test their skills against each other. Launched three years ago by […]
Gorilla Highlands offering a ‘Boot Camp’ for travel agents to learn about South Western Uganda
UGANDA’S ‘GORILLA HIGHLANDS‘ – A DESTINATION WITHIN THE DESTINATION (Posted 15th November 2016) Miha Logar’s ‘Gorilla Highlands‘ initiative, aimed to promote the South West of Uganda and the adjoining part of Rwanda across the border as a stand alone destination within East Africa, has reached out to the travel trade by offering a boot camp […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition oversubscribed due to the success in 2015
IT IS 16 CHEFS VYING FOR THE SILVERCHEF HAT THIS YEAR (Posted 21st April 2016) It is a month and a week to go to the second edition of the www.gorillahighlands.com chef competition and nominations have been halted after a total of 16 qualified chefs from the Gorilla Highlands area, this year expanded to the […]
Gorilla Highlands Silverchef competition will include Rwandan chefs for 2016 edition
CEPHAS INN KABALE NAMED AS VENUE FOR SILVERCHEF 2016 (Posted 14th March 2016) Gorilla Highlands’ chief Miha Logar has now confirmed that the second edition of the #GHSilverchef competition will this year take place at the Cephas Inn / Kabale on Saturday, 28th of May. The overwhelming success of the inaugural event, hosted last November […]
Gorilla Highlands project moves to the next level
GORILLA HIGHLANDS SET FOR NEW MARKETING INITIATIVE (Posted 23rd March 2013) The initiators of the Gorilla Highlands campaign, who have over the past two years successfully put the South West of Uganda on the map, both locally as well as internationally, with the introduction of a range of novel tourism products ranging from canoe safaris […]
#GorillaHighlands’ latest news
(Posted 24th April 2024) How remarkable that we were there again — in the clearing next to a simple tin-roofed house, above a campsite with a couple of spacious tents, on the hillside of a medium-sized Lake Bunyonyi island — where the January newsletter was set. Over the years, legendary Tom had […]
#GorillaHighlands looks back at 2023 and looks ahead to 2024
(Posted 03rd January 2024) New Year’s eve at Tom’s Homestay, Lake Bunyonyi (Uganda) There were tiny gorillas all over the place: dangling from the tall bamboo trees, playing across the gently sloping volcanic landscape, and peering at a small group of visiting humans — all of whom were smiling from ear to ear. […]
#GorillaHighlands – the season starts today …
(Posted 01st July 2023) We are about to enter the high tourism season, with scores of visitors on the way to mountain gorillas and us! But that doesn’t mean our other activities have stopped: on 9 July (it’s Sunday 2-6pm in the local time zone) you can be part of the Pitch […]
#GorillaHighlands – the latest news
(Posted 01st March 2023) We promised ourselves that this newsletter would not go out until we have our non-profit status in Rwanda sorted out … But, our friends, bureaucracy wins again! As the registration drags on, our travel section is busier than ever. Here’s what’s new: we have decided to go public […]
#GorillaHighlands News Updates
We are sending you the March 2021 edition of Gorilla Highlands News, delivered to you by email — please click on the image to download the PDF (657 KB). If you would like to receive the newsletter via WhatsApp next time, please message us on +256 782 779 599. Copyright © 2021 Gorilla Highlands, All […]
#GorillaHighlands News Updates
Here it is, Gorilla Highlands News #4 (July 2019), delivered to you by ATCNews — please click on the image to download the PDF file (380 KB). If you would like to receive the newsletter via WhatsApp next time, just follow the link in the newsletter.
#GorillaHighlands News
Dear ATCNews Readers, As the welcome video above explains, this is the last special email edition of Gorilla Highlands News. For the sake of simplification, we will make only one version from now — an attractive one-page PDF with links to website content — delivered to any screen of your choice. If you prefer it […]
#GorillaHighlands – News Update Issue 2
Isabelle Masozera explains Rwanda’s gorilla naming ceremony to those who have never been (1 minute); part of our recent 7 Practical Things article Don’t Miss Gorilla Highlands Bootcamp The second edition of our newsletter begins with an invitation to the annual Bootcamp, taking place 17-21 November 2018. As long as you have interest in the […]
#GorillaHighlands’ new pocket guide – magazine and guide combined
GORILLA HIGHLANDS PUBLISH THEIR LATEST POCKET GUIDE EDITION (Posted 28th July 2018) The Gorilla Highlands Pocket Guide is a paper booklet printed in 10,000 copies per edition and published to promote an often underestimated if not almost ignored region. www.gorillahighlands.com/region It is distributed widely across the Gorilla Highlands core area free of charge, is attractively […]
#GorillaHighlands: Celebrate with us: GH News #1 ??
The latest Gorilla Highlands News Gorilla Highlands project leader introduces the email edition of GH News (30 sec) Gorilla Highlands News is Here, At Last Years in the making, the newsletter to keep the Gorilla Highlands initiativeproperly informed is finally ready. In our first ever partner survey (you really should read the report!) you told us it should be […]
#GorillaHighlands booklet scores high on first user survey
GORILLA HIGHLANDS LAUNCH INNOVATIVE NEWSLETTER CONCEPT (Posted 17th June 2018) Miha Logar and his team were super busy after the recent Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Competition, conducted a survey how readers judge the user friendliness of their 2018 edition of their hand booklet and then created a new format for their news updates. Wrote Miha: It […]
#GorillaHighlands Silverchef Competition heading to #Kigali
#MARRIOTT KIGALI THE VENUE FOR THE 2018 GORILLA HIGHLANDS #SILVERCHEF COMPETITION (Posted 06th January 2018) The Gorilla Highlands (GH) initiative is a project conceived by Miha Logar to globally brand and promote the transboundary region shared by Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the endangered mountain gorillas. Instead of a short […]
