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On Saturday 22 June, Rwandans celebrated the birth of 12 baby gorillas and one family at “Kwita Izina”, the annual naming ceremony that was held at the foothills of the Virunga mountains in Kinigi, Northern Rwanda. The event brought together more than 5000 residents of Musanze District and visitors from

The 9th edition of the Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony will take place in Musanze on June 22 under the theme ‘Celebrating nature, empowering communities.’ 12 baby gorillas and one new family are set to be named during the event, which will be preceded by the launch of community projects and a special tourist tour.

On 17 October 1902, Captain Robert von Beringe, a German officer came across and shot two mountain gorillas while climbing Mount Sabinyo in the Virungas volcanoes. This became the first sighting of the mountain gorilla by a European and was a momentous event. His findings led to the identification of these great apes and thus

It was with excitement and honor that we received the 2012 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award given to Volcanoes National Park recently. “We are very proud to receive great feedback from our visitors and this is very encouraging and we remain committed to deliver good service to our visitors in all our national parks and

In March 2012, the Gorilla Organization, along with the Government of Rwanda ,UNESCO and the Government of India sent a team of four illiterate women to India to receive special training at the Barefoot College to become solar energy engineers. This project will be benefiting two sectors including Musanze of Musanze district, (Northern Province of

There’s no doubt that gorillas are incredibly intelligent. For the first time ever a group of gorilla juveniles have been seen destroying poachers snares. Adult gorillas are known to destroy snares but now it seems that the youth are playing their part too. Field researchers from the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund discovered two juveniles and

Last week, Rwanda held the eighth Kwita Izina, an annual ceremony where the baby mountain gorillas born over the past 12 months in Rwanda are officially given their names. The atmosphere of the event was great and so many people came from across the world celebrate the arrival of these precious babies and learn more

At last month’s Kwita Izina, It was great pleasure to catch up with Barona Leonidas, a former poacher who has turned out to be a tracker. Now, if you take a trip to see the mountain gorillas living in the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, you may be lucky enough to have Leonidas as one