The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Virunga National Park, the oldest national park in Africa, is not only home to a quarter of the world’s mountain gorillas. It’s also home to two of the...
The first animals we met on our travels through Africa were the Gelada Monkeys in Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains. Since then we’ve met more than half a dozen species of monkeys and baboons,...
We had read a little about Rwanda before we left London and continued hearing wonderful stories on our travels from both locals and travelers. Since the unimaginable horrors of the genocide in 1994, the country has made incredible progress: life expectancy has doubled, over 90% of the...
From the dramatic Simien mountains and the wild and rugged Bale mountains in Ethiopia to the
It was a little tricky jumping on loose volcanic rock at the crater rim of Africa’s most active volcano so the park office had to do. What an amazing experience, which you can read about...
Mount Sabyinyo is the oldest of eight major volcanoes that make up the Virungas Mountain range and where Uganda, Rwanda and the DRC meet! It’s a spectacular day hike which I blogged about...