“Excuse me, excuse me, coming through, coming through,” is what I imagined Intambara to be saying as he brushed gently past me. Intambara, of course, was speaking ‘beringei beringei’, otherwise known as ‘gorilla speak’. I was standing in the middle of the rainforest of the now dormant Bisoke volcano, watching the amazing mountain gorillas of
The Congo Basin Ecosystems Conservation (PACEBCO), in partnership with Rwanda Natural Resources Authority donated modern tools worth Rwf118 Million to Rwanda Development Board to enhance capacity in protection of wild animals in the park. The tools worth Rwf118m were provided by Congo Basin Ecosystems Conservation (PACEBCo), in partnership with Rwanda Natural Resources Authority. Among the
At the foot of the Virunga Volcanic Mountains, Northern Rwanda, thousands of villagers gather to celebrate the birth of 18 mountain gorilla newborns just meters from the bambooforest up in the hills. Hundreds of tourists and foreign dignitaries attend the annual baby gorilla naming ceremony, locally known as KwitaIzina. Local foods are prepared. Chefs roast fresh goat
Musanze, Rwanda, 30th June, 2014:For a decade, the African nation of Rwanda has celebrated the mountain Gorillas, rare and endangered primates, through a colourful naming ceremony called “Kwita Izina”. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the global event, and Rwanda has a conservation story to tell about these rare primates. Naming and conserving mountain Gorillas
Rwanda will hold the tenth annual Kwita Izina gorilla naming ceremony on 1 July 2014 at the Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi. This year, 18 baby mountain gorillas will be named as part of ongoing conservation efforts to protect Rwanda’s endangered mountain gorillas. The event will bring together over 5,000 residents of Musanze District as
Dian Fossey came to Rwanda to study gorillas in 1967, after the political climate in Congo became unwelcoming. She set up a campsite for research and named it Karisoke, as the center is called today. When Fossey was here, the mountain gorilla population was in decline. Most of the great ape species are, Bonilla said.
The government of Rwanda is planning to put a cable car on Mt. Karisimbi to promote Eco-tourism in that part of the country. The cable will be used as a mode of transport for tourists at the Karisimbi mountain and is expected to improve tourism in the country. A cable car is a mass transit
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This year’s Kwita Izina {gorilla naming ceremony} is under the theme, “Celebrating nature and empowering communities” and seeks to empower communities surrounding the gorilla park areas. “We chose the theme to appreciate the local communities surrounding the parks as well as recognize their role in protecting nature and the park,” says Rica Rwigamba, the head
Rwanda will for the ninth time hold the baby gorilla naming ceremony,‘Kwita Izina’ on June 22, 2013 in Kinigi Musanze district. According to Rica Rwigamba, head of Tourism and Conservation at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), this year’s naming ceremony will feature twelve ne born babies and one family an will run under the theme
For the first time American couple Joe Mc Donald and his wife Mary Ann Mc Donald stepped on Rwandan soil with intension to visit the famous Rwandan Mountain Gorillas. The trip left a lasting memory and enthusiasm that the set a target of visiting Rwanda for 75 more times. After twelve years of visiting Rwanda,
