Rwanda's Big Five -- Where to See Them, When, and What Vehicle You Need
Rwanda has lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. Here is exactly where each of the Big Five lives in Rwanda, the best time ...
Giraffes Are Back in Akagera -- What You See When You Watch the World's Tallest Animal
In 2021, 18 Rothschild giraffes were relocated from Uganda to Akagera National Park. They are settling, breeding, and developing t...
The Angola Colobus Troops of Nyungwe -- Watching 400 Monkeys Move Through the Canopy
Nyungwe Forest is home to the largest known troops of Angola colobus monkeys in Africa -- groups of up to 400 individuals moving t...
The Shoebill Stork at Akagera -- How to Find Africa's Most Prehistoric Bird
The shoebill looks like it was designed before evolution had worked everything out. It is 1.5 metres tall, has a 25 cm bill that l...
Golden Monkey Trekking in Rwanda -- The Trek You Book Instead of Gorillas (Or As Well)
Golden monkeys are one of the rarest primates in the world. Rwanda has the only fully habituated group for tourism. The permit cos...
Akagera's Elephants -- Why These Are Africa's Most Emotionally Complex Animals to Watch
Elephants remember. They grieve. They communicate in frequencies humans cannot hear. And Akagera's elephants carry a history that ...
Hippos at Akagera -- Why Africa's Most Dangerous Animal Is Also Its Most Misunderstood
Hippos kill more people in Africa than lions, leopards, and crocodiles combined. They also sleep in water, communicate through yaw...
Chimpanzee Tracking in Nyungwe -- How Chimps Differ from Gorillas and What to Expect
Chimpanzees are nothing like gorillas. Tracking them through Nyungwe Forest is faster, noisier, more chaotic -- and in some ways m...
Akagera's Lions -- How a Pride Was Brought Back and How to Find Them
Lions were extinct in Rwanda for 20 years. In 2015 they were brought back. Here is the story of the Akagera lion reintroduction, h...
What Mountain Gorillas Actually Do All Day -- Behavior Guide for Trekkers
Most visitors spend their one hour with gorillas watching without really understanding what is happening in front of them. Here is...