Travel Logistics & FAQs

Gorilla trekking at Bwindi has been operating for over thirty years. The first tourist group…

There is always a reason to wait — and the reason always sounds reasonable because…

The itineraries most people build for their lives are overwhelmingly urban. The great cities. The…

She had not meant to use the word. A cathedral is a building, not a…

You know the voice — it shows up when you read something about gorilla trekking…

You have been to the easy places. The well-documented, well-photographed destinations that appear on every…

The concept of a life plan is unfashionable in an era that values spontaneity and…

You will not be the same person after the gorilla encounter that you were before…

There are places on Earth that do something unusual: they do not just impress you…

Forty-eight hours is enough time to go from "I've been thinking about gorilla trekking for…

She had the research bookmarked since 2017. The name of the best sectors in Bwindi.…

The standard framing of the gorilla trekking cost question is wrong. "Can I afford gorilla…

Stop for a moment and think about this: if you booked gorilla trekking in Uganda…

The logic of deferral assumes that the trip will be equally available and equally accessible…

Brave is an unusual word to apply to travel — travel to comfortable destinations requires…

There are trips you plan and there are trips that plan you — gorilla trekking…

Every person who has locked eyes with a mountain gorilla in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest has…

At some point in the lives of most people who travel, Africa becomes the call…

At some point during the hour you spend with a mountain gorilla family in Bwindi…

After you have seen mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, something happens to your other…

There is no right time — there never has been — and the right time…

There are stories we tell at dinner tables, at family gatherings, in the moments when…

There is a version of you that has been meaning to go to Uganda for…

There are places you visit that you remember fondly — a beach in Greece, a…