In Uganda, gorilla tourism is an economic engine. It benefits not only the mountain gorillas that the tourists track, but also the human communities in and around the forests in which the animals live ...

We've barely entered the national park when our guide stops suddenly and holds up a hand to call for silence. His eyes gaze deep into the forest and he crouches. We do the same. Our hearts beat fast.

In 1991, the Batwa forest people of Uganda were evicted from their land to make way for gorilla conservation. Like other displaced Central African... Forest People Return To Their Land ... As Tour ...

KISORO, UGANDA — 20 years ago Uganda's Batwa, or pygmies, were evicted from the forest to make way for a national park. But now the impoverished Batwa are being allowed back as tour guides, showing ...

THE Batwa Trail is a new form of tourism product expected to boost the volume of tourists destined to Uganda. For $80 one is treated to oral literature, dance, ancient architecture, herbs, ...

A cool breeze skims our skins with the fresh smell of grass steam. Everybody seems lost in thought, gazing at a narrow opening in the heart of a dense forest, lying at the foot of Gahinga Mountain, ...

A Batwa dancing group performing their cultural dance at a dinner organised to fundraise for their community at Sheraton hotel. Photo by Martin Ssebuyira The Batwa people have over the years lived at ...

Whenever travelers think of going for gorilla tours in Uganda, Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park is the first place that comes to mind. Many do not know that besides Bwindi, gorilla trekking in ...