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GORILLA PERMIT INCREASE

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0100

Kigali, 27th January, 2012 – The Rwanda Development Board confirmed plans to implement changes to current gorilla permit pricing FROM US$ 500 to US$ 750. The prices have been increased by 50% and this will take effect from June 1st, 2012 save for prior bookings made before this date.

RDB CEO John Gara said; “This increase comes at a time when there is significant growth of the gorilla population as well as an increasing demand for gorilla tourism. We are very committed to sustain our eff [...]

Rwanda Eco-Tours founder honored to name a Baby Gorilla

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:00:00 +0100

Mr. Edwin Sabuhoro, the founder and owner of Rwanda Eco-Tours was honored by the country's Rwanda Development Board/Tourism and Conservation due to his contribution to conservation and sustainable development of the tourism industry to name a baby gorilla on a spectacular gorilla naming event that takes place every year, and which took place on 18th of June 2011. The baby from Amahoro family by mother Kubaha was named Ibyiza Sabuhoro, with the second name after him. This was all news and an exci [...]

Habinyaja BlackBack Killed by Poachers

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:00:00 +0100

Friends of critically endangered Mountain Gorillas are mourning the brutal death of Mizaano (meaning playful) on Friday June 17 2011, of Habinyanja Family, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park(BINP) who has been the only blackback in the group.The carcass of the stocky gorilla who had been in line to succeed Makara the reigning silverback was discovered by the trackers on Friday morning with a spear wound in the right side of the shoulder.

Preliminary findings from a post mortem carried out by [...]

BABY GORILLA NAMING CEREMONY, 18th June 2011

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:00:00 +0100

KWITA IZINA (BABY GORILLA NAMING CEREMONY) 2011

22 Baby gorillas to be named on 18th june 2011, in Kinigi, Musanze

Every name has a story. Find out more;

Find their pictures and profile on our Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwitizina

GOATS FOR GORILLAS

hezron4k@gmail.com — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:03:57 +0100

Goats for Gorillas, goats can protect gorillas, a project launched by Edwin Sabuhoro to help local people around the gorillas national park and in particular poachers to increase their livelihoods, family income, and linking them to directly benefit from tourism as an incentive for them to stop poaching and protect the gorillas amidst them.

Launched in January 2011, this project has been welcomed by local people around the park. The rationale is that every tourist who comes with Rwand [...]

Rwanda Eco-Tours founder meets US President Obama

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:35:08 +0100

By: Administrator, 6/02/2011. In 2010, seventeen countries across sub-Saharan Africa celebrate fifty years of independence. In honor of this important historic moment; in acknowledgement of the extraordinarily young demographic profile of the region; and as part of an effort to forge strong, forward-looking partnerships in the years ahead, President Obama hosted a forum in Washington, D.C., f [...]

Rwanda Eco-Tours Makes it to The Guardian Green List 2010

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

The number of mountain gorillas in Rwanda is now in a far healthier state, thanks to companies such as Rwanda Eco-Tours which has convinced local communities that these magnificent animals are worth more alive than dead. Co-run by local Rwandan Edwin Sabuhoro, the company organises guided treks to see the gorillas in the heart of the Parc National des Volcans. Gorilla treks range from a one-day hike from the base of the Virunga mountains to tours lasting several days that include a visit to the [...]

A volunteer Experience at Excella School

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

By Charlotte Broom
Subjects studied
English – Handwriting and reading for Nursery, French, Kinyarwanda, Maths, Science, Social Studies, Traditional Dance and Music, Sport, Drama

School Ethos
To produce a well-rounded child with not only a great academic education but also an education about good inter-personal skills along with wide ranging inter-curricular activities that are not solely academic based. This gives the students an all round education which allows everyone to find success [...]

From poachers to protectors: Young conservationist honoured

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A Rwandan conservationist who helped turn mountain gorilla poachers into tourism guides has been given an award by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas and the International Ranger Federation.
Edwin Sabuhoro, 32, was selected as winner of the 2008 Young Conservationist Award, which honours outstanding achievements by young people in protected areas.
Edwin developed incentives for local people to protect gorillas’ habitat by founding the Iby’Iwacu Cultural Village, a community-base [...]

Power to the People

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

By: CATHERINE MACK.
ETHICAL TRAVELLER: I ONCE HAD an editor who told me that I shouldn’t write about people in travel. “Holidaymakers only want to know about the place, not the people. They’re irrelevant to travel articles,” he told me.

But writing about beaches and budget airlines is not really my bag, as regular readers will know by now. People who create incredible places to stay or things to do, and also care deeply for their local environment, community and climate change, sell [...]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2010.

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

We want to take this opportunity at Rwanda Eco-Tours to wish you a Happy New Year, 2010. We look forward to working with you, and thank all those that we worked with and supported us throughout 2009.

We are starting more projects: www.cbtrwanda.prg and we are very optimistic that we will reach out more to local people, conservation and above all giving you an educative and lifetime experience.

Doing Conservation and Tourism Together- a story from Rwanda

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

By: Jeremy, 4th December 2009. Last week at the DICE 20th birthday I met an inspiring man called Edwin Sabuhoro, who works in gorilla conservation in northern Rwanda. His innovative work combining development and conservation earned him the IUCN Young Conservationist of the Year in 2008, and his projects have also won eco-tourism awards.

“When I was growing up I was involved in conservation work,” says Edwin, “and then I went to work for one of the national parks. The biggest problem in [...]

Rwanda's Mountain Gorillas Find a Friend

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/10/rwanda_after_thgen.html

In 2004, when park worker Edwin Sabuhoro heard that a baby gorilla had been poached from the Volcanoes National Park, it became a turning point in his life. The native Rwandan had heard rumors before of gorillas being poached and offered for sale on the black market.

Given their scant numbers, Sabuhoro knew intimately most of the gorillas in the park. Poaching or killing a gorilla is a serious offense in Rwanda, an [...]

Edwin Sabuhoro to speak to Redlands University Audience in California, USA

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

One Rwanadan's Story

A Rwandan native who has worked to turn gorilla poachers into protectors will discuss his community building work during an upcoming lecture at the University of Redlands.

Edwin Sabuhoro will share his experiences in Rwandan conservation and eco-tourism Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the university’s Orton Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Sabuhoro was so troubled by the practice of gorilla poaching – capturing gorillas and offering them fo [...]

It takes a village to rediscover ancient ways

esabuhoro@rwandaectours.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It takes a village to rediscover ancient ways

Ex-poachers become cultural ambassadors
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Warriors do a traditional dance, called an Intore, at the Iby’wacu Cultural Village. Many used to be involved in the illegal animal trade, but learned ancient arts that they share with visitors and Rwandans alike.
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KINiGI, RWANDA–The cry of warriors punct [...]

Turning Gorilla Poachers to Farmers

hezron4k@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:44:01 +0100

This project intended to change the trend and turn poachers to farmers for the production of food and surplus for sale an effective ground for conservation education and sensitisation. Each year communities in different associations save seeds to plant for the next season from what they have grown a sustainable element to keep the project benefiting and on going.

The main objective o [...]

Iby'Iwacu Cultural Village

hezron4k@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:44:01 +0100

Communities around the famous mountain gorilla's national park in Nyabigoma, Kinigi, Musanze district In the Northern Province supported by Rwanda Eco-Tours, have embraced the eco and cultural tourism concept by stopping poaching to raise their income levels through a participative approach as an incentive for conservation.

Having been poaching for centuries, given [...]

When poachers dance instead

hezron4k@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:44:01 +0100

The News is publishing a series about Black Press reporter Colleen Dane’s recent trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Dane, a former News reporter now working at our sister paper in Courtenay, was the recipient of the Seeing the World Through New Eyes fellowship, funded by the Jack Webster Foundation and CIDA, and designed to introduce young reporters to international reporti [...]

Gorilla Naming Ceremony, 2008: Rwanda's Mountain Gorillas

hezron4k@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:44:01 +0100

"Working Together for Our Wildlife" Kwita Izina ceremony in Rwanda

The mountain Gorillas share with the human beings 98% of the genes and about a third of the world’s total mountain gorilla’s population live in Rwanda. The Rwanda Office of Tourism and National Park (ORTPN) and indeed the entire Rwandan community found it pertinent to extend the much cherished [...]