The Land Of A Thousand Hills: Rwanda in Black and White
Some of my favourite photos taken during my trip to Rwanda in 2017 to see the endangered mountain gorillas … (main image: This gorilla structure is located at the site of Kwita Izina -a centuries old Rwandan tradition for giving a name to a new born baby gorilla. The structure was blown over in a storm but has since been rebuilt.)
Rwandan dancers on their way back from a performance at the Gorilla trekking centre at the foot of the Virunga mountainsGolden Monkey’s hand in RwandaCultural Rwandan dancers who perform before every gorilla trekking expedition A strange alien cloud hovers above Muhabura mountain in the Virunga volcano national park, RwandaDancers heading home after another amazing performance
Armed rangers in Rwanda who work night and day to protect the mountain gorillas living in the VirungasOne of the local farmers working in the fields at the foot of the Virunga Volcanoes National Park, RwandaDian Fossey was inconsolable after poachers murdered her favourite gorilla, Digit, in 1977 in Rwanda. This is his grave, located next to hers at the Karisoke Research centre high up in the mountainsGorillas in the mist … the Virunga Volcanoes National ParkSo human-like… The closed hand of a sleeping gorilla. Precious – a young, seemingly perplexed, female gorilla stares into the distance
Innocence – this tiny fluffy baby would wander up and stare intently
The foot of the Virungas in RwandaRwanda, the land of a thousand hills
