Volcanoes Safaris is the only company in the world to focus exclusively on the gorilla and chimpanzee parks of Uganda and Rwanda, a very rare and distinct type of eco-tourism.
They have had a clear vision during their 25 year journey: to develop eco tourism experiences that are sensitive to loca...

An afternoon spent with the famous gorilla who knows sign language, and the scientist who taught her how to "talk". One of the first words that Koko used to describe herself was Queen. The gorilla was only a few years old when she first made the gesture-sweeping a paw diagonally across her chest ...

William Russell, a former Lord Mayor of the City of London, talks to biologist, conservationist and co-founder of Rebalance Earth Ian Redmond about how finance and biodiversity can work hand in hand and how nature is playing its part in resolving the climate crises

In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Southwestern Uganda, growing conflict with people puts the local population of Mountain Gorillas at risk.
In her struggle to protect them, one veterinarian discovers that the similarities between the two communities threatening to destroy them both.
Director: Hugh...

The Hearts of Bwindi develops its story by intertwining a visually stunning showcase of biodiversity, intimate character portraits of dedicated wildlife rangers, and the empowering role of local communities in conservation. This film is a poetic celebration of the remarkable biodiversity of Bwind...

Ian Redmond talks to special guest Ugandan veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka an organisation dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa in his Primate Podcast. A Whitley Gold ...

Volcanoes Safaris celebrates 25 years of great ape eco-tourism in Uganda and Rwanda.

David talks to Praveen Moman who grew up in the wilds of Uganda, where his family was part of the pioneering Asian community central to opening up East Africa. He then moved to the UK after becoming a refugee during the Amin expulsion. In 1997, Praveen returned to Uganda where he founded Volcanoe...

Volcanoes Safaris hosted an informal retreat to bring together different stakeholders involved in conservation and tourism in the Albertine Rift in East Africa.
The aim of the retreat was to help formulate new approaches of collaboration between the diverse sectors involved in conservation and ...

In the first Ecoflix Primate Podcast, Ian Redmond chats to Professor Gilly Forrester about how she came to be studying apes.
Gilly is a Professor of Evolutionary & Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex. Her academic story began with a BSc in Cognitive Science from the University of...

In 2001, Robin Williams visited Koko at her home in Woodside. It was a cheerful encounter for both, and Koko treasured it for the rest of her life. The meeting took place about 6 months after Koko’s foster brother, Michael, passed away of cardiomyopathy — and it turned out to be the first time ...

Virunga National Park is a national park in the Albertine Rift Valley in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which is home to endangered Chimpanzees, Golden Monkey and the worlds last
remaining mountain gorillas, of which there are only around 800 living between Rwanda, Ugand...

Volcanoes Safaris invites partners, organisation and and friends to discuss the the future of Gorillas and Chimpanzees in the Albertine Rift in East Africa at an event in London in January 2023.

Volcanoes Safaris is the only company in the world to focus exclusively on the Gorilla and Chimpanzee parks of Uganda and Rwanda, a very rare and distinct type of eco-tourism.

Hanabiko "Koko" (July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018) was a female western lowland gorilla. Koko was born in San Francisco Zoo, and lived most of her life at The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The name "Hanabiko" is of Japanese origin and is a reference to her date of birth, ...

Efforts at Uganda's Bwindi National Park to prevent transmission of the Covid virus from humans to the park's population of Mountain Gorillas

Filmed by Ian Redmond at the Volcanos National Park in Rwanda

Filmed by Ian Redmond at the Volcanos National Park in Rwanda