Kivu Safari

24/04/2021

17/11/2020

Mugaruka voulait savoir ou tous ses drôles de tourists se cachaient qui venait de temps en temps visiter le groupe. Donc ce gorille est venu au QG de Kahuzi Biega pour se renseigner.

Dès le moment que le frontières s'ouvrent, soyez le bienvenu!

19/07/2020

Le Dr. Bunkulu Zola a notre appuie dans ses démarches de relancer le secteur du tourisme en RDC!

Le Gouvernement congolais a adopté ce vendredi 17 juillet; le plan de relance du secteur Plan de Relance et de Redressement du Secteur du Tourisme

13/07/2020

Tomorrow is
Chimps Facts
Once found throughout the tropical forests of West and Central Africa, today only around 150,000-250,000 chimpanzees remain in the wild. Sadly, since the early 19th century populations have declined because of habitat loss, hunting and wildlife trade.
Each of the 92 chimpanzees we care of, has a tragic past. We work everyday to give them back a bit of what was stolen from them.

Note: This picture was taken the first day the Watoto group went into their new enclosure. For them to feel safe, they were accompanied by keepers. Nowadays, they don’t need keeper’s presence inside the enclosure.


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05/07/2020

A cause de COVID-19 nous serons obligés de mettre nos plans pour assister au développement touristique du Grand-Kivu temporairement au congélateur. Par contre, ça pourrait pas nous empêcher de continuer le travail de répertorier les plus beaux endroits de la région. La semaine passée nous étions dans le Ngweshe pour planifier une promenade touristique. Avec l’assistance et sous guidance de la population locale nous avons pu monter le plus haut sommet de la région. Le sommet se trouve sur une altitude de 2.435 mètres (Bukavu se trouve a 1.500 mètres). La longueur de la promenade touristique est 12 km avec ca. 1.400 altimètres. Elle dure a peu prêt 5 heures, dépendant le niveau du marcheur.

05/07/2020

A cause de COVID-19 nous serons obligés de mettre nos plans pour assister au développement touristique du Grand-Kivu temporairement au congélateur. Par contre, ça pourrait pas nous empêcher de continuer le travail de répertorier les plus beaux endroits de la région. La semaine passée nous étions dans le Ngweshe pour planifier une promenade touristique. Avec l’assistance et sous guidance de la population locale nous avons pu monter le plus haut sommet de la région. Le sommet se trouve sur une altitude de 2.435 mètres (Bukavu se trouve a 1.500 mètres). La longueur de la promenade touristique est 12 km avec ca. 1.400 altimètres. Elle dure a peu prêt 5 heures, dépendant le niveau du marcheur. N’hésitez pas de regarder notre album avec les photos.

11/05/2020

Auberge de Rushengo, in the Masisi region close to Goma. Last time we slept there we all put our matrasses in front of the fireplace to sleep. It gets cold during the night. This is the highest point of Masisi

All the picture we are posting this week are from this farm.

09/05/2020

Today we are in weekend mode. So instead of taking a chimp picture from Lwiro Primates social media and translate it to Vlaams/Français/English... we prefer to share you today directly their post!

Sharing is caring! And we do care!

Because every life matters ❤️
Each chimpanzee has a unique personality, we owe them a second chance.

08/05/2020

Today we are going to post the last series of photos of Garamba. Whoever followed his story remembers that he was rescued by the Rangers of Garamba National Park in June 2015 and then rescued to Lwiro Primates with a C-130

Here you can see another picture of how anxious he was when he was rescued. Followed by some pictures of how he bloomed open and played with the water, made friends,...

Only it would have been so much more beautiful if he could have done this in the free nature with his mom and dad!

Source: Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center (Centre de Rehabilitation des Primates de Lwiro, or CRPL) / Instagram: )

08/05/2020

Yesterday when we posted the first picture of the Masisi region we mentioned the cheese... This cheese from Masisi is made from the milk of cows that haven't had a single day of stress in their lives.

They live on the green pastures, eat when they want, come in for milking and live a happy life. These ladies are just a but curious... so when you walk arround there they come to see what is happening.

08/05/2020

One of the schools in Bukavu as seen from the waterfront. Nothing is more relaxing then to do a 1h or 2h bay tour arround this city with the Kivu Safari boat.

07/05/2020

There is more to the Kivu region then the region arround Bukavu and our 2 National Parcs (Virunga and Kahuzi Biega). We will share with you in the next couple of days some pictures of the Masisi region.

Masisi can be compared with the Swiss alps. A lot of pastures, cows, cheesemaking,... We have a partnership with one of the farms where our clients can stay.

07/05/2020

25 million people in Africa depend on tourism. Covid-19 is devastating this sector. If these people are left behind the economic consequences would be disastrous. Share this video so that the message gets spread!

07/05/2020

As promised during our daily " chimp update " from Lwiro Primates, we will share a few pictures of " Garamba in the next few days ".

Almost all the chimpanzees saved by the CRPL get their name depending on where we were rescued. Garamba was rescued in June 2015 by Rangers of Garamba National Park after his parents were killed by poachers. Using a C-130 aircraft from the UN it was possible to take this orphan boy to Lwiro. Here he was cared forby the staff of the center, who will remember him forever by his soft character, and by his big ears!

Source: Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center (Centre de Rehabilitation des Primates de Lwiro, or CRPL) / Instagram: )

06/05/2020

We'll share some pictures of Garamba in his loving memory, during our daily chimp picture!

All images were sourced from Lwiro Primates social media.

Last year we suffered a strong respiratory outbreak in Lwiro Primates. Almost every one of the center's rescued chimps became sick. We sadly lost two of our beloved chimpanzees.
We know Covid-19 could affect critically our chimpanzees, is why we are taking all the measures to protect them.

Today is a day for generosity ❤️ please help us to spread the message

www.lwiroprimates.org/donate

05/05/2020

At this moment we only have one motorbike but when our office opens we intend to multiply that number so that people that want to ride a bike in the mountains of the Kivu region can enjoy themselves.

05/05/2020

Relationships are everything in the Chimpansee world. Relationships between Mothers and their babies, family groups or male coalitions - they are all important in the struggle for survival.

The team at Lwiro Primates (Lwiro Primates ) does amazing work in supporting the individuals who have lost their family relationships to establish new ones that also become important!

Source: Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center (Centre de Rehabilitation des Primates de Lwiro, or CRPL) / Instagram: )

04/05/2020

Inyambo, the Royal Cattle from Rwanda

In a traditional Rwandan society, a cow was and remains a symbol of prosperity and was a central element when giving names to newbornes.

Under the traditional Rwandan monarchie, Inyambo were kept, trained and brought out to parade in honour of the King during important ceremonies. Great value was given to the Inyambo, characterised by, among others, the long horns.

Inyambo were usually selected trough a rigorous process by breeding high quality cows. The calves were then given special attention and training when growing up. When, for example, on a royal parade, the cows that were draped in neckline beads, couldn't drop their dung in public or even move to chase flies. They were accustomed to people so they weren't afraid of the crowd.

Bellow you can find a picture shared to us by Miss Huguette (Instagram: ) and was taken at the traditional wedding of one of friends.

When travelling with Kivu Safari Group to Bukavu, we can stop at the ancient royal palace in Nyanza in Rwanda, where the Inyambo can be visited.

04/05/2020

Gedurende de komende weken zullen we elke dag een foto of video delen van Lwiro Rehabilitation Center in Zuid-Kivu, Congo. Momenteel kunnen we geen bezoeken inplannen omdat het park gesloten is om de bewoners (meer dan 200 geredde chimpansees en andere apensoorten) te beschermen.

Bron foto: Lwiro Primate Rehabilitation Center (Centre de Rehabilitation des Primates de Lwiro, or CRPL)

02/05/2020

Some pictures of the Ngweshe region at 30 km from Bukavu. We come here for hiking and relaxing.

If all goes well it will be possible by the end of 2020 to stay in some "authentic" huts. The first one is almost ready.

28/04/2020

14/04/2020

Le bon Dieu fatigué de créer la terre à déversé sur le Congo toutes les beautés et les richesses qui lui restaient en stock!

07/04/2020

We were this morning on the phone with our partners from PNKB - Kahuzi Biega National Park. They were on their way to Kavumu airport to fly over the park. With a bit of luck we'll receive later today some images that we could share with you.

The last fly-over has shown some illegal logging in the parc. So we hope that today will show an improvement. We needs as many people to come and visit the Kivu region and this parc so that the authorities could finally understand the impact and the importance of Kahuzi Biega... and help to protect it!

02/04/2020

24/03/2020

Our partners of Kahuzi Biega National Park (PNKB) are doing everything to save the gorilla's. This gorilla went to the nearby villages (probably because they have been cutting down his natural habitat) and would probably have been killed, if the teams of PNKB wouldn't have been able to come and save him in time.

Great work ICCN!

24/03/2020

Lwiro Primates, a rehabilitation center and sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees and monkeys in Congo, Africa, shared this emotional video of a baby chimp resc...

17/03/2020

09/02/2020

Les weekends on est bien sur le lac... Reservez vos excursions avec nous.

03/02/2020

Kivu Safari Group is partnering up with a local entrepreneur in Bukavu to open in December 2020 a new hotel. The new hotel, which is located close to the Cathedral of Bukavu will have 32 rooms, pool,... And will host normally also our office.

We will keep you in the loop on how all is evolving. The only thing we don't have yet... is a name. Suggestions are welcome!

22/01/2020

30/12/2019

C'est mieux de venir visiter les gorilles de plaines chez nous au PNKB - Kahuzi Biega - afin que l'ICCN aura les moyennes pour protéger nos gorilles au lieu de les visiter dans des zoo ou ils sont enfermés.

Je comprend le gorille. C'est normale qu'il essaie d'attaquer les gens qui l'ont enfermé.

Occurred on December 20, 2019 / Madrid, Spain A gorilla in the Madrid Zoo strikes the glass, shocking the people on the other side." Contact licensing@viralh...

18/12/2019

Profitez des vacances... Passez l'après-midi sur le lac avec un panier de bières.

Départ: Orchids Hotel ou La Roche - même Hôtel Panorama si vous voulez