Gorilla tracking in Uganda. In conversation with the Nnaabagereka Queen of Buganda
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In episode three, join me - Charlotte Beauvoisin, author of Diary of a Muzungu - as we visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, home to the world’s biggest population of mountain gorillas, for a weekend celebrating 20 years of the NGO Conservation Through Public Health NGO I am joined by my first guest, Her Royal Highness, the Nnaabagareka, Queen Sylvia Nagginda of Buganda Kingdom, patron of CTPH and . Listen to our conversation to hear: Why was the Nnaabagareka tracking gorillas? Which gorilla family did she track in the forest? Why does she recommend Ugandans visit Bwindi? Why did I feel like crying when I first went to Bwindi? Why should we thank the gorillas? Welcome to my world! Tune in every week to The East Africa Travel Podcast for the dawn chorus, travel advice, chats with award-winning conservationists, safari guides, birders, lodge owners, and wacky guidebook writers. Sign up my weekly newsletter. Follow Charlotte Beauvoisin, Diary of a Muzungu on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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