National Parks

What is the Best Time for Gorilla Trekking in Uganda and Rwanda

Mountain gorillas in Rwanda are found in Volcanoes National Park which has 10 gorilla families habituated for trekking while Uganda has two gorilla parks which are Bwindi Impenetrable Forest...

Zion National Park Without Zion Canyon

In the best of times-- pre-covid-- getting into Zion Canyon was difficult. Now, it borders on impossible (see Tip Critical Planning for Zion National Park ) which raises the question, ‘Is...

Don’t Miss Zion! 7 Outstanding Hikes/Drives You Must Do

Zion National Park is breathtaking and one of those national parks that must be on everyone's national park bucket list. We had been trying to go there for two years but had to cancel every time...

USA’s National Parks, etc, etc

Bureaucracies inspire complexity, and the USA's national park system is part of a very complex bureaucracy. Of the nearly 500 properties included in the National Park System, only 63 are...

Rwanda, the "Land of 1000 Hills"

Rwanda known as the land of 1000 hills, has a history of pioneering conservation of mountain gorillas by Dian Fossey a conservationist and that of a distressing past - the genocide against Tutsi...