BY Rupi Mangat
Above: Life-size statue of Grauer’s gorilla at Kahuzi-Biega National Park, DRC. Copyright Rupi Mangat Published: 13 July 2019 Part 2 of 2 While waiting for the great gorilla safari planned for the following day from Bukavu on the shores of Lake Kivu in the Albertine Rift, the taxi driver arrives for the chimpanzee sanctuary in […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Above: A meeting of the elders – the chimps of Gombe National Park – from the Kasakela group Copyright Rupi Mangat Click to watch the chimps of Gombe National Park Published in Saturday magazine Nation newspaper 2 December 2017 The night air is fading as we make our way to the secluded bay on Lake Tanganyika […]
BY Rupi Mangat
The end of the road Published Saturday magazine Nation media 18 November 2017 Superlatives fill the lake as l dive into the dazzling blue warm waters Lake Tanganyika. It is Africa’s longest and deepest lake – a veritable African Great Lake in the Albertine Rift, the western arm of the Great Rift Valley. It […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Part 2 of 2 By the river’s edge Watch the drama Published 14 October 2017 Saturday magazine Nation newspaper Above: Tarangire – land of the giants – centuries-old baobab tree and elephant Copyright Rupi It’s stark dry – August at the height of the dry season. Tall and golden, the sun-bleached grass shimmers under the […]
BY Rupi Mangat
For the chimpanzees (sokwe mtu in Kiswahili) Published The East African Nation media 16-22 September 2017 Above: Playful young chimpanzee in Gombe National Park on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Copyright Rupi Mangat When l heard Dr Jane Goodall talk in Nairobi about her ground-breaking pioneering chimpanzee research in Gombe it became my mission to get […]
BY Rupi Mangat
Discovering more of the Nile at Murchison Falls and looking for chimpanzees in Uganda Published 19 August 2017 – Saturday magazine, Nation newspaper Above: Chimpanzee baby playing in the forest – Image by: Michael Nichols Part 2 of 2 “When the crocodile jumps into the boat, you jump out,” tells our guide on the sail […]
