What do you get the woman who has everything… yes, that’s my Scary One, but I’m talking here about Ellen and Rwanda.
With Herself about to celebrate a landmark I’ve been racking my brain about what to get her.
Not that I can stretch to Portia De Rossi’s largesse.
In establishing The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda for her wife.
Ellen’s pad
And as I’m wanting to celebrate my own birthday a few days later than The Scary One, I’m not suggesting She is turning 60.
The Ellen Campus is going from strength to strength and is the focus of our growing interest in Eco and Nature tourism.
Now the best recommendation for where to stay surely comes from the Hollywood golden couple.
Lodge with us
And that would be Bisate Lodge.
Now I do like a hotel with an oul volcano view.
And I experienced just that in Mount in Tenerife in my walk through the ages.
And, of course Tenerife is more Western African landscape than Iberian Peninsula.
So when you’re in Rwanda, do like the locals, of which Ellen and Portia are now among the number.
And base yourself around the volcanoes.
Craters and lazy craters
Bisate Lodge is 5 star (obvs) and you will look out over the extinct (aaaw!) Bisoke and Karisimbi volcanoes.
This is where Fossey ran her research station Karisoke, dedicated to saving mountain goats from extinction.
Hike through the rainforest, up to nearly 3,000 metres, to visit Karisoke’s haunting ruins and Fossey’s grave, next to her beloved gorilla, Digit.
And my Scary One doesn’t know it yet, but she’ll rest for eternity with this hairy Scots gorilla!
Rwandan gorillas, now numbering more than 1000 throughout the Virunga massif, await you.
Bisate Lodge for March-May is $1750pps.
Who to fly with
And I will, of course, always flag up my friend Meseret and Ethiopian Airways as the guys to fly with.
And when you so get out to see Ellen and Rwanda be sure to tell them this Scottish gorilla says hi.
