Dian Fossey Tomb Tour

Dian Fossey, a renowned American primatologist and anthropologist, devoted her life to the conservation of the mountain gorilla. Over the course of 18 years, she immersed herself in an intensive study of these extraordinary creatures, striving to understand and protect them. Tragically, in 1985, she was brutally murdered at her research institute. As per her wishes, she was laid to rest at Karisoke, in a peaceful site that she had specifically created for her departed gorilla companions. Her final resting place is nestled within the gorilla graveyard, alongside Digit, a gorilla she had formed a special bond with numerous other gorillas who fell victim to poaching or succumbed to other causes.