The Elewana Collection has just announced that rack rates at all Elewana lodges, camps and hotels, as well as SkySafari aerial trips, will be frozen at 2017 levels for the whole of 2018. This includes properties in Serengeti, Masai Mara, Amboseli and other legendary national parks, as well as beach resorts on the coast of…
Talk about robots taking over many functions from humans! At the Destinations Holiday & Travel Show in London recently, an animatronic animal, brought along by the Uganda Tourism Board, stood in for the real thing — a robotic mountain gorilla! “Bakwate” was a tremendous hit with both show visitors and the London press, which provided…
It’s Africa’s most secretive state and the source of tens of thousands of migrants who have fled towards Europe but after the cultural organization added the capital Asmara to its list, Eritrea is now also home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site Home to art-deco buildings constructed by Italian colonialists in the 1930s, UNESCO describes Asmara as…
Expedia, Inc. today announced that activities involving certain wildlife animal interactions will no longer be bookable on its online travel sites. Relying on guidance from industry-leading wildlife and animal protection groups, Expedia will undertake a thorough review over the next few months and will remove activities from its websites and other distribution channels. Today’s announcement…
Rwanda will welcome World Travel Awards for the first time, with the Africa Gala Ceremony 2017, set to take place in the country’s thriving capital, Kigali, on 10th October. Spanning several valleys and hillsides, Kigali – renowned for its cleanliness and warm hospitality – is arguably one of the most attractive African capitals. It’s ideal location, right…