President Uhuru Kenyatta says the tourism sector which was worst hit by COVID-19 economic effects is now on a recovery path. Speaking during a video link with Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala, Narok Governor Samuel Ole Tunai and the magical Kenya ambassador, marathoner, Eliud Kipchoge in Masaai Mara on Saturday, the Head of State exuded…
Uganda has reopened its national parks to visitors to help salvage an ailing travel sector. But local visitors are not enough to sustain it. Ugandan tourism needs foreign visitors back as soon as possible. This news is a video, click here to watch.
South African National Parks has announced that the Kruger National Park will partially open some of its camps for accommodation from August 14. KNP management advises that there will be strict enforcement of the regulations that are stipulated in the protocols around the easing of travel and leisure accommodation restrictions. Satara and Pretoriuskop Rest Camps…
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Mangaliso Ndlovu, presided over the official launch of the new Mbano Manor Hotel in Victoria Falls last week. The all-suite premium luxury hotel was completed earlier this year and comprises 19 suites. It is located on the edge of Zambezi River in the Zambezi National…
As the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the international tourism sector to a standstill with far reaching impacts, African Parks are pleased to share that more than 60 globally renowned photographers from 21 countries have united for an unprecedented print fundraiser, Prints for Wildlife, to support people and wildlife in 18 parks under their management. 100% of the…
Mike Wendel has been looking after Mkulumadzi Lodge for Robin Pope Safaris down in Majete Wildlife Reserve. Whilst camp is currently quiet, the animals have taken over! Read his stories of elephants taking baths, and lions stealing cameras right here: Well ladies and gentlemen, a very good Monday morning to you all from Mkulumadzi lodge. However, I find…
More than 1 000 tons of fuel have reportedly already leaked from the bulk carrier vessel, MV Wakashio, according to a report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination on Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released today (August 11). A CNN report today quoted Sunil Dowarkasing, a former strategist for Greenpeace International and former Mauritian MP saying: “The way the leakage and…