Guide to Hiking the Rwenzori Mountains

Hiking safari in Rwenzori Mountain ranges like it is a case with most leading mountaineering destinations such as Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya etc requires you to be adequately prepared. This is what guarantees you a successful Rwenzori Mountain hike while on Uganda safari. Mount Rwenzori shelters Africa’s third highest peak “Margherita” and sits suitably along the Western border area of […]

Responsible Tourism in Southern Africa

‘Responsible Tourism’ is a term we often see on lodges’ websites as a proclamation of a marketing point for people as well as a practice. In 2002, there was a conference in Cape Town on sustainable tourism. The meeting resulted in the Cape Town Declaration, which states: ‘Responsible Tourism creates better places for people to live in and better places […]

UNWTO Promotes the Role of Media as Advocates of Wildlife Tourism

Nearly 30 journalists have convened in Kasane, Botswana to debate the role of the media in advocating sustainable tourism and wildlife conservation as its major asset. The event is part of the UNWTO/Chimelong Programme that promotes wildlife as key driver of tourism development. International and local journalists from renowned media outlets* have completed a media training workshop in Kasane, Botswana, […]

Sustainable Travel: How the Okavango Delta is doing good

A hot wind is blowing over Botswana’s Okavango Delta. But it doesn’t bother Onks Letsholathebe. The safari guide from Maun has just found a young female leopard relaxing on a floodplain close to Xigera Camp, and he and his guests are enraptured. “She’s very relaxed,” he smiles, accompanied by the sound of fervent camera shutters and various “oohs” and “aahs”. The […]