Conservation & Wildlife
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Mantis, a leading conservation-focused hotel group, has teamed up with South African global luxury travel tour operator Giltedge to create an Ernest Hemingway package. This new package is inspired by the Nobel Prize-winning author's "Green Hills of Africa," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" a… read more
South African National Parks (SANParks) has announced that one of Addo Elephant National Park’s most popular lions has been successfully relocated to the … read more
AdventureWomen, a by-women, for-women adventure travel company, is organizing a special women's safari to Zimbabwe in May in partnership with the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF).
Joining the trip will be AdventureWomen owner Judi Wineland, a longtime conservationist and adventure travel pioneer, and Carter Smith, AWF… read more
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts this month unveiled its Safari and Islands Collection, Africa. The collection of five properties in South Africa, Mauritius, the Serengeti and the Seychells allows travelers to combine different experiences, resorts and countries in Africa through customized journeys.
Four Seasons has partnered with l… read more
This has entailed the deployment of Fahari Aviation’s drones and crew to pilot the use of drones in the ongoing National Wildlife Census exercise that aims to establish a national baseline of wildlife populations and their distribution in Kenya. The census is being coordinated by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the newly established … read more
Kenya’s Tourism and Wildlife Minister Najib Balala launched an
inaugural elephant naming festival Monday in Amboseli National Park.
Balala
announced at the ceremony that Kenyans and people from across the world
now have an opportunity to play a key role in the conservation of
elephants following the launch of the event, whic… read more
Kenya on Monday launched a magical elephant naming festival in order to boost wildlife conservation.
Najib Balala, the cabinet secretary at the Ministry for Tourism and
Wildlife, said that the event, which will be held annually on August 12,
the World Elephant Day, seeks to raise awareness on the plight of
elephants … read more
The Kasanka National Park in Zambia – home to the world’s largest mammal migration – is under immediate threat from agricultural development.
Up to ten million fruit bats migrate to the wetlands in Kasanka for a few months every year. It is a globally significant biological spectacle that draws in tourists and helps to und… read more
Good news for African Parks. The nature conservation organisation has
been awarded a $108 million grant for its activities. This is a record
amount of funding for nature conservation in Africa. The grant, which
will be spread over five years, comes from the Wyss Foundation, an
organisation founded by philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss t… read more
According to the spokesperson of Namibia's Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), Romeo Muyunda, this year's statistics indica… read more