Natural Selection has introduced an eight-day sustainable safari through Botswana. Travelers will visit the Makgadikgadi Pan and the Okavango Delta to experience the conservation projects of Meno a Kwena, Little Sable and Mapula Lodge. The expedition across Botswana starts at Meno-a-Kwena, a…
Africa is finally putting the dreaded, and costly, PCR test for vaccinated travelers in the rearview mirror. In the past month Kenya, Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia and Tanzania all lifted the requirement for fully vaccinated travelers to present a negative Covid-19 test. And…
South African-based safari operator Go2Africa recently entered into a partnership with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, which opened its new educational Ellen Campus in Rwanda to the public in February. Aimed at providing a more immersive experience for their travelers, while raising…
It’s only February, but 2022 is promising to be a great year for tourism to Southern Africa. Admittedly, it got off to a bit of a rocky start with the omicron variant still fresh on everyone’s minds. But — dare I say…
Four Seasons Safari and Islands Collection, Africa, has launched Milestone Memories, customized celebrations of special occasions across five Four Seasons properties in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean. From milestone birthdays and wedding anniversaries to lost family vacations post-graduation or belated celebrations…
African Bush Camps (ABC) will soon be opening Lolebezi, a new luxury safari camp in the remote wilderness of the eastern region of the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia. The camp will start welcoming guests for immersive safari experiences on June…
Mantis, a leading conservation-focused hospitality group, has opened the restored Founders Railway Carriage at Mantis Founders Lodge in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Originally built in the 1970s, the carriage is permanently stationed at the top of a hill within Mantis’…
Travulous, a destination management company in Rwanda, recently announced a series of exclusive tours and events personally guided and hosted by former research staff and colleagues of the legendary gorilla primatologist, the late Dian Fossey. “The impact Dian Fossey has had on…
Sanctuary Retreats plans to open a new lodge, Sanctuary Tambarare, at the foot of Mount Kenya in June 2022. The lodge, which will feature 10 luxury guest tents, looks out across the grassy plateau of the 90,000-acre Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which is…
The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency this month unveiled the God’s Window Skywalk project in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve in South Africa. Once complete in 2023, the project will allow visitors to experience one of South Africa’s most iconic vistas…