ecotourism Archive

  • It is always interesting how those most vulnerable to a risk are the least prepared. Does it mean that they are blissfully ignorant; do they choose to ignore the threat...

    Is the Tourism Industry Ready for Climate Risk?

    It is always interesting how those most vulnerable to a risk are the least prepared. Does it mean that they are blissfully ignorant; do they choose to ignore the threat...

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  • Mana Pools National Park and its adjoining safari areas form a wildlife conservation area in Zimbabwe on the flood plain of the wide Zambezi. It is a wild corner of...

    Save Mana Pools

    Mana Pools National Park and its adjoining safari areas form a wildlife conservation area in Zimbabwe on the flood plain of the wide Zambezi. It is a wild corner of...

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  • The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity...

    A walk of no ordinary proportion

    The Rim of Africa Mountain Passage is a grand idea painted large on the grand canvas of the Cape Fold Mountains. At its heart is the dream of creating biodiversity...

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  • Marion, my partner, is a child of the Little Karoo, a collection of beautiful, semi-arid valleys and mountains sandwiched between the Langeberg range that delineates the northern extremity of the...

    Of white rhinos and white lions

    Marion, my partner, is a child of the Little Karoo, a collection of beautiful, semi-arid valleys and mountains sandwiched between the Langeberg range that delineates the northern extremity of the...

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  • National Geographic Wild channel is currently screening a documentary, Battle of Kruger: Caught on Safari about one of the most amazing viral videos ever shot. The amateur video (see below)...

    Battle of Kruger goes mainstream

    National Geographic Wild channel is currently screening a documentary, Battle of Kruger: Caught on Safari about one of the most amazing viral videos ever shot. The amateur video (see below)...

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  • Mumbo Island is one of the great places in Africa. Imagine a tropical island surrounded by warm, clear water and freshwater, tropical fish. The island is but a jumble of...

    Malawian island idyll

    Mumbo Island is one of the great places in Africa. Imagine a tropical island surrounded by warm, clear water and freshwater, tropical fish. The island is but a jumble of...

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  • Upon entering Klaserie Game Reserve we were delighted with the welcoming committee of a solitary Brown Snake Eagle perched high on a dead Leadwood as we zooted off to our...

    Aaaaah, It Was Wonderful To Go Back To The Bush!

    Upon entering Klaserie Game Reserve we were delighted with the welcoming committee of a solitary Brown Snake Eagle perched high on a dead Leadwood as we zooted off to our...

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  • ecoAfrica has launched a Google Earth layer for the Kruger National Park (2MB .kmz file; requires Google Earth), in the context of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Our layer includes:...

    Kruger National Park Google Earth layer

    ecoAfrica has launched a Google Earth layer for the Kruger National Park (2MB .kmz file; requires Google Earth), in the context of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Our layer includes:...

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  • The title of this post is also ecoAfrica‘s slogan, and one of the questions it immediately raises is: what sort of a difference? Another would be: what is “eco-travel”? These...

    Eco-travel in Africa makes a difference

    The title of this post is also ecoAfrica‘s slogan, and one of the questions it immediately raises is: what sort of a difference? Another would be: what is “eco-travel”? These...

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  • No doubt you have heard by now that South Africa has decided that culling will once again be an optional intervention in the management of elephant populations, albeit an intervention...

    Elephant options in Africa

    No doubt you have heard by now that South Africa has decided that culling will once again be an optional intervention in the management of elephant populations, albeit an intervention...

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