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  • Walking on a wilderness trail is the only way to feel the pulse of the African “bush”. That is what I believe anyway. I have experienced my fair share of...

    The thing about African wilderness trails

    Walking on a wilderness trail is the only way to feel the pulse of the African “bush”. That is what I believe anyway. I have experienced my fair share of...

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  • The concept of the Peace Parks is gaining recognition for the vision that it is.  I have written about it many times before as a model that shows the way...

    Why community-based tourism is so important

    The concept of the Peace Parks is gaining recognition for the vision that it is.  I have written about it many times before as a model that shows the way...

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  • (With apologies to Dalene Matthee…) Machampane Wilderness Camp in Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, shares the western bank of the Machampane River with tall fever trees at a pool called Xisivene...

    Circles in the Bush

    (With apologies to Dalene Matthee…) Machampane Wilderness Camp in Limpopo National Park, Mozambique, shares the western bank of the Machampane River with tall fever trees at a pool called Xisivene...

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  • At ecoAfrica Travel our goal is to find products that makes a difference; a difference in nature, ethics, conservation, empowerment, communities, education and footprints. In essence we want you as...

    Book a Safari

    At ecoAfrica Travel our goal is to find products that makes a difference; a difference in nature, ethics, conservation, empowerment, communities, education and footprints. In essence we want you as...

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  • Ever since I’ve come to know about Dr Ian Player’s Wilderness Trails and the very positive effect those few days in wild nature had on the human psyche, I decided...

    The Soul of the Wilderness

    Ever since I’ve come to know about Dr Ian Player’s Wilderness Trails and the very positive effect those few days in wild nature had on the human psyche, I decided...

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  • In a previous post I referred to “air travel refuseniks” who frown upon leisure air travel on ethical grounds. Today I happened upon this article, Beware of ‘greenwash’, by John...

    Ecotourism and flying 2

    In a previous post I referred to “air travel refuseniks” who frown upon leisure air travel on ethical grounds. Today I happened upon this article, Beware of ‘greenwash’, by John...

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  • “Simplicity in all things, is the secret of the wilderness.” – Sigmund Olsen I recently read Zululand Wilderness: Shadow and Soul by Dr. Ian Player.  This book had such a...

    Awareness through Wilderness

    “Simplicity in all things, is the secret of the wilderness.” – Sigmund Olsen I recently read Zululand Wilderness: Shadow and Soul by Dr. Ian Player.  This book had such a...

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  • In an editorial about Angola, the editor of one of my favourite reads, Africa Geographic magazine, opined: “…tourism is more sustainable than oil or diamonds…”. Obvious and self-evident, one would...

    Ecotourism, climate change, peak oil and flying

    In an editorial about Angola, the editor of one of my favourite reads, Africa Geographic magazine, opined: “…tourism is more sustainable than oil or diamonds…”. Obvious and self-evident, one would...

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  • Coined in the 1980s, ecological tourism, or ecotourism has been a contested concept. Over the years there have been many definitions and the ensuing academic debates have only served to...

    Ecotourism and “greenwashing”

    Coined in the 1980s, ecological tourism, or ecotourism has been a contested concept. Over the years there have been many definitions and the ensuing academic debates have only served to...

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  • Tomorrow I leave on the Great Walk of Africa, traversing 200km of West and East National Parks in Kenya. Can’t wait. We follow the Tsavo and Galana rivers across this...

    Great Walk in Tsavo National Park

    Tomorrow I leave on the Great Walk of Africa, traversing 200km of West and East National Parks in Kenya. Can’t wait. We follow the Tsavo and Galana rivers across this...

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