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Uganda opens tourism parks
Ugandaon Saturday announced that it has fully opened all its national parks as the country continues to ease lockdown restrictions. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state owned conservation agency, said in a statement issued here that all parks including the primate parks are open after instituting standard operating proce… read more
Uganda’s mountain gorillas experience rare ‘baby boom’
The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda has welcomed seven infants so far this year, a rare victory compared to only two born in the whole of 2019.
The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) says the births of these silverbacks show that consistent conservation efforts, anti-poaching patrols, round-the-clock veterinary team … read more
Banning Trophy Hunting Can Put Wildlife At Risk - a Case Study
Wildlife tourism is an important segment of Botswana's tourism industry, representing 80% of the total annual revenue of trips to Botswana. Key to this are protected areas which have led to the growth of the country's wildlife tourism.
Wildlife tourism can take place either in the animals' natural environments such as nationa… read more
Kruger National Park reopened
The Kruger National Park opened its gates once again on Friday 14 August following the announcement that inter-provincial travel will be allowed under Level 2 lockdown. As stipulated by SANParks, only certain rest camps and accommodation facilities will be open, one of which is Sirheni Bushveld Camp. This gem of a bush camp embodies all t… read more
Poaching: Five countries join forces to fight
The five partner countriesof the Kavango Zambezi (Kaza) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), including Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, are committed to working together to reduce poaching and illegal wildlife trade. They have recently launched an initiative to strengthen their partnership.
Angola, Bo… read more
Kenya’s tourism sector turns to domestic travel as international tourist ceases
The Kenya tourism sector like other tourists destinations in Africa is shifting its focus to domestic travel to keep the sector alive with the absence of international tourists.
According to dispatchlive.co.za, at a time when hundreds of thousands of tourists would be making their way to Kenya to witness the fam… read more
Kenya: Elephant numbers double in the period 1980 to 2018
Kenya’s elephant numbers more than doubled between 1989 and 2018, thanks to increased anti-poaching efforts, the tourism minister said on Wednesday. Kenya had just 16,000 elephants in 1989, and this rose to more than 34,000 in 2018, Minister Najib Balala said.
“In the last couple of years, we have managed to tam… read more
Uganda Bwindi National Park: Two New Gorilla Babies
Two new baby gorillas have been discovered in a Ugandan national park where a beloved primate named Rafiki was killed in June, a wildlife official announced Tuesday, saying the infants are part of a baby boom in the protected forest popular with tourists.
“For us it's a sign of relief. We lost one. We got two. But, of course,… read more
Tariffs for Permits at National Parks in Tanzania
Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) has announced new tarrifs for the 2020/2021 financial year. A statement issued on Thursday July 30, by Tanapa says the new tariffs will take effect from August 1 until June 30 2021.
The affected areas include multiple entry permit, new National Parks and reduction of fees in Canopy walkway. In a mult… read more
Elephants Alive live stream: collaring in Greater Kruger area
Elephants Alive will be documenting and streaming a live-action elephant collaring on Saturday, August 8 in the Greater Kruger area. The NGO will take viewers at home on an adventure unlike any other.
The live stream will include tracking the elephant in the Greater Kruger area, its immobilization, fitting the new collar and … read more
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