Safari and adventure company Shearwater has expanded its Explorers Village in the Victoria Falls resort to 40 rooms.
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Safari with a difference — Finding Thandeka
With the debilitating levels at which rhino are being poached and the battle against extinction that is being fought to safeguard the rhino for future generations, when the invite to […]
Zuma pushes for BEE in tourism
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma said today his government is set to achieve a 30% black ownership of the white-dominated tourism industry as part of the country’s radical economic transformation […]
Exploring Hwange National Park
Walking through the breezy, thatched-roof boma lobby at Ivory Lodge, a magnificent treehouse haunt at the extreme south edge of Hwange National Park, I find myself skidding to a stop […]
Emirates could cut Africa flights in face of economic challenges
EMIRATES airline could reduce the frequency of flights to Africa or cut routes entirely if current economic and financial challenges on the continent continue, the company’s President said on Tuesday.
Emirates declared ‘Best International Airline’ by Zimbabwe’s Travel Agents
LOCAL travel agents have voted Dubai-based airline Emirates which flies daily from Harare to Lusaka and Dubai as the best international airline for the fifth consecutive year. (more…)
A year after Cecil, US$1,25 billion a year needed to save the lion
AFRICA needs an annual budget of at least US$1,25 billion to save the lion, conservationists said, a year after the killing of a Zimbabwean cat named Cecil provoked global outrage. […]
Parks and wildlife authority suspends boss over missing rhino horns
ZIMBABWE’S wildlife authority has suspended its director general and is investigating the disappearance of 228 kg (500 pounds) of the agency’s stored rhino horn, it said on Tuesday. The southern […]
Fastjet’s new CEO mulls smaller planes to revive African airline
Fastjet’s new chief executive officer said he may replace the African discount carrier’s planes with smaller ones and move its head office to a city somewhere on the continent from […]
Democratic Republic of Congo plans to import Zimbabwe elephants
THE Democratic Republic of Congo has applied to import elephants and other animals from Zimbabwe, as the Central African country has vast areas of suitable land. (more…)
