Directors of Cheli & Peacocks owners Liz and Stefano have announced that they will pitch camp at Lewa for the forthcoming season and be at hand for guests, running Lewa Safari Camp directly and hands on between June and September this year. Visitors will be able to see the remarkable pair in action who have created over the past 25 years one of the finest collections of safari camps and tailor...

Two separate but almost simultaneous explosions last evening in Mombasa. First was explosive device thrown into a congregation of Christians praying in Mtwapa, one of the outlying areas North of Mombasa, in which several people were seriously hurt. Then very soon afterwards was a similar device thrown at a bar near the municipal stadium where again people were seriously injured. It is a very cowardly...

Information was received over the weekend that the Ikona Wildlife Management Area, of which the Singita Grumeti Reserve is part, has now formally commissioned a new visitor centre, from which the entire area of some 26.000 hectars of land dedicated to wildlife conservation is to benefit. The centre was funded with support of the Frankfurt Zoological Society, a decades long donor to the Serengeti, the...

The Pride of Africa is set to launch flights to Delhi, Indias capital city, from the 15th of May onwards, extending their operations to a second destination on the subcontinent after having flown for many years to Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay. The airline will fly from their hub in Nairobi four times a week, to start with, using a B767-300 aircraft on the route, and traffic days have been confirmed...

The recent introduction of VIP services for tourist vehicles, to obtain priority boarding for vehicles for instance on transfers from or to the airport or on a tight schedule leaving for safaris, has been widely hailed as progress and a step long overdue by sections of coasts tourism stakeholders. However, the demand by the ferry operators for a three month upfront payment of Kenya Shillings 166.000...

British Airways has decided to increase on the daily flights between Nairobi and Heath row because the world economic crisis. George Mawadri the Area Commercial Manager for East and Central Africa has said the airline will introduce new planes that can carry a large number of people in Kenya because passenger transfer has increased and competition has also increased within the local aviation space. British...

The Johannesburg Tourism Company (JTC) has been making its mark at ITB Berlin this year, positioning Joburg as a year-round destination through a number of initiatives and campaigns, including a lively reception that took place at the South African Embassy in Berlin on 8 March. “Our ongoing local and international promotional campaigns include exhibiting at business and leisure trade exhibitions...

Horse riding safaris have been introduced in Singita Grumeti Reserves and this has led to an increase in the number of luxury tourist from different countries to Tanzania.the safaris have been in existence since 2010 with an aim of promoting tourism and supporting nature from un necessary use of motor vehicle during game driving in the reserve that covers 140,000 hectares. The area is located next...

The United States Travel Association has praised the State Department for reducing visa interview wait times significantly in Brazil. Wait times for visa interviews now average two weeks or less in Brasilia, Recife and Rio de Janeiro. “Deputy secretary of state Tom Nides and the entire US State Department deserve enormous credit for working diligently to reduce the wait times for a visa in Brazil,”...

Nyungwe National Park is a top ecotourism destination with a growing network of hiking trails that offer visitors great opportunities for world class bird watching, chimp tracking, monkey watching, and orchid ogling. Camping is also possible at a few sites in the Park. And, of course, the Park also offers the only Canopy Walk in East Africa Hiking trails Nyungwe offers 13 hiking trails, some with tongue-twisting...