Africa

Great Plains Conservations is set to open a new luxury tented camp, Mara Nyika camp, in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara, Kenya next month.Mara Nyika will open with four luxury tents and a family…

The building of a 2 400MW Batoka Gorge Hydro Electric Scheme (BHES) on the Zambezi River in 2020 by Zambia and Zimbabwe is set to boost tourism activities in the two southern African countries.The Zam…

New Ambassador Hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe, will undergo massive refurbishments from December 2019 to January 2020. The hotel will be closed during this period.Corporate Communications and Innovations M…

The International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has urged Tanzania to halt the on-going mass logging in the Selous Game Reserve (a Unesco World Heritage Site) and the Stiegler’s Gorge h…

The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works has said that the Franschhoek Pass will remain closed until further notice.“For safety reasons, Franschhoek Pass had to be closed after …

Industrial action by the staff of the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has been resolved, with MTPA management and the NEHAWU (the union involved) signing an agreement late last night (July …

Adrift Uganda will rebrand to Wild Horizons Uganda from September 1.Leanne Haigh CEO of Adrift East Africa, said the strategic rebranding exercise would align two of the strongest white-water rafting …

Through an alliance with the Theart family in Namibia, Bon Hotels will expand its footprint across the country.BON Hotel Ngandu Rundu in the north-east of the country launched on July 1. The location …

Domestic travel between the islands of the Seychelles is expected to be easier following the opening of a new domestic terminal at Seychelles International Airport in Mahé.The development inclu…

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has made the Zimbabwean dollar the sole currency for legal tender purposes.Coming into effect on June 24, the British pound, United States dollar, South African rand, Bots…