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Welcome on board

Dear Reader,

Whether you are flying with AirKenya, Regional Air or Aerolink, we welcome you to sit back, relax and enjoy our December 2022 issue of Ndege News.

This edition is packed full of industry news and several feature stories from around East Africa including tips for a first-time safari in Tanzania, trends shaping the solo travel experience and a look at ways in which youth in Uganda earn from the tourism industry. Conservation and CSR are key components of our company’s values, and this edition does not disappoint in covering these important topics. We have an article from Born Free Kenya on their work in enhancing harmony between Lions and Pastoralists in Amboseli, we cover the ongoing work of The Samburu Project, a non-profit organization that AirKenya supports, in installing showers in a girls’ school

in Samburu county, and we take you through a story about how Volcanoes Safaris work with local communities to protect the Great Ape in Rwanda and Uganda.

As we come to the end of the year, it is a time of reflection for all of us.

Looking back at 2022, we are so grateful that the world emerged from the Covid-19 Pandemic and people began to travel internationally again. Our guests were able to enjoy that safari of a lifetime that most had postponed for the last two years.

As the AirKenya group of companies, we sincerely thank our stakeholders and business partners for the support they have shown us this year and even during the pandemic. We are infinitely appreciative of them and commit to keep improving our services, communication and product offering so that our partnership can continue to grow from strength to strength.

My Operations team is fully committed to ensuring all our customers are happy and well taken care of, especially during this festive season.

Thank you for choosing Airkenya, and we anticipate even more success in 2023. Happy Christmas!

Unah Khamasi Operations Manager AirKenya

As the AirKenya group of companies, we sincerely thank our stakeholders and business partners for the support they have shown us this year and even during the pandemic.

Zanzibar named leading beach destination in Africa

Zanzibar has been named the Africa’s Leading Beach Destination 2022 in the just concluded World Travel Awards (WTA) Africa and Indian Ocean 2022 event, beating a host of other popular places such as Cape Town and Sham El Sheik in Egypt among others. Zanzibar, known for its pristine beaches, retained the award while Thanda Island won Africa’s Leading Luxury Island 2022.

Serengeti Named Best National Park

Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is yet again on Cloud 9 after it scooped the award for the Best National Park in Africa for the third consecutive year in the recently concluded World Travel Awards (WTA) Africa and Indian Ocean event.

Serengeti was pitted against Central Kalahari Game Reserve (Botswana), Etosha National Park (Namibia), Kidepo Valley National Park (Uganda), Kruger National Park (South Africa) and Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya).

Serengeti Safari Marathon 5th Edition Attracts Over 1,000 Athletes

Over a thousand local and foreign athletes will participate in the 5th edition of the Serengeti Safari Marathon to be held on 12th November 2022.

This year's race will also commemorate Serengeti National Park's recent fete at the World Travel Awards (WTA), during which it was named the Best National Park in Africa for the third time in a row.

Experience the Serengeti under the Stars in New and Exclusive Wayo Africa Fly Camp

Wayo Africa, whose heartland has always been in developing immersive, activity-focused, sustainable safaris, is delighted to introduce their newly updated fly camp, Star Domes.

Wayo Africa have always sought to strip back their safari experiences to the true essence of safari, extraordinary wildlife experiences, close to nature but done in total comfort. Today guests are more inclined than ever to search for experience-based travel that will remain in their memories for years to come and there is no better way to enjoy the real Serengeti than from a Wayo Africa fly camp.

The Wayo Africa fly camps are designed for multi-day Serengeti walking safaris which move daily or every other day in line with the migration. Here you stay in total comfort in Wayo’s new fly camp star domes where you can lie in bed and enjoy the vast Serengeti starry skies. Light weight in concept the Wayo fly camp comprises 5 star domes with comfortable mattresses, crisp linens and authentic bush bathrooms. Delicious meals are cooked on an open fire in front of guests and served fireside

thus creating a real sense of adventure which harks back to the original Out of Africa safari experiences. The Wayo fly camps will be going through a further upgrade in 2023 as part of the new Wilderness Wayo Africa partnership in Tanzania.

Tanzania Slashes Park Fees to East African Tourists

Tanzanian authorities have lowered park fees for East African citizens to attract more tourists from neighbouring countries. According to the latest programme by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania is targeting visitors from the East African Community (EAC) member states to visit wildlife parks and historical sites. EAC citizens will now pay Tsh10,000 ($ 4.2), the same fee Tanzanians are charged.

The Tanzanian government will also focus on meetings and conferences as well as exhibitions and other tours. Visitors from neighbouring countries had often complained of being charged more while Tanzanians are charged under EAC terms when visiting neighbouring countries.

Under the EATF, Tanzania joins others in the EAC bloc to form a single tourist destination for its regional citizens without restrictions at border entry points and harmonised fees to access tourist areas, mostly the wildlife parks and heritage sites.

VSPT Supports Lion Survey at the Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area

Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust (VSPT) is pleased to support a survey of large carnivores that will be conducted in the Queen Elizabeth Conservation Area, Uganda. The survey will collect data over a 3-month period using remote camera traps and a network of field teams with a focus on the African Lion, Leopard and Spotted Hyena.

VSPT held a training workshop for park rangers, VSPT field staff and local stakeholders at the Community and Conservation Centre at Kyambura Gorge Lodge led by Dr Tutilo Mudumba, Dr Arjun Gopalaswamy and Dr Alexander Braczkowski, on carnivore monitoring techniques.

VSPT also donated over $12,000 for camera traps, field work, and a Ugandan researcher to lead the work.

Uganda is Still a Safe Destination Despite Ebola

The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has reiterated that destination Uganda is safe for all National and International tourists despite the recent outbreak of Ebola in some parts of the country. This followed confirmation by the Ministry of Health that the disease, which broke out in the two districts of Mubende and Kassanda, has now been confined to minimal numbers in the population.

The board further urged travellers to observe the set guidelines in place as communicated by the ministry of Health as they enjoy the various sites in the country.

The Foreign Affairs ministry further urged tourists against cancellation of bookings to Uganda.

Kenya Awarded the Leading Destination in Africa

Kenya scooped some of the biggest awards at the just concluded World Travel Awards (WTA) Africa and Indian Ocean 2022. Kenya was named Africa’s Leading Destination, while Nairobi claimed the prize for ‘Africa’s Leading Business Travel Destination’ and Kenyatta International Convention Centre bagged ‘Africa’s Leading Meetings and Conference Centre’.

Ol Pejeta Conservancy Scores Big at 2022 WTA Africa and Indian Ocean

Ol Pejeta Conservancy was named Africa’s Leading Conservation Company at the 2022 World Travel Awards, Africa and Indian Ocean.

The award is globally recognised as the most prestigious honours programme in travel and tourism, and their victory is the ultimate industry accolade. Voted for by travel professionals, media and consumers worldwide, this honour recognises their organisation's commitment to excellence.

Lion Tracking: A Signature Experience at Governors' Mugie House

Another signature experience is now available at Governors' Mugie House: Lion Tracking.

There are around 35 individual lions on Mugie Conservancy that are mainly spread between two prides; The Gaby Pride and the Akimat Pride. Two lionesses (Gaby and Esmi) were both collared with specialised GPS collars in December 2021 in order to provide livestock owners with near-to-real time lion movement data via a mobile app.

Since the Conservancy is both wildlife and a cattle ranching area, this data helps to foster coexistence between lions and people by allowing herders to be proactive by keeping their livestock away from lions, or increase their protection of livestock when close to lions.

Guests at Governors' Mugie House can use the same data to find the lions in the area using the new lion tracking VHF equipment.

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Wins for Elewana Properties

There is much celebrating throughout the Elewana Collection as five properties received the prestigious Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards. Kilindi Zanzibar came in at number 36 in the “Best 50” overall global list of the Best Resorts in the World, and number 2 in Top 15 Resorts in East Africa. Lewa Safari Camp was placed third; Tarangire Treetops was placed ninth while Elsa’s Kopje Meru came in at the tenth place in the Top 15 Resorts in East Africa.

More than 240,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers submitted responses rating their travel experiences across the globe to provide a full snapshot of the top places they enjoyed this year, and can’t wait to return to next. The Readers’ Choice Awards are the longestrunning and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry.

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Celebrated World Rhino Day With ‘Footsteps For Rhinos’

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy celebrated World Rhino Day with the ‘Footsteps for Rhinos’ 6 km-walk through the Conservancy. The event was attended by close to 200 people who walked for roughly 2 hours in the hot sun, including participants from communities surrounding Lewa and partner organisations, as well as support from lodges including Lewa Safari Camp and Kifaru House. The event was a demonstration of the community’s sincere commitment to protecting and preserving the rhino population.

Each footprint served as a testament with the Conservancy’s solidarity with the rhino population. Thanks to Lewa’s continuous work with local communities, they have had great success in helping to shift community views regarding wildlife in the Lewa area. Community buy-in is a vital part of ensuring the sustainability of the Conservancy’s programs.

Eagle View Becomes a Fellow Member of The Long Run

As part of their commitment towards greater sustainability, Saruni Basecamp is delighted to announce that Eagle View is now a Fellow Member of The Long Run. Saruni Basecamp strongly believes in working with local people to save our common heritage. Today, Basecamp's sustainability concept highlights The Long Run’s drive to support the highest standards in sustainable tourism. As members of The Long Run, they have a responsibility to safeguard cultural heritage and strengthen intercultural relationships by promoting respect and awareness in the spaces they work in. The Long Run Conservation journey will showcase the latest exciting and innovative conservation projects driven by Basecamp in Masai Mara.

When staying at Eagle View, guests can learn more about their sustainability initiatives in addition to the variety of safari experiences available. Furthermore, the minimalist design of the camp perfectly complements

the breathtaking surroundings, allowing your imagination to soar as you gaze across the vastness of the African savannah. Marvel at the abundance of wildlife in Mara Naboisho Conservancy as you enjoy guided walking safaris, bush meals, sundowners and day or night game drives in the company of their knowledgeable Maasai guides, making for a truly memorable safari.

Electric Bikes Now Available in Loisaba

Loisaba has added e-biking activities to the wide array of activities which visitors can take advantage of to explore Loisaba Conservancy during their stay at Elewana’s properties, including Loisaba Tented Camp, Loisaba Star Beds and Loisaba Lodo Springs.

The Electric bikes will allow guests to experience wildlife and explore the Conservancy in a new and unique way. With the ease of an e-bike, visitors can venture out into the rugged terrain of Laikipia and feel the exhilaration of conquering the hilly landscape. Guests will be escorted by Elewana’s guides and a ranger who will accompany them in wildlife viewing and take participants to some of Loisaba’s most scenic vantage points, making stops amongst points of interest and ensuring everyone stays on track. The routing and duration are tailor-made to requirements and a scrumptious bush breakfast or evening sundowner over the conservancy is often included.

Elsa’s Kopje Now Offers Guests Walking Safaris and Night Game Drives

Elsa’s Kopje is happy to now offer guests two new opportunities to explore Meru National Park, either by foot via walking safaris or just after dusk with a night game drive. Walking safaris offer an up close and personal opportunity to take in the wild, allowing guests to be guided on foot through the ancient earth, following animal tracks and droppings and learning more about the flora and fauna that call this incredible landscape home. Night game drives offer guests the rare opportunity to see the bush come alive after dark. Led by Elsa’s experienced and qualified guides, guests are immersed in the nocturnal wonders of wildlife, noting animal noises and sounds and catching glimpses of twinkling eyes. Night game drives also offer an opportunity to meet unusual and unique animals which only come out to play in the dark.

Hurray! We are Now Twenty Years Old – and for Sure, We Have Come of Age

The date was 24th October 2002. The event was the enactment of the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, 2002 – the birthday of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) through this Act. Looking back, it feels like the other day. Yet this corporate citizen has now lived for two decades. And with that life comes the many strides KCAA has achieved in accomplishing its mandate.

The primary functions given by this Act to the Authority are Regulation and Oversight of Aviation Safety and Security; Economic Regulation of Air Services and Development of Civil Aviation; Provision of Air Navigation Services and Training of Aviation Personnel. These functions are guided by the provisions of the convention on international civil aviation, related ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS), the Kenya Civil Aviation Act, 2013, and the Civil aviation Regulations. So, twenty years it is. And this has seen huge strides realized in civil aviation. Let us explore some of this progress.

Highest score in aviation safety: The latest mandatory International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) universal security audit results scored Kenya at 91.77%, the highest ever recorded for the region. This is no doubt a major milestone in the growth and development of Civil Aviation in Kenya, East Africa, and the rest of Africa. This audit outcome, conducted from 16th May to 27th May 2022 gave Kenya a clean bill with

the score ranking the country as the best in East, Central and Southern Africa regions.

Category 1 status for JKIA: In 2018, Kenya attained category 1 status, making possible direct nonstop flights into the United States of America. Since then, the national carrier, Kenya Airways, has been doing nonstop flights between Nairobi and New York. If you are reading this article on a direct flight to New York, now you know! And thank you for your aviation support. East African School of Aviation attains premier status: Over the years, KCAA has relentlessly improved the East African School of Aviation (EASA), which is today a leading premier aviation training institute. EASA stands tall as the school is now an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Regional Training Centre of Excellence (RTCE) and the

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9th institute world-wide to attain that status.

Aviation House; the new home of KCAA: An organization’s face is usually its headquarters, which says a lot about its stature and physique! In 2016, the ultra-modern Aviation House, the brand-new headquarters for KCAA opened the doors to usher in the head office team. And what a magnificent structure it is complete with many amenities fit for purpose – including a spacious amphitheater fitted with state-ofthe-art communication comforts that has hosted numerous meetings and engagement activities.

The head office provides a warm welcome to staff and visitors who come to KCAA for one reason or another. Unlike the earlier home, the new home has enough parking for both staff and KCAA guests. Like

lyrics to the famous Swahili song, to all of us in KCAA, kanyaga nyumba (inchi) yako kwa nguvu na raha.

Formidable workforce fit for purpose: The saying that an organization is as good as its people is true to KCAA. over the years, KCAA has put together a family of staff who competently run the Authority with zeal. Today, KCAA has over 800 members of staff spread in five directorates who run various functions. The directorates are: Aviation Safety Security and Regulation, Air navigation Services, Corporate Services, Office of the Director General and EASA.

East Africa Centre for Aviation Medicine: Nested next to the aviation house is this brand-new infrastructure. Kenya is now the host of the East African Community Centre for Aviation Medicine. The Centre is a department of the EAC Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency (CASSOA) and will offer services to aviation personnel in the region.

Then came the sad moments in aviation – Covid 19 pandemic: The 20-year anniversary story of KCAA will not be complete without narrating the trying times brought about by Covid 19 pandemic. This was the worst time in modern aviation globally. All passenger services came to halt, virtually! Airlines were severely hit. Every aspect of aviation was overstretched. Sample this - with the setting in of the COVID -19 pandemic,

Kenya and the global aviation sector was negatively affected at an exponential pace, with passenger traffic in July 2020 recording a decline of 94% in comparison to the same period in 2019 due to the pandemic.

This situation called to unprecedented interventions to save the industry. KCAA had to make interventions to cushion the industry from these severe shocks. The Authority offered exemptions and dispensations where full compliance with applicable aviation requirements were not possible, of course without compromising aviation safety and security. For instance, from the 31st

March 2020, expiry periods for Air Operation Certificates (AOCs) were extended for a period of six months, and thereafter, extensions were given on a case-by-case basis until it became possible to resume on-site Inspections. Other interventions were taken by the Authority to keep aviation afloat.

A lot has happened in the last twenty years of KCAA existence. We have witnessed significant strides. As we celebrate two decades of presence, we are ready and energised to match to a brighter future. We have learned lessons. We have built stamina. We are focused in enhancing the socio-economic fruits that come with aviation. Viva KCAA. Kudos to all our stakeholders. We have journeyed in unity and harmony. We have lived to the African adage – if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together. Together we celebrate 20 years of safer skies.

Corporate Communication Department

Kenya Civil Aviation Authority

Cell Phone: +254-709725000

Email: pr@kcaa.or.ke

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Born Free’s Pride of Amboseli Programme

Enhancing Harmony Between Lions and Pastoralists

David Manoa, Pride of Amboseli Manager

Lion numbers have reduced to a critical low in Kenya, currently estimated to be about 2,600, compared to an estimated 10,000 lions that existed in the 1970s and 1980s. The decline in lion numbers is attributed to human population expansion into wildlife areas for crop production and settlements, increased herbivore poaching and human-wildlife conflict. There is free movement of lions between the Amboseli National Park and the adjacent community settlements. In Amboseli conservation areas, there is a free movement of wildlife between the Amboseli National Park and the adjacent Maasai community settlement areas. Hence, there is a proximity of people and wildlife. As a result, livestock predation by lions and other predators at night is high, resulting in retaliatory killings of predators through spearing and poisoning. This is a lose-lose situation, as both lion populations are dwindling, and the communities’ main sources of livelihood, livestock, is being lost.

To help safeguard lions and community livestock, the Born Free Foundation established a community engagement programme in Amboseli ecosystem, dubbed “Pride of Amboseli”, in 2010. Our programme promotes coexistence between people and lions through the reinforcement of the existing traditional Maasai bomas into “predator-proof bomas”. This is achieved using very strong metal posts and rolls of chain-links. These predator-proof bomas are simple

to implement, yet very effective in solving the human-lion conflict and threats to people’s livelihoodslivestock. James Santetua (Oltepesi village in Olgulului group ranch), one of the beneficiaries, was delighted to have his boma predator-proofed, and said:

“There are many predators in this area, especially hyenas. I have prevented the attacks many times by guarding my livestock at night, but it has been difficult to guard both day and night. This predator-proof boma is a big relief to me and my family”.

Another excited beneficiary, Moko Kupere, whose boma was upgraded added:

“The lions and hyenas have taken my livestock for many years, and they don’t say thank you! Me, I want to say thank you to Born Free for agreeing to predator-proof my boma!”

Since 2010, we have worked with the Amboseli community to predator proof 373 homesteads, protecting approximately 110,000 livestock and benefiting over 8,000 people. Predation and the resulting retaliatory killings of lions and other predators has fallen in our project area. Our work has significantly contributed toward the increase in

lion populations from approximately 50 individuals in 2010, to an estimated 141 lions today. Apart from addressing the human-lion conflict, the Pride of Amboseli programme also helps the community to adapt to the impact of climate change by providing energy saving stoves, solar lighting units and water storage tanks. The energy saving stoves reduces firewood consumption by 12.7-33.3% compared to the traditional three stones, offering an opportunity for wildlife habitats outside the park to regenerate. The energy saving stoves also halves the need to fetch firewood, thereby giving women time to engage in other social and economic activities. The solar lighting unit is ideal for lighting their house,

enabling school children to write their homework in the evening. Both the energy saving stoves and the solar lights are helping the community to minimises inhouse pollution, thus significantly reducing the chance of contracting respiratory related diseases. The water storage tanks are critical during prolonged drought, as seen this year. So far, Born Free has supplied the Amboseli community with 5600 energy saving stoves, 400 solar units and 270 water storage tanks, all because of the generosity of our supporters. Thank you! If you want to help local communities thrive, and wild lion populations grow, please visit our website www. bornfree.org.uk to donate. Every shilling you give will help!

From Buckets to Showers

The chorus of cheers released by the girls was loud enough to make the donkeys at the other end of the field lookup. The excited yelling reverberated from Tipito Girls’ Secondary School off of Tipito Mountain, the stunning backdrop, and right back to the new school building. Pauline Magambo, the school’s principal, wiped her teary eyes as two girls stepped forward to hand Linda scissors to cut the beautiful ribbon they had hung on the door. The ribbon broke, the door swung open, and the cheering escalated as 12 brand new showers were revealed.

It was not an ordinary day or achievement here at Tipito Girls’ School in Wamba. There are about 310,000 people in the entire county of Samburu. There are 149 schools in the region,134 primary schools and 15 secondary schools. The 365 students, their teachers, and Pauline looked on in amazement as they realized they were the very first school in the county to have clean, working showers.

Transitioning from bathing by pouring buckets of water onto themselves to modern showers that so many people worldwide take for granted was incredibly well-deserved. The girls at Tipito were overflowing with positive energy and a love for their school. There could have been a million answers for their favorite part of their school: living surrounded by their closest friends, the elephants they claimed trekked over nearly every day, maybe even a particular class. However, when asked about their favorite part of school, a hundred voices in unison replied, “Learning!” Additionally, every single girl raised their hand when asked if they wanted to continue their studies at University.

One girl was particularly inspirational. Lavender, the fourth born in a family of 9 kids, stays with her cousins to avoid a more considerable financial burden on her family. However, when asked where her home is, she always says Tipito Girls’ School. For Lavender, it’s the best home because the students have access to three meals daily, clean water, and significant life advice from her teachers. She particularly appreciates the help of Ms. Pauline, who she considers her greatest motivator in life.

Lavender is thrilled to see how the school has transformed in the last three years due to the support the school gets from The Samburu Project. While in form one, the school had minimal clean water; now, she is thrilled because they have access to potable and abundant water from the The Samburu Project’s borehole. Lavender has benefited from the reusable sanitary towels provided to the school. She can now bleed with pride and without fear of engaging in extracurricular activities.

Lavender believes that “her background should not define her, and she wants to be the change she wants to see in her society.” Lavender’s dream is to become a Civil Engineer to help develop infrastructure in Samburu and all of Kenya. She is exceptionally grateful to The Samburu Project and Tipito school for helping and encouraging her on her path to achieving her goals.

Lavender and the rest of the students displayed their appreciation in the most beautiful forms. After setting up chairs in the field near the garden to form a stage, the performances commenced. They began with a lovely skit about two broadcasters telling the world the news that their very school was now equipped with

working showers due to The Samburu Project. The broadcasters then introduced the next group of girls who had prepared multiple songs and dances for the occasion. Cheers, laughter, and smiles radiated around the garden. Perhaps no smile was wider than Paul’s, who plays a key role on TSP’s Kenya team, as he had the pleasure of watching his daughter, Emily, perform with the group. During the last song, the girls pulled Linda and Mamen into the circle to sing directly to them and dress them in gorgeous, local fabric. The delightful performance culminated with a poem that the girls had written themselves. It was a day full of heartwarming moments and sheer happiness that will certainly never be forgotten by anyone involved.

Airkenya is a proud sponsor of The Samburu Project (TSP)

The Key to Great Ape Protection

On a mountain gorilla trek with Volcanoes Safaris in Rwanda and Uganda, one traveler learns about the human side of great ape conservation.

We’d been following the Muhoza family of 18 mountain gorillas for about a half hour in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park, observing younger apes practice climbing trees, adults munching on bamboo shoots, and the broad-shouldered, 400-pound dominant silverback keeping a watchful eye on the scene. A few members of my small hiking group took notice of a new mom, who seemed content to cradle her newborn in our midst.

“It’s like she wants to show him to us,” one of my companions whispered as we crouched behind some ferns, mere feet from where the mother was cuddling with her month-old baby.

She rolled onto her back and placed the babe on her chest as if to offer us a better look.

While we took photos, she gently rubbed its back and kissed its fuzzy crown, and the infant blinked its soft brown eyes curiously at our lenses peeking through the leaves. We found it hard not to anthropomorphize them—after all, they’re our closest neighbor in the evolutionary lineup. To me, the movements, social interactions, and the gaze of the gorillas seemed surprisingly humanlike.

I had traveled halfway across the world for this very moment. A longtime enthusiast of wildlife conservation, I had always dreamed of visiting the remaining habitats of the roughly 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wilds of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Republic of the Congo. As I stood near the Muhoza family, hearing their playful hoots and watching juveniles wrestle while the elders tried to groom them, I oscillated between the urge to capture every moment on film and the desire to simply be present.

I had just started a five-day trip with Volcanoes Safaris, an ecotourism company that operates four (soon to be five) lodges, one in Rwanda and three in Uganda, to learn about gorilla conservation. What I didn’t realize during that epic wildlife encounter was that my trip, which would also take me across the border to Uganda, would reveal the extent to which the future of gorillas is connected to the fate of the communities that coexist with them.

Back at Volcanoes’ Virunga Lodge in Rwanda, I learned about the region’s early conservation efforts in the Dian Fossey Map Room, a permanent exhibition area that charts the work of explorers and scientists who have lived and worked in what is now

Volcanoes National Park. The space, which doubles as a dining room, was named after a conservationist who spent 18 years in the Virunga Mountains studying and protecting the great apes. It sits on a more than 7,000-foot-tall ridge facing the verdant Musanze valley, Bulera and Ruhondo lakes, and the neighboring park’s tree-covered volcanoes. Virunga Lodge was the first accommodation for international travelers to open in Rwanda following the 1994 genocide, a civil war between two ethnic groups that killed close to 1 million people. It’s hard to believe that today, almost 30 years later, the area is now home to some of the most well-known

names in luxury safaris, including Singita Kwitonda Lodge, One&Only Gorilla’s Nest, and Wilderness Safaris Bisate Lodge. Founded 25 years ago by Uganda-born Praveen Moman, Volcanoes Safaris (a 2022 AFAR Travel Vanguard winner) is often credited for being one of the first companies to revive the region’s tourism industry.

The lodge is located 40 minutes from the entrance to the park and the adjacent Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s new center for conservation, science, and tourism. We were lucky enough to be there for the grand opening of the Ellen Degeneres campus on our first day. Dr. Tara Stoinski, president and CEO of the Fossey Fund, told us this campus couldn’t have come at a more critical time. “We’re in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of biodiversity on the planet, and all the data is telling us how important conservation activities are,” she said. “This campus serves as a training ground, not just for Rwanda, but internationally. A place where we can bring career scientists together to think about what are the solutions for conservation.”

For two decades, Volcanoes has worked with the Fossey Fund to connect travelers to the great apes

and showcase how conservation and tourism go hand in hand. In the 1980s, mountain gorillas were on the precipice of extinction and would now be gone had it not been for Fossey’s work. Today gorilla conservation depends on critical tourism dollars for protection and research: To visit the gorillas in Rwanda, travelers must purchase a trekking permit, which costs $1,500 per person. Three-fourths of the fee goes toward gorilla conservation, 15 percent goes to the government, and another 10 percent goes to communities that live near the country’s four national parks.

Community benefit is the part of the conservation equation that Moman believes is crucial to the future protection of the region’s wildlife and landscapes. And it’s the connections I made with these very communities that made the trip so eye-opening for me. One night at Virunga Lodge, we gathered atop a grassy hill to watch the Intore Dance Troupe perform the traditional victory dance of Rwandan kings. Before the setting sun and to the steady beat of drums, men in long headdresses made of dried grass meant to mimic a lion’s mane danced, jumped, and spun across the summit with flat-tipped spears and small shields in hand. The group is compensated through the Volcanoes Safaris Partnership Trust, a program started in 2009 to create entrepreneurial initiatives geared

toward conservation while providing income to nearby communities. The trust has supplied hundreds of clean water tanks, upgraded local schools, gifted nearly every family with a sheep (used for their natural crop fertilizer and milk), and offered vocational training for those who wouldn’t otherwise be able to access it.

After a few days in Rwanda, we took our safari vehicle on a quick, albeit bumpy 20-mile journey across the border into Uganda to stay at Mount Gahinga Lodge. Nestled at the base of its eponymously named mountain, the lodge is composed of eight stand-alone suites, each adorned with thatched roofs and windows facing the peaks. It’s an

easy jumping-off point for climbing a volcano, tracking golden monkeys, and trekking in Mgahinga National Park, where there is only one family of nine gorillas. (To my delight, we did another trek, spending three sweaty hours searching for the animals before we found them all napping in a grove with bellies distended from a fruit feast.) It’s also one of the few places where guests can interact with the Batwa people, the oldest inhabitants of the Central African rain forest.

The Batwa are an Indigenous community that lived for millennia in harmony with the gorillas, in the mountains that straddle the Rwanda and Uganda border. They were evicted in the ’90s when the national

Mount Gahinga lodge night time view

parks were created. They were unable to fit into modern Ugandan society, as they’d primarily been hunters and gatherers on land they could no longer access, and didn’t speak the local language. So they became conservation refugees living in makeshift shelters—a humanitarian crisis nearly 30 years in the making.

Moman eventually developed a relationship with one of the Batwa tribes and helped them resettle through the Partnership Trust. Although mountain gorilla tourism was the catalyst for the Batwa’s removal from their homeland, at least for this group of roughly 100 people, it’s become part of the solution. Moman purchased land near the Mount Gahinga Lodge, brought in an architect to build permanent housing, and gathered the necessary resources for them to farm.

One afternoon, we walked the serpentine trail behind the lodge to meet with the Batwa at their new village. As we walked, I told Ronald, one of the staffers who served as our guide, that I was nervous—I didn’t want the Batwa to feel exploited by my presence. He nodded and explained the experience intends to teach visitors about why it’s important to support those who have been marginalized as a result of conservation. Allowing the Batwa, and the other communities Volcanoes serves, to be part of the economic mainstream in turn helps the gorillas survive.

As we approached the village, the Batwa greeted us with song, and Jane Nyirangano, their chief, beseeched us to ask any questions about their lives, past and present. They guided us through their open-air community center (which, judging by the blackboard, had recently been used for grammar lessons) and to a modest store where the women sold

their woven baskets. We were also shown the Batwa Heritage Trail, which consists of an herbal garden, a clutch of traditional huts, and a path where the Batwa can demonstrate how they used to live in the forest, both to visitors and their own children.

When it was time to go, they walked us back to the lodge. As we made our way along the trail, I realized my time with the Batwa would be one of the most vivid memories of my trip— and the reason I’d return home with an understanding of the human story behind wildlife conservation.

Virunga lodge bedroom

Ngorongoro Lengai UNESCO Global Geopark

Celebrating Earth Heritage

Ngorongoro Lengai UNESCO Global Geopark is located in Northern Tanzania (East Africa). It encompasses the districts of Ngorongoro, Karatu, and Monduli in the Arusha region. The area is confined to the North and North-West by the Serengeti National Park, Lake Natron to the East, the left arm of the Great Rift Valley to the South, and Maswa Game Reserve to the West. Its altitudes range from the lowest areas, the main Crater (600 m) to the highest point, the Oldonyo Lengai (2,962 m).

The Oldoinyo Lengai, ‘Mountain of God’ or ‘Holy Mountain’ in Maasai language, is the youngest active stratovolcano (2,962 m), situated at

the northern end of the Ngorongoro Volcanic Highlands in the East African Rift Valley (EARV), 16 km south of Lake Natron in the Arusha region. It is the first of the volcanic systems of the EARV and uniquely produces natrocarbonatite lava, which is almost completely silicon-free.

The Olduvai Gorge is one of the famous paleontological sites in the world. It is a steep sided, 30 to 100 m deep and 56 km long stream-cut ravine. The exposed volcanic beds were formed in the Pleistocene (40,000 to 2.6 million years ago). These beds yield an unsurpassed record of past environments and fossil hominids attributed to Australopithecus (Paranthropus) Boisei, Homo habilis and Homo erectus, and artefacts from Oldowan, Acheulean to Middle and Late Stone

Age; and a wide range of fossilized faunal remains.

The Laetoli is another of the key paleontological and paleoanthropological site in Afric. It is a Plio- to Pleistocene site (2.6 to 5 million years old) located 45 km south of the Olduvai Gorge site museum. It is famous for the Hominids’ footprint trail, which best portrays the history of human bipedal mode of locomotion, an important stage of in evolutionary trends.

One of the Geopark’s central features, the Ngorongoro Crater, harbors a great diversity of wildlife species, like elephants, black rhinos, lion, gazelles, and other large mammals, living in co-existence with humans.

“An extra-ordinary volcano, extra-ordinary paleoanthropological sites and extra-ordinary wildlife”

Sustaining local Communities

The Ngorongoro Lengai UNESCO Global Geopark has 230,586 inhabitants (2012), distributed over four districts (Karatu, Ngorongoro, Longido and Monduli). The population consists of several ethnic groups, mainly Irawq, Maasai, Datoga and Hadzabe. The main economic activities in the Ngorongoro Lengai UNESCO Global Geopark include pastoralism, which is deeply embedded in the culture of the Maasai and Datoge, agriculture, tourism and trade.

The area is rich in cultural sites often linked to local traditional rituals, such as the Datoga graves, which are an important pilgrimage site for the Datoga tribe. These graves belonged to a spiritual leader Gitangda and his son who died over 100 years ago (between 1836-1851) while defending their land against the Maasai in Ngorongoro. Currently, most inhabitants of the Geopark belong to the Maasai tribe. This tribe is mostly found in Northern Tanzania. It is assumed they originate from the lower Nile valley and that they started to migrate southward in 15th century, reaching Northern and Central Tanzania between 17th and 18th century. Traditionally, their main economic activity is grazing that makes them live semi-nomadic life as they migrate from one place to another searching for sufficient

pastures to feed their livestock. Their traditional way of life has made them famous in the region, in the country and at even worldwide.

Another attraction in the area includes the ‘Bao’ site. Bao is a Swahili term for a traditional Mancala Game known and played in many parts of East. Unlike the normal Mancala holes made in a wooden board, in the area most of the mancala holes are made in the earth, especially on

the hard exposures found in crater floors and on top or around small hills around the area. Players used small rounded stones to play the game.

The Geopark is a popular destination for people who want to visit the geological sites such as the Ngorongoro crater, Lake Natron and Eyasi as well as for people passing through on their way to popular national parks such as Lake Manyara and Serengeti.

How to get there

The Ngorongoro Conservation Area is easily accessible by flight through Regional Air Services, which offers scheduled flights to all the safari destinations in Northern Tanzania in addition to Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar. It also offers charter services across Tanzania with a connection to Kenya’s Maasai Mara via Serengeti.

Olduvai Gorge

New Life in Northern Kenya

– By Stuart Butler

The trampled vegetation, the smell of fear and the stringy, bloodstained cord indicated that just hours earlier something significant had occurred here. My guides, a group of bejewelled and feather-dressed Samburu tribesmen, talked in urgent whispers and poked about the scene like forensic scientists trying to piece together clues and work out what had happened. After some minutes a conclusion was reached and one of the Samburu turned to me and, like a proud father, announced that earlier that morning a new life had begun. This, he said, hand waving at the bloodied rubbery object, was the umbilical cord of an elephant.

In a continent being ravaged by ivory and rhino horn poaching the birth of a new elephant was good news indeed. But then again, this northern corner of Kenya is rapidly

gaining a reputation as a place where conservation, local people, tourism and wildlife can all thrive. In fact, some say that northern Kenya represents the future of conservation in Africa.

It was to witness northern Kenya’s ground-breaking approach to combining the wishes and needs of local pastoralist peoples such as the Samburu with the needs of the heavyweight local wildlife into a successful conservation project that had drawn me here. I was a guest at Kitich Forest Camp, a discreet tented camp that manages to combine comfortable living with a genuine sense of wild adventure, located deep in the remote Matthew’s Mountains. Known to biologists as a “sky island”, the Matthew’s, which clamber to a high point of 2,688 metres, rise up out of the semi-desert plains of northern Kenya and are carpeted in misty forests of juniper and cyclads

(including the endemic Matthew’s Cyclad, a bizarre prehistoric looking plant that appears to be a cross between a giant fern and a palm tree).

As well as Jurassic plants, the mountains also support a wealth of wildlife including elephants, lions, buffaloes and what might be Kenya’s largest wild dog population. The mountains fall under the protection of the Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust, a community-run conservation area that was established in 1995 by the Samburu people. Today, it’s one of Kenya’s most successful community conservation programmes and this accomplishment has seen animal populations rise dramatically.

As I stared in childlike wonder at the elephant umbilical cord, a deep, chesty rumbling brought my guides

to attention. “Elephants,” they announced, “they’re still close by; maybe just 20 metres away and with a new born they will be nervous and dangerous. We must move away.”

The dense vegetation of the Matthew’s means that a safari here is a world away from the more famous open savannah reserves of east Africa. Safaris are conducted only on foot and the slippery trails and heavy forest cover means actual sightings of animals, even ones as large as an elephant, are rare and fleeting, but the delight is in the chase. The Samburu guides are natural-born trackers and they read the landscape for clues of passing animals in the way a crusty, seadog sailor reads the oceans; blades of grass bent in a certain angle indicate that a leopard passed by an hour ago, hoof prints and slide marks in the mud reveal how a bushbuck ran from danger the evening before and the scratch marks in the river bank show where elephants used their tusks to dig for salts in the middle of the night.

The Matthew’s Mountains and Kitich Camp were the final stops of my northern Kenya adventure. My journey had begun a week earlier and a day’s drive to the south-east in Meru National Park. The gold-tinted savannah grasslands and tangled riverine forests of Meru more closely match most people’s expectations

of East Africa. But unlike most other classic savannah parks, Meru was free of the safari minibus circuit that can so blight many of the more famous parks and reserves. This wasn’t always the case though. In the 1970s Meru had been one of the jewels of Kenya’s tourism crown and upwards of 40,000 people a year flocked here to gawp at elephants, rhinos, lions and other Kenyan mega fauna. But by the late 1970s, and throughout the 1980s, Meru’s fortunes declined as its wildlife was wiped out by a surge in poaching.

Today, however, things are very different and Meru once again stands on the cusp of great things. Security has been massively beefed up, the parks infrastructure rehabilitated, a breath-taking lodge, Elsa’s Kopje, has been built onto, around and pretty much into the pinky-granite rock of a hill offering commanding views over the plains and, most importantly, elephants, rhinos and other large animals have been relocated from other Kenyan parks to Meru. In fact, so successful has the rebirth of Meru been that it’s now one of the most reliable places in Kenya in which to see both black and white rhinos with the joint population of the two expanding from around a dozen in 2002 to around 80 today.

Government-run Meru is clearly a Kenyan conservation success story,

but the government isn’t the only institution doing great things in this part of Kenya. According to the Kenya Wildlife Service, which manages the country’s national parks and oversees the nation’s general wildlife policy, up to 70 per cent of Kenya’s wildlife lives outside of the protection of the national parks and reserves. This is where the private conservancies step in – there are at least 15 in northern Kenya alone. Whether owned and managed by the local community or by a private landowner, the goal of all these conservancies is the same: preserve the region’s wildlife while allowing local people to benefit from the presence of large animals that previously were just a hindrance and danger to them.

Tourism is the key to such places. High-end lodges offering an exclusive safari experience have been established on many of these conservancies and the money generated through tourism is pumped back into the community, which means the locals now have a vested interest in the survival of wildlife on their lands. The community-run Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust is one such example of this fusing of man’s and nature’s needs, but for another example I headed next to Kalama Conservancy and the sublime Saruni Samburu lodge. The lodge melts so perfectly into the rocky bluff on which it’s constructed that from a distance its seriously indulgent open-fronted cottages appear to be an organic part of the environment. But beautiful as the lodge is, it was the environment and wildlife I was interested in. This is tinder dry thorn bush country, a world away from the damp forests of the Matthew’s and the river-laced savannahs of Meru, and appropriately it’s home to a very different set of wildlife. Tightly striped Grevy’s zebra, half-giraffe, half-antelope gerenuk and the brightblue-legged Somali ostrich are all classic animals of this environment.

This is also a vital migratory corridor for elephants travelling between the wetter climes of Meru and other reserves and the Matthew’s Mountains. But, this has also long been prime grazing ground for the Samburu pastoralists and their livestock. In the past this meant conflict between wildlife and people and usually the people came out on

top. Today though, as with the other conservancies in the area, by working with the local people, taking their wishes into account and working on solutions to the problems they face – all funded through tourism dollars – the quality of life for the Samburu is rising and at the same time wildlife populations, which not so long ago were dangerously low, are rebounding.

This means that despite the crisis facing elephants and rhinos across Africa, there is a glimmer of hope that up here in northern Kenya, Samburu warriors will continue to turn to startled tourists and, like proud fathers, announce the birth of a tiny baby elephant.

Airkenya is the first and only airline to provide scheduled flights to Meru National Park. In addition it flies to Samburu and many other safari destinations daily.

Breakfast in the Mara

Lunch in the Serengeti

3 Trends Shaping the Solo Travel Experience

– Biz Community

The travel landscape has seen a significant shift over the past two years. Travellers have realigned expectations of their travel experiences; and they are more particular about where they want to go, when they want to go, and how they want to explore a destination.

One of the biggest drivers of this shift is the effects that the global lockdowns have had on individuals. Extended confinements, curbed social interactions, and heavy restrictions on travel have left travellers burning to get out and explore their favourite - and newdestinations. And they’re not willing to wait about for anyone else before they get out and experience their world, their way.

This has resulted in a surge of interest in solo travel, which feeds travellers’ realigned expectations. When you’re travelling solo, you can build your entire experience 100% around where you want to go and

what you want to do. The flexibility and freedom are very attractive, and also give individuals the space and opportunity for personal growth through the experiences they choose to enjoy.

Digital nomad society a driver of solo travel

The acceleration of the remote work culture has given rise to the emergence of digital nomadsindividuals who travel the world and earn their living in the destinations they are visiting.

This has opened new and exciting doors in the travel space, for both travellers and the travel service industry. Lovers of travel are not as bound by having the money or time available to travel - saving up for months or even years to have enough of a 'travel nest egg' to visit and experience the destinations they desire. Depending on the type of work they do, of course, individuals can now earn a living and travel the world at the same time.

This flexibility of movement makes hotels very practical for the digital nomad who is visiting a city to experience some 'bucket list' things while needing to seamlessly continue with their work. Many hotels have developed a live-work-play offering providing digital nomads with accommodation along with the full functionality of an office, as well as access to information on travel experiences that they wish to add to their own itineraries - all in one place.

The digital nomad flux also opens up additional opportunities for both large and small travel and tourism service providers, who have a burgeoning market of solo travellers and the spend that they bring to tourism economies.

Accommodation providers could see massive growth in demand for short-term as well as medium-term accommodation. Post-Covid-19 travellers have acknowledged their desires and need to travel and at

the same time having been kept in isolation for so long people want to socialise.

There has also seen an uptick in solo travellers who manage to combine a business and leisure trip in one.

This could also be an immensely valuable opportunity for destinations that may not traditionally be thought of as ideal for solo travellers, such as the Kruger National Park.

Co-working facilities could also see profitable growth, as solo travellers seek suitable working spaces for short periods of time. And businesses that offer tourism experiences could see significant growth in this singletraveller income stream.

solo travel momentum too, and there is a notable surge in Boomers travelling solo as well.

While Millennials represent the larger portion of the solo travel pool, mature globetrotters are closing the gap. Boomers had equivalent experiences during lockdown periods, so are in the same position as Millennials with regards to their views on travel, and maximising their life experiences.

Women accelerate solo travel

While solo travel as a whole is seeing ballooning interest, an increasing number of sources are indicating that women are important drivers of this trend.

jump on solo travel train

Boomers

Millennials are automatically thought of as the epicentre of this burst of growth in the solo travel trend. But Boomers seem to be taking up the

The flexibility of the remote work culture, women being financially independent, and the desire and confidence of women to travel where and when they want to, have dropped the constraints holding them back.

Three tips on how to maximise solo travel adventures

Saving can amplify travel experiences

While working their way (literally) through the cities and experiences digital nomads wish to enjoy, it’s a very smart idea to save up along the way. By doing this, the working traveller has more cash available to amplify the number of things they can experience in a city.

Plan your itinerary smartly

Planning where you’re going to stay and what you’re going to do ahead of time can take a lot of stress and pressure off a solo traveller. When ‘the world is your oyster’ and every choice is purely yours, it can become quite daunting to choose what to do, where to go, and where to stay.

Spend time researching the area you’ll be staying in, and find out about any fun activities close by or events taking place while you’re there. Forward-planning takes the guesswork out of figuring out how to get around so that you will really be able to maximise your experience once you’re at your destination.

Find the best deals

When you’re travelling solo, all of the expenses are on you. So you’re going to want to save wherever possible. Finding the best prices and deals on flights, hotels, and even car rentals if you need wheels to get you around, is made really easy by using a travel search engine like Cheapflights, which compares prices and deals for you so you can choose what works best for you and your budget.

This article was first appeared on Biz Community.

Smart Tricks That Ugandan Youth Employ to Earn From Tourism Industry

Early 2001, a then youthful Amos Wekesa, founded Great Lakes Safaris Limited, with UShs. 240,000, approximately $200, according to the exchange rate at the time, on a staircase, in Kampala. Wekesa’s story and Great Lakes Safaris is one of the most enterprising start-ups that have changed the face of Uganda’s tourism business.

Against all odds, Wekesa, now a veteran in the industry, has thrived in tourism business, which has seen a number of youth picking interest in the sector. They are fusing traditional and contemporary means to boost visibility for local tourism, interest more to tour sites across the country and create employment for themselves and youth.

Data obtained from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) indicates that the number of domestic tourists to national parks have significantly increased, which is attributed to the booming local tourism business. Recent statistics show there are more than 150 tour and travel operators in the country, according to Destination Uganda. With meagre resources at their disposal, a great challenge to most start-ups, today youth pool resources to start travel projects.

Pooling Resources

Joel Wakanyasi, a tourism enthusiast, explains that most local tour and travel company owners are young entrepreneurs, who thrive on combining efforts and resources to make ends meet.

He notes that on most occasions, companies come together to support each other to execute a given project. Wakanyansi adds that a travel company can organise a tour to a particular destination and then partner with another to provide transport, tents or entertainment.

Given the number of registered tour companies, he says few have resources to operate independently, but they are making a lasting mark on the tourism sector.

Most local tourism entities are using digital platforms to tap into Uganda’s youthful population. Muliwa, Tusimbudde

Wakanyansi and Ambrose Odong, the proprietors of Kempten Safaris are Bachelor of Commerce graduates at Makerere University, who never waited for jobs but rather created their own.

The two explain that all they had was an idea and a dream to tap into the tourism industry. Today, their company is known for attracting a number of youth in Kampala.

When the doors to entertainment venues got slammed following the Covid-19 pandemic, Kempten Safaris provided space to fuse local tourism with entertainment, a sector that had been given a green light to operate.

Kempten relies on art to interest youth in tourism. Their trips are packaged with yoga, dance, music, colour fest and live deejaying. Wakanyansi explains that together with Odong, they have also gone

an extra mile to coin eye-catching slogans such as Muliwa [where are you], Tusimbudde (we have set off), to appeal to youth and interest them in joining the caravan.

Kempten Safaris benefits more than 100 youth both directly and indirectly. Wakanyansi says they hire sleeping tents and bags from youths in business, pay artistes, social media influencers, transporters, and catering services, among others.

Unlocking Destinations

The company has supported many youth to tour most parts of the country and unlocking destinations known to a few. He adds that besides travel, the group talks to youth about conserving the environment and natural resources and culture.

Kenneth Oketa and his team of young people are giving a chance to Ugandans to fly to their preferred destinations. Vilakazi Safaris Uganda has partnered with Uganda Airlines to give Ugandans the first-of-a-kind experience in touring mountains from the skies. With Shs550,000 per tour, you will see lakes, rift valleys all from above, and their catalogue of local and regional destinations is growing bigger by the day.

Michael Odong, one of the directors of Vilakazi Safaris, says their idea is to generate pocket-friendly and interesting packages for people to travel both locally and internationally. The group also organises local weekly trips in partnership with other companies.

Unlike other local tourism companies, Vilakazi have used their returns to own a viable transport system, creating jobs for drivers, tour guides and influencers. They also organise individual private tours and packages for companies and groups on a regular basis.

Photography

Ivan Ssebuuma is arguably among the best young men making a name in tourism photography. He had an idea, but did not own a camera. He borrowed gadgets and over the years, he has mastered the art and is currently a force to reckon with in tourism photography.

He started out with fashion photography but he would later choose travel photography as his niche. He has put his name to hundreds of eye-catching images that define Uganda’s diverse beauty.

Remember that viral clip of a photographer calling out local rafters to show him energy in the famous Njagala vibe catchphrase? That photographer was Derrick Ssenyonyi.

He is a professional full-time travel and corporate photographer working with Wild Aperture256. Similar to the aforementioned brains behind lenses are photographer Lovart Mugabi of Karibu Travel Magazine, Daily Monitor’s photojournalist Edgar Raymond Batte among others.

Artistes, Influencers, Suppliers

Fusing entertainment and tourism is the new trend that is in Uganda. Road trips, campfires, boat cruises are always associated with dance, deejaying and musical performances. Singer Kenneth Mugabi, dance choreographer Walta Ruva and

Abeeka Band are some of the names who are making it happen. Similarly, Innocent Nsubuga is letting the travellers drift to the rhythm, providing a high-tech mobile system called audiophile that has been used by many tour organisers.

The Power of Influencing Social media influencing has been tested and proven in promoting artistes, politicians, commodity businesses. Smart businessmen are also importing the trick into the tourism sector. Top influencers such as John Ssenkindu alias Laban, Eddy Pages, Esther Birungi and Lydia Nabawanda have made their mark on the sector.

Laban explains that at a given fee per tweet he makes about a particular destination, he shares the tour art work and interests the youth into travelling. Influencers use videos, photos and other graphical content to tap into their huge following to drum up the much needed visibility for tour organisers.

4 Tips For a First-Time Tanzania Safari

Tanzania is, undoubtedly, an ideal location for wildlife enthusiasts. Many Tanzania safari-goers deem it a oncein-a-lifetime experience, like entering into a new world altogether.

This adventurous tour includes multiple wildlife game drives and observing wildlife at its untamed best. Tanzania safari first-timers have endless choices with numerous national parks and an abundance of wildlife. We have compiled a list of tips for novices going on Tanzania Safari for the first time.

This safari trip takes you to an alien world by unplugging you from the modern world. Each day prepare yourself for spontaneous, natural events as no one can not predict what wondrous sights one will witness.

The following tips will help you make the most out of your trip.

1. Pack Essentials

Follow the ‘less is more’ rule when packing luggage for a safari

adventure. Do not stuff the bag with useless items and clothes. Everyone gets a limited luggage space on the truck, so, pack the right clothing and possessions. Tanzania is hot and humid, therefore, pack light, breathable clothing of neutral colors. Save space for a camera and accessories, a first-aid kit, sunscreen, hat, chapstick, a water bottle, a lightweight backpack, binoculars, footwear, and a swimming suit.

2. Go with an Open Mind

Tanzania safari tour is full of surprises and unexpected events, so, do not stress about things you can not control. It is a game park, no one can predict what is waiting for you.

So, be flexible and open-minded and enjoy what this adventurous tour has to offer. It would not always go as planned, you may not get to see the big five. Enjoy the journey and explore the wilderness while being prepared for mosquitos, and a bumpy ride.

3. Don’t Drive On Your Own

We strongly advise first-timers against driving on their own among the wildlife. When going on a game drive or a walking tour, make sure that you are accompanied by the ranger, tour guide, and a tracker. Especially, the walking tour must be done with a certified tour guide and a ranger to be on the safe side. Walking

alone through an environment full of dangerous animals will put your life and safety at risk.

4. Capture Memories

Do not forget to bring a camera on the tour as there will be many moments worth capturing. Once the tour is over, you can relive all the memories through photos and videos.

Keep the camera close by as you never know when an animal would appear, also, be ready to snap the perfect photo. This tour gives you plenty of opportunities to capture breathtaking sunsets, stunning landscapes, and wildlife.

Furthermore, do not just focus on taking pictures, pause and stay in the moment to appreciate the sights and surroundings.

In Summary

Before going on the Tanzania safari, make sure you have all the important travel documents, emergency supplies, a first-aid kit, and other essentials. Hopefully, you will have an unforgettable safari trip with many amazing memories.

This article was first published by Urban Matter.

MBARARA

AIRKENYA FLIGHT SCHEDULE 2023

AMBOSELI

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 883 WILSON AMBOSELI 07:30 08:05

P2 884 AMBOSELI WILSON 08:15 09:30

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight from Amboseli to Wilson (via Finch Hattons) connects to Nanyuki, Lewa Downs, Samburu, Meru, and Loisaba at 10:00; Maasai Mara at 10:30 and Kilimanjaro at 13:30.

FINCH HATTONS - TSAVO

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 883 WILSON FINCH HATTONS 07:30 08:30

P2 884 FINCH HATTONS WILSON 08:45 09:30

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight from Finch Hattons to Wilson connects to Nanyuki, Lewa Downs, Samburu, Meru, Loisaba at 10:00; Maasai Mara at 10:30 and Kilimanjaro at 13:30.

KILIMANJARO

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 821 WILSON KILIMANJARO 13:30 14:25

P2 822 KILIMANJARO WILSON 14:40 15:35

• Daily service, minimum of 4 pax to operate.

• This airport is your gateway to a safari between Kenya and Tanzania as it easily connects to Arusha, Manyara, Grumeti, Seronera, Kogatende, Lobo, Fort-Ikoma and Sasakwa via Regional Air Services at 15:30.

LEWA DOWNS

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 861 WILSON LEWA DOWNS 09:00 10:25

P2 871 WILSON LEWA DOWNS 10:00 11:00

P2 872 LEWA DOWNS WILSON 11:10 13:25

P2 862 LEWA DOWNS MASAI MARA 10:35 12:00

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight to/from Lewa Downs services multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• Flight from Lewa to Masai Mara may route via Wilson in low season to connect on the 14:00 flight.

• Flight from Lewa to Wilson connects to Kilimanjaro at 13:30 and to Masai Mara at 14:00.

• Flight from Masai Mara connects to Lewa via Wilson at 10:00.

• Call Airkenya operations on departure date to confirm arrival and pick up times for various airstrips.

LOISABA

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P2 861 WILSON LOISABA 09:00 10:25

P2 871 WILSON LOISABA 10:00 11:30

P2 872 LOISABA WILSON 11:40 13:25

P2 862 LOISABA MASAI MARA 10:35 12:00

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight to/from Loisaba services multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• Flight from Lewa to Masai Mara may route via Wilson in low season to connect on the 14:00 flight.

• Flight from Loisaba to Wilson connects to Kilimanjaro at 13:30 and to Masai Mara at 14:00.

• Flight from Masai Mara connects to Loisaba via Wilson at 10:00.

• Call Airkenya operations on departure date to confirm arrival and pick up times for various airstrips.

MASAI MARA

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 851 WILSON MASAI MARA 07:30 08:10

P2 852 MASAI MARA WILSON 08:15 09:45

P2 853 WILSON MASAI MARA 10:30 11:10

P2 854 MASAI MARA WILSON 11:15 13:00

P2 951 WILSON MASAI MARA 14:00 14:40

P2 952 MASAI MARA WILSON 14:45 16:15

• Daily Service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Morning flight from Masai Mara to Wilson connects to Lewa, Loisaba, Meru, Nanyuki and Samburu at 10:00.

• Masai Mara flights service multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• The arrival and departure times depict the first stop.

• Call Airkenya operations on departure date to confirm arrival and pick up times for various airstrips.

MERU

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P2 861 WILSON MERU 09:00 09:55

P2 871 WILSON MERU 10:00 12:00

P2 872 MERU WILSON 12:10 13:25

P2 872 MERU NANYUKI 12:10 12:35

P2 862 MERU SAMBURU 10:05 10:25

P2 862 MERU MASAI MARA 10:05 12:00

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight to/from Meru services multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• Flight from Meru to Masai Mara may route via Wilson in low season to connect on the 14:00 flight.

• Flight from Meru to Wilson connects to Kilimanjaro at 13:30 and to Masai Mara at 14:00.

• Flight from Meru to Samburu is a one-direction service.

• Flight from Masai Mara connects to Meru via Wilson at 10:00.

• Call Airkenya operations on departure date to confirm arrival and pick up times for various airstrips.

NANYUKI / KAMOK

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 861 WILSON NANYUKI 09:00 10:45

P2 871 WILSON NANYUKI 10:00 10:35

P2 872 NANYUKI WILSON 12:45 13:25 P2 871 NANYUKI MERU 10:45 12:00 P2 862 NANYUKI MASAI MARA 11:00 12:00

• Daily service to Nanyuiki Civil and Kamok airstrips; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight 861 routes via multiple airstrips (Nanyuki is last stop en route to Mara).

• Flight to/from Nanyuki Civil/Kamok services multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• Flight from Nanyuki Civil/Kamok to Masai Mara may route via Wilson in low season to connect on the 14:00 flight.

• Flight from Nanyuki Civil/Kamok to Wilson connects to Kilimanjaro at 13:30 and to Masai Mara at 14:00.

• Flight from Masai Mara connects to Nanyuki Civil/Kamok via Wilson at 10:00.

• Call Airkenya operations on departure date to confirm arrival and pick up times for various airstrips.

SAMBURU / SASAAB / KALAMA

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 861 WILSON SAMBURU 09:00 10:25

P2 871 WILSON SAMBURU 10:00 11:30

P2 872 SAMBURU WILSON 11:40 13:25

P2 862 SAMBURU MASAI MARA 10:35 12:00

• Daily service to Samburu Buffalo, Kalama and Sasaab airstrips; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight to/from Samburu services multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• Flight from Samburu to Masai Mara may route via Wilson in low season to connect on the 14:00 flight.

• Flight from Samburu to Wilson connects to Kilimanjaro at 13:30 and to Masai Mara at 14:00.

• Call Airkenya operations on departure date to confirm arrival and pick up times for various airstrips.

MIGORI / TARIME

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 453 MASAI MARA MIGORI 08:15 09:00

P2 453 MASAI MARA TARIME 08:15 10:10

P2 454 TARIME MASAI MARA 10:30 12:40

P2 454 MIGORI MASAI MARA 11:35 12:40

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight to/from Migori services multiple airstrips, therefore, timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• The flight connects Masai Mara (serviced by AirKenya) with Serengeti (serviced by Regional Air Services).

• Contact Airkenya Reservations if connecting with Auric Air or Coastal Aviation at Tarime.

MASAI MARA - SERENGETI VIA MARA MIGORI/TARIME

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA SERONERA 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 SERONERA MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA KOGATENDE 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 KOGATENDE MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

P2/N8 453/432 MASAI MARA MANYARA 08:15 12:00

N8/P2 431/454 MANYARA MASAI MARA 08:40 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA FORT IKOMA 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 FORT IKOMA MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA NDUTU 08:15 11:45

N8/P2 115/454 NDUTU MASAI MARA 08:00 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA LOBO 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 LOBO MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA SERENGETI SOUTH 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 SERENGETI SOUTH MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA SASAKWA 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 SASAKWA MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

P2/N8 453/422 MASAI MARA GRUMETI 08:15 11:20

N8/P2 421/454 GRUMETI MASAI MARA 09:15 12:40

• Daily service; minimum of 2 pax to operate.

• Flight routes via Migori and Tarime.

• AirKenya provides road transfer and ground handling service between Migori and Tarime.

• Flight services multiple airstrips, therefore, pick up and drop off timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• Flight connects AirKenya services in Kenya with Regional Air Services in Tanzania.

• Contact Airkenya Reservations if connecting with Auric Air or Coastal Avia tion at Tarime.

MASAI MARA - UGANDA VIA KISUMU/ENTEBBE

FLT NO FROM TO DEPART ARRIVE

P2 551 MASAI MARA KISUMU 08:15 09:20

P2 551 KISUMU ENTEBBE 10:00 11:00

P2 552 ENTEBBE KISUMU 11:45 12:45

P2 552 KISUMU MASAI MARA 13:25 14:30

P2 551 MASAI MARA ENTEBBE 08:15 11:00

P2 552 ENTEBBE MASAI MARA 11:45 14:30

P2/A8* 551/121 MASAI MARA KIHIHI (BINP) 08:15 14:40

A8*/P2 112/552 KIHIHI MASAI MARA 09:45 14:30

P2/A8* 551/ 121 MASAI MARA KASESE/MWEYA (QENP) 08:15 14:15

A8*/P2 112/552 KASESE/MWEYA MASAI MARA 10:20 14:30

P2/A8* 551/121 MASAI MARA SEMLIKI 08:15 14:15

A8*/P2 121/552 SEMILIKI MASAI MARA 10:20 14:30

P2/A8* 551/131 MASAI MARA BUGUNGU 08:15 13:00

P2/A8* 551/131 MASAI MARA PAKUBA/CHOBE (MFNP) 08:15 13:00

P2/ A8* 551/ 131 MASAI MARA KIDEPO (KVNP) 08:15 14:45

• Daily service; minimum of 4 pax to operate.

• Flight routes via Kisumu and Entebbe International Airports for Customs and Immigration processing.

• Flight services multiple airstrips, therefore, pick up and drop off timings may vary depending on aircraft routing.

• BINP - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

• QENP - Queen Elizabeth National Park

• MFNP - Murchison Falls National Park

• KVNP - Kidepo Valley National Park

Note: Kidepo flight requires a minimum of 7 pax and operates on Wed, Fri and Sun.

HIGH SEASON: 21 DEC 2022 - 28 FEB 2023; 01 JUN - 31 OCT 2023

LOW SEASON: 01 MAR - 31 MAY 2023; 01 NOV - 20 DEC 2023

Valid from 21st December 2022 to 20th December 2023

• CHECK IN TIME is 60 minutes to departure time in Nairobi (Wilson), Kilimanjaro, Kisumu and Entebbe Airports.

• Passengers will not be allowed to check in 30 minutes to de parture time.

• Check in time for all bush airstrips is 30 minutes before flight departure time.

• Contact Airkenya Operations department on the morning of the scheduled flight to get approximate arrival and departure times for various bush airstrips.

• Airkenya guarantees all its connecting flights within Kenya and across East Africa in conjunction with its subsidiaries; Regional Air Services and Aerolink Uganda.

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Arusha AM Fort Ikoma 08:00 10:05

Grumeti 08:00 09:30

Kogatende 08:00 09:55

Lobo 08:00 09:25

Manyara 08:00 08:25

Ndutu*** 08:00 09:05

Sasakwa 08:00 10:05

Seronera 08:00 10:30

SGS 08:00 TBA Wasso 08:00 09:55

Arusha PM Kilimanjaro 13:00 13:15 Manyara 16:00 16:25 Seronera 16:00 17:15

LOW AND MID SEASON (1ST JANUARY – 14TH JUNE 2022 AND 16TH SEPTEMBER - 31ST DECEMBER 2022)

Arusha Dar 13:00 15:20

Dar Arusha 15:50 17:40

Arusha Zanzibar 13:00 14:35

Zanzibar Dar 15:00 15:20

Zanzibar Arusha 15:00 17:40

HIGH SEASON SCHEDULE (15TH JUNE 2022 - 15TH SEPTEMBER 2022)

Arusha Dar 14:30 16:20

Dar Arusha 16:40 17:50

Arusha Zanzibar 14:30 15:35

Zanzibar Dar 16:05 16:20

Zanzibar Arusha 16:05 17:50

ZANZIBAR - ARUSHA - SERENGETI MORNING SCHEDULE

Zanzibar AM Arusha 07:30 09:05

Kogatende 07:30 10:30

Lobo 07:30 10:30 Sasakwa 07:30 10:30 Seronera 07:30 10:30

DAR ES SALAAM - ARUSHA - SERENGETI MORNING SCHEDULE

Manyara AM Arusha 11:50 12:15

Dar 11:50 16:40 High Season Only

Dar 11:50 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Fort Ikoma 08:40 10:05

Grumeti 08:40 09:30

Kilimanjaro 11:50 13:10 Kogatende 08:40 09:25

Lobo 08:40 10:20

Ndutu *** 08:40 09:05

Sasakwa ** 08:40 10:05

Seronera 08:40 10:30

Tarime 08:40 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar 11:50 16:00 High Season Only

Zanzibar 11:50 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Manyara - Zanzibar flight in the high season is via Ausha and will have a lay over of 2 hours and connect on the 1500hrs flight to Zanzibar

Manyara PM Arusha * 18:05 18:30

Grumeti * 16:40 TBA Sasakwa * 16:40 TBA

Ndutu AM Arusha *** 11:35 12:15

Dar *** 11:35 16:40 High Season Only

Dar *** 11:35 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Grumeti *** 09:20 09:50 Kilimanjaro *** 11:35 13:10 Kogatende *** 09:20 10:00

Lobo *** 09:20 09:50

Manyara *** 11:35 12:00 Sasakwa ** 09:20 09:50 Seronera *** 09:20 10:30

Tarime *** 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar *** 11:35 16:00 High Season Only

Zanzibar *** 11:35 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

SGS Tarime 09:15 10:15 Arusha TBA TBA

Sasakwa AM Arusha 10:15 12:15

Dar 10:15 13:10 High Season Only

Dar es

Salaam AM Arusha 08:00 09:05 Kogatende 08:00 10:30 Lobo 08:00 10:30 Sasakwa 08:00 10:30 Seronera 08:00 10:30

Grumeti AM Arusha 09:50 12:15 Dar 09:50 13:10 High season only

Dar 09:50 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Kilimanjaro 09:50 13:10 Kogatende 09:50 10:10 Lobo 09:50 10:35 Manyara 09:50 11:35 Ndutu *** 09:50 11:20 Sasakwa 09:50 10:00 Tarime 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori Seronera 09:50 10:30

Zanzibar 09:50 12:30 High season only Zanzibar 09:50 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Kilimanjaro PM Arusha ** 15:30 15:45 Manyara** 15:30 16:25 Seronera** 15:30 17:15 Kogatende** 15:30 TBA Lobo** 15:30 TBA Ndutu** 15:30 TBA

Kogatende AM

Arusha 09:00 10:10 High Season Only

Arusha 10:00 12:15 All Year Schedule

Dar 10:00 13:10 High Season Only

Dar 10:00 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Grumeti 10:00 10:25

Kilimanjaro 10:00 13:10

Lobo 10:00 TBA

Manyara 10:00 11.35 Ndutu *** 10:00 TBA

Sasakwa ** 10:00 10:15

Seronera 10:00 10:30

Tarime 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar 10:00 12:35 High Season Only

Zanzibar 10:00 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Seronera AM Arusha 11:00 12:15

Dar 11:00 12:35 High Season Only

Dar 11:00 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Grumeti ** 09:30 10:00

Kilimanjaro 11:00 13:10

Kogatende 09:30 09:55

Lobo 09:30 09:50

Manyara 11:00 11:35

Sasakwa ** 09:30 09:45

Tarime 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar 11:00 12:35 High Season Only

Zanzibar 11:00 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Seronera PM Arusha * 17:30 18:30

Arusha* 12:45 13:40 High season only

Lobo AM Arusha 09:45 12:15

Dar 09:45 13:10 High Season Only

Dar 09:45 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Grumeti 09:45 10:25

Kilimanjaro 09:45 13:10

Kogatende 09:45 09:55

Manyara 09:45 11:35

Ndutu *** 09:45 10:15

Sasakwa ** 09:45 10:05

Seronera 09:45 10:30

Tarime 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar 09:45 12:35 High Season Only

Zanzibar 09:45 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Dar 10:15 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Kilimanjaro 10:15 13:10 Kogatende 10:15 TBA Lobo 10:15 TBA

Manyara 10:15 11:15 Ndutu *** 10:15 11:20 Seronera 10:15 10:30

Tarime 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar 10:15 12:35 High Season Only

Zanzibar 10:15 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Wasso AM Arusha ** 10:00 12:15

Fort Ikoma AM Arusha 10:00 12:15

Dar 10:15 13:10 High Season Only

Dar 10:15 15:20 Low & Mid Season Only

Kilimanjaro 10:15 13:10 Lobo 10:15 TBA Manyara 10:15 11:35 Ndutu 10:15 11:20

Tarime 09:15 10:15 Connects with Airkenya at Migori

Zanzibar 10:15 12:35 High Season Only

Zanzibar 10:15 14:35 Low & Mid Season Only

Arusha PM Ndutu** 16:00 TBA Kogatende** 16:00 TBA Lobo** 16:00 TBA

Tarime Arusha 11:00 13:40 Fort Ikoma 11:00 TBA Grumeti 11:00 TBA Kogatende 11:00 11:15 Lobo 11:00 TBA Manyara 11:00 TBA Ndutu 11:00 TBA Sasakwa 11:00 TBA Seronera 11:00 12:10 SGS 11:00 TBA

Above Rates to and from Tarime are exclusive of road transfers charged at $ 55 per person and the sector Mara - Migori - Mara is operated by Airkenya Express

Arusha Nairobi, Wilson 13:00 15:20

Grumeti 9:50 15:20

Kilimanjaro 14:25 15:20 Lobo 9:45 15:20 Kogatende 10:00 15:20 Manyara 11:50 15:20 Ndutu 11:35 15:20 Sasakwa 10:15 15:20

Seronera 11:00 15:20

Kilimanjaro - Wilson Sector Operated by AirKenya Express

Nairobi, Wilson Arusha 13:15 15:45 Grumeti 13:15 TBA Kilimanjaro 13:15 14:10 Manyara 13:15 16:25 Sasakwa 13:15 TBA Seronera 13:15 17:05

Wilson - Kilimanjaro Sector Operated by Airkenya Express

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