No 505 Wildlife Trade News: 2nd September 2015
And more bad news still about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes with special focus on Tanzania (where as of yesterday drakonian measures are now law as to publication of unauthorized statistics and more …) in the spotlight today …………………… Tanzania – a nation that could afford to protect elephant herds, but chooses not to Tanzania’s […]
Bookings for Kenya’s main attractions now a click (or a few) away
KENYA VACATIONS MADE EASIER AS LEADING COMPANIES JOIN FORCES (Posted 02nd August 2015) Travelling to Kenya’s key attractions, both beaches and wilderness, has just become so much easier as East Africa’s number one booking system, Jovago.com has teamed up with Kenya’s premier safari airline, Safarilink. The two will with immediate effect focus on customizing packages […]
Those who are remembered are not forgotten, nor are their causes
ALLIED WORLD WAR I HERO TO BE REMEMBERED AT VOI WAR CEMETERY (Posted 02nd August 2015) A hundred years ago did one Lieutenant William Thomas Dartnell die a hero’s death at the hands of Von Lettow-Vorbeck’s savage askaris. Following a major engagement in the Taita area of Kenya, where the German troops kept raiding into […]
STA set to relaunch Sommelier training after key staff gain experience from Cape Wine Academy
SEYCHELLES TOURISM ACADEMY SEEKS SOUTH AFRICAN WINE EXPERTISE (Posted 03rd September 2015) Seychelles Tourism Academy professionals travel to South Africa to be trained in Sommelier ‘science’ The Seychelles Tourism Academy and the Cape Wine Academy in South Africa have crystallised their first working partnership. Four professionals from the Seychelles Tourism Academy, Peter Moncherry, the Academy’s […]
Ol Pejeta set for educational Webinar next Monday – don’t miss it!
view online | send to a friend | visit Ol Pejeta | book online Discover Ol Pejeta – Webinar Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: We would like to invite you to Ol Pejeta’s very first webinar, on Monday the 14th of September at 3PM EAT. A webinar is simply a chance for you to log […]
East Africa Tourism Platform set for Kigali session
EAST AFRICA TOURISM PLATFORM READY FOR KIGALI MEETING (Posted 02nd September 2015) Key tourism stakeholders from across Eastern Africa will have their first opportunity in Kigali tomorrow, 03rd September, to see Carmen Nibigira in action, since she took over from Waturi Wa Matu who left the organization to join Trade Mark East Africa. The meeting […]
Urgent Kenya e-Visa update
CHANGE OF HEART KEEPS KENYA OPEN FOR VISITORS WITHOUT VISA – FOR NOW (Posted 02nd August 2015) It was Kenya Airways which broke the news that in a last minute change of heart has Kenya’s Department of Immigration installed separate desks at the main airport of Nairobi to apparently facilitate visitors coming to the country […]
UNWTO all geared up for its General Assembly in Colombia
Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister responsible for Tourism and Culture will be personally heading the Seychelles delegation to the 21st Session of the UNWTO General Assembly meeting in Medellín, Colombia which takes placed from the12th to the 17th of September 2015. Minister St.Ange will be accompanied by Anne Lafortune, his PS for Tourism and Sinha […]
This low cost African airline goes into overdrive in September
FASTJET GOES INTO OVERDRIVE (Posted 02nd September 2015) September 2015 is a milestone month for Fastjet in its African operations, making progress on a broad number of areas, sadly though for Kenyan travelers without yet having landing rights from Dar es Salaam to Nairobi nor having made progress with their 18 months old application to […]
No 504 Wildlife Trade News: 1st September 2015
Another day and another dose of bad news … Here it is all about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… CHINA: Tiger Beaten And Mocked In Sickening ‘Performance’ https://www.thedodo.com/video-shows-tiger-beaten-in-zoo-1322887387.html (CITES: Baby elephants next for this treatment?) No 504 Wildlife Trade News: 1st September 2015 Kenya: Give Us Details On Seized […]
Say hello to S7-SIL
AIR SEYCHELLES REGISTERS SECOND A320 ‘AT HOME’ (Posted 02nd September 2015) S7-SIL is the home registration of Air Seychelles’ second Airbus A320, named ‘Silhouette’ after one of the archipelago’s major granite islands. The first home registered A320 was named ‘Amirantes’ when breaking new ground back in June by being put on the Seychelles’ registry. The […]
Safari Awards – final few days of voting underway
Dear Readers You are invited to vote for, or nominate, your favourite safari lodge/camp/conservation organisation for the 2016 Safari Awards before nominations close on Friday 11th September 2015. If you have voted in the past you can log in with your existing username and password on the lodge’s page. (If you don’t have your details […]
Vets in Zimbabwe attempt to rescue lost elephant calf
BABY ELEPHANT RESCUE UNDERWAY IN ZIMBABWE (Posted 02nd September 2015) Zimbabwe’s authorities were swift to grant permission for a rescue mission of a lost 2 year old elephant calf, which was spotted by a local resident and raised immediately the interest of conservation groups. A team of wildlife vets yesterday managed to locate the young […]
No 503 Wildlife Trade News: 31st August 2015
Another dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… What is the difference between these two headlines? Wildlife crisis. CITES calls emergency talks. The one above should be true, but it is not. see below: If the whole of the EU can, and does, respond to a […]
Ol Pejeta August 2015 – Your Wildlife and Community News
News from Kenya’s most complete wilderness experience conservancy … Ol Pejeta view online | send to a friend | visit Ol Pejeta | book online August 2015 Dear Friend of Ol Pejeta: #GoodBoyDiego – an Anti-poaching Dog: a Rhino’s Best Friend Meet Diego, one of Ol Pejeta’s anti-poaching dogs. He is a dog with a […]
ATA extends early bird registration fees for Nairobi congress by two weeks
ATA Kenya Congress Early Bird Rates Extended to September 15th View this email in your browser EARLY BIRD RATES EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 15TH FOR ATA’S 40TH ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS IN KENYA Early Bird Rates have been extended to September 15th for ATA’s 40th Annual World Congress in Nairobi, Kenya! Early bird registration is $400/person for […]
Etihad’s new home terminal construction advances ahead of schedule
ABU DHABI’S NEW MIDFIELD TERMINAL ADVANCES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE (Posted 31st August 2015) Etihad Airways’ exclusive new home terminal, also due to be used by all Etihad partner airlines like Air Seychelles, Air Berlin and Jet Airways, among others, is reportedly making good building progress and will according to reliable information received be more than […]
Kenya’s new e-Visa regime – not entirely watertight as yet
KENYA’S GRACE PERIOD FOR VISA ON ARRIVAL EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT (Posted 31st August 2015) At the stroke of midnight, when the date switches to 01st of September, will the grace period expire for Visa on arrival for visitors to Kenya. Anyone arriving afterwards is now expected to have applied for an e-Visa as prescribed by […]
EWASO Lion News
CLICK HERE TO DONATE August 2015 Special Lion Kids Camp Reunion This month we held a very special edition of our Lion Kids Camp. We brought together 122 Kenyan children who had all previously participated in a Lion Kids Camp. Everyone was so excited to see each other and reunite for four days of conservation […]
Kenya Airways choses UK based aircraft broker to sell surplus B777-200’s
GOING – GOING BUT NOT YET GONE AS KENYA AIRWAYS SEEKS TO SELL B777-200’S (Posted 30th August 2015) Kenya Airways has put things in motion last week to sell off four Boeing B777-200’s, which were acquired from the manufacturer new between 2004 and 2007, making the planes between eleven and eight years old. Parked outside […]
Safety first as Reunion protects its beaches from sharks
REUNION – A BLUE RIBBON ISLAND (Posted 30th August 2015) Reunion, the French Indian Ocean island located East of Madagascar, has in recent years established itself as a premier adventure holiday destination, offering way beyond just ordinary beach vacations but also a large variety of active adventure activities, both land and ocean based. For locals […]
Rwanda’s Conservation Awards – who will the first ever three recipients be?
CONSERVATION IN ACTION AS RWANDA’S RDB LAUNCHES CONSERVATION AWARDS (Posted 30th August 2015) The 11th edition of Kwita Izina, Rwanda’s erstwhile gorilla naming ceremony now turned into a week-long festival of conservation, will commence tomorrow, Monday 31st of August. This year will 24 newborn gorilla babies be named during the finale of the festival in […]
This African airline has come a long way and is spreading its wings even further
COUNTDOWN STARTS IN EARNEST FOR RWANDAIR TO MOVE FROM A CONTINENTAL TO AN INTERCONTINENTAL AIRLINE (Posted 30th August 2015) When Airbus and RwandAir hold their media briefing at the Kigali Serena Hotel on the 09th of September, will the countdown to the delivery of two Airbus A330’s begin in earnest. The two companies will make […]
Creation of a new national park confirms Rwanda’s conservation leadership in East Africa
GISHWATI – MUKURA NATIONAL PARK GETTING READY FOR VISITORS (Posted 30th August 2015) Preparations are ongoing in Rwanda to get the country’s fourth national park, Gishwati – Mukura, ready for tourist visitors, including the completion of key infrastructure elements. While not as spectacular as the Nyungwe Forest National Park does Gishwati – Mukura nevertheless offer […]
No 501 Wildlife Trade News: 29th August 2015
More bad news … and a message from the author for regular readers, not to be missed. Please note: This daily newsletter has evolved from an intended single species, niche target audience news report to a small number of people, into what has become a more general wildlife news report. It is now disseminated to […]
Lillian Gaitho’s weekend topic talks about tricks …
Tricks means someone is being tricked … Lillian has a look this weekend what that can mean for your travel arrangements … Cheap Holiday Tricks for your Next Vacation Whatever your tour operator or agent tells you, treat it as sales pitch! It’s utter brinkmanship as we all know; the end result is to nail […]
YouTube comedy shot on Reunion proves to be a hit in France
TWO MONTHS DOWN THE LINE AND OVER A MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS FOR REUNION PRODUCED COMEDY (Posted 29th August 2015) It took not even two months to reach the million view mark on YouTube following the release of the comedy produced by ‘The Golden Moustache’ on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion. The main characters, […]
Raising flights from four to daily is just a matter of time.
AIR SEYCHELLES BANKS ON INDIA TRAFFIC FOR GROWTH (Posted 29th August 2015) Air Seychelles, now flying four times a week between Mahe and Mumbai, appears keen to turn the route into a key platform for future growth. Cooperation with Jet Airways, also an Etihad partner airline, is at the centre of this strategy which gives […]
Uganda safaris made easier through new road projects
NEW ROAD DEAL SET TO OPEN UP UGANDA’S ALBERTINE TOURISM ATTRACTIONS (Posted 29th August 2015) A financing deal worth at least 145 million US Dollars was signed between Uganda and the World Bank during the week, aimed to improve the road network in and around the Albertine Graben. Access to Lake Albert, in particular the […]
South Sudan tourism update
Bahr el Jebel Safaris, which remains South Sudan’s only licenced safari operator at this stage, will reopen their office in Juba next month and is planning to commence expedition style safaris from January next year. This follows the signing of the IGAD Peace Agreement which was finally signed earlier this week by the regime in […]
