Gavin Lau tells us about a typical day interning at a local Nature Reserve in Harare, Zimbabwe! Mauya! I am currently completing an internship at a nurture reserve in Harare, Zimbabwe for a few months. The nurture reserve is […]
How the tourism industry can contribute towards achieving the SDGs: A few best practices.
For a Zimbabwean, it is easy to take some things for granted. I am sure it is the same for a Parisian and the Eiffel Tower! There are some things that you only begin to appreciate once visitors to your country comment on or in my case, meeting different people when I travel abroad who ask me about places or experiences I have no idea exist in Zimbabwe.
Starting out at 5am was a daunting idea at first but something I knew was necessary if we were going to reach Nyangani Mountain (3-4 hour drive). It is not allowed to go up the mountain afternoon because there is a greater risk of disappearing. Yes! people have been known to disappear, and our guide, Stewart was quick to mention that the last person to disappear was an ‘Indian guy’ in 2014.
