Tourists touring the five East African Community countries could soon have a common visa to travel if high-level talks between representatives of the countries bear fruit. Talks are at a high gear with meetings between ministers and other top Government officials taking place in Nairobi Kenya. East African Community minister Amason Kingi said the integration of immigrations departments in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi, and Uganda would open up the region. “A common visa would enable tourists to travel the countries with ease. This will result into an unrivalled wide safari package and holiday vacations for our region and pool tourists to the hub,” he added. Residents of the member countries would also cross the borders to carry out business for the benefit of their individual countries and the region, said Mr Kingi. “We want to market East Africa as a single tourism safaris package as opposed to the current scenario in which individual countries are marketing themselves,” said Mr Kingi,. The minister was speaking at Mwembe Resort Hotel during the launch of Malindi Protects Children campaign aimed at fighting child sexual exploitation in the tourism sector, something that had been becoming a growing concern. The event was presided over by Tourism minister Najib Balala. The policy would also prohibit member states from speaking ill about other East African community members during their marketing strategies, he said. Mr Kingi decried the rise in child sex tourism in Malindi Mombassa Watamu Nairobi , saying it must be stopped since it had painted the holiday destination negatively in Europe and America
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, Outfitter Nepal is very glad to welcome you to this tiny but amazingly diverse country ‘Nepal’. Nepal is the best destination not only for the mountain lovers but for everyone who would like to discover the natural diversity, variety of culture, flora and fauna among others. Outfitter Nepal was founded with the vision to promote tourism by making your trips in Nepal a life-time experience. Therefore, we at Outfitter Nepal believe that you should be able to enjoy the natural and cultural heritages of the country to the fullest. Outfitter Nepal is a team of young and enthusiastic tourism professionals being united from different parts of the country for the cause to make you feel fully satisfied during your trips in Nepal. The members of the team have thorough knowledge in the field of geography and culture. Moreover, they have long years experience in Trekking, Rafting, wildlife safari and other adventurous activities, which can be experienced not only in Nepal but also in Tibet, Bhutan and India. Outfitter Nepal is an authorized company to plan and carryout all kinds of Trekking, Tours and adventurous activities in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and India and we have been successful to track the record in the country, establishing this company as a leading tour and trekking company with our experience, passion and commitment. Our belief is to impart optimum satisfaction to our clients with quality services in reasonable price. We have observed all the legal liabilities; similarly, we are also aware of environment correlatives along with our profession. Therefore, we devise only eco-friendly trekking and tours, with the aim to benefit the locals and conservation of the environment. All the staffs at Outfitter Nepal are well-trained and license holders from the government to work in their fields of expertise. Therefore, our message to you is ‘Just visit us once and go through it, and then you know all.’ Everest Trekking is the most popular trekking among the trekkers, as there are spectacular mountain peaks. The Everest region is located in the north-east of Nepal. Everest trek is not only a famous destination for tourists in Nepal for its scenic views of the highest peak of the world, the Mt. Everest [8,848m] along with other peaks, but also well known for the loyalty and friendliness of its inhabitants [The Sherpas]. The primary goal of Everest trekking is to reach in Mt. Everest base camp [5,340 m], whereas it is not possible to view the Mt. Everest from the camp, therefore many trekkers climb up to Kalapatthar [5,545 m from sea level], but many tourist fall an acute high altitude sickness, therefore the trekking in Everest region is the most challenging treks in Nepal. While many of the routes through the mountains are arduous, there are ample places to rest and enjoy a meal along the way. If your physical fitness does not suit, you can have other adventurous activities along the Everest region. You can have a look on the indigenous culture [...]
East Africa Travel Guide & When to go on Safari
Our East Africa travel guide is intended for you to use as a guideline as to when it is the best time to visit East Africa’s National Parks and Game Reserves. Please contact your consultant for seasonal changes to this calendar. East Africa is situated on the equator, so there are not large differences between winter and summer temperatures and the days have more or less the same amount of sunlight. The coast can be relatively humid and inland it could get cold due to the high altitude. There are two traditional rain seasons, the long rains fall during the months of April and May and short rains fall between October and November. The Serengeti plains are +-2000m above sea level with an temperature ranging from10 to 20 degrees Celsius. During mid winter the evenings and mornings are often chilly, the Ngorongoro Crater at +- 2200 m above sea level could drop to below freezing during June / July. The closer to the coast you get the hotter and the more humid with Zanzibar experiencing almost unbearable humidity during the summer months, so please bear this in mind when planning your beach holiday and choose a lodge offering fans and air conditioning. when to travel to tanzania Highlights and best times to visit the Serengeti National Park: February-April: Migration on the southern Serengeti plains August-October: Migration crossing the Mara River July-January: Good predator sightings June-July: Migration through the Western corridor June-March: Best time for general game viewing April-May: The most affordable time to travel (and still really good) The Serengeti has a lot more to offer other than the migration, not only would there be less visitors, the sightings of other plains game would generally be better and the big cats are more prolific outside of the migration months too. The excess supply of food leads to the cats becoming lethargic (as they lie and digest their latest feast throughout the day) and you generally do not see them that often except early morning and or late afternoon. The cats would also be outside of their normal structures and or territories because finding food is easy with the migration passing through. Highlights and best times to visit the Ngorongoro Crater Ngorongoro Crater has good game viewing all year round because of the resident game and the density of the animals within the Crater. February and March: Lake Ndutu in the greater Ngorongoro Crater Conservation witness the migration pass through July and August: can be very dusty and busy – this is also the most expensive time to visit Ngorongoro Crater. April and May: Due to the rainfall and are beautiful, everything is in flower and you actually see more because the soda lake is full condensing the animals into the space available. Highlights and best times to visit Tarangire National Park Tarangire is arguably Tanzania’s second best wildlife destination offering massive elephant herds and wonderful Baobab trees. Being a dry season park the best time to visit would be [...]