“Good Tourism” Destinations & Places in Africa

“GT” des­tin­a­tions in Africa, their spe­cial places, and the travel & tour­ism stake­hold­ers there who are keen to show­case their good, their bet­ter, and their best.

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Where is the line between cultural explorer and voyeur? The ‘Batwa Experience’

April 25, 2023

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, where the Batwa once lived. Image courtesy Nomadic Skies

Where is the line between cul­tur­al explor­a­tion and exploit­at­ive voyeur­ism while trav­el­ling among indi­gen­ous peoples?  In this “Good Tour­ism” Insight, Gav­in Ander­son explores the danger and prom­ise of travel & tour­is­m’s involve­ment with indi­gen­ous people through the lens of his recent work with the Bat­wa of south­w­est Uganda. I first met the Bat­wa, the indigenous […]

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An exemplar of nature-based and community-based agritourism in Rwanda: Red Rocks Cultural Campsite

April 21, 2023
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Agritourism in Rwanda at Red Rocks Cultural Campsite. Image by Kate Webster at www.travellerkate.com

Agri­t­our­ism show­cases agri­cul­ture, rur­al tra­di­tions, and nat­ur­al resources, provid­ing vis­it­ors with an oppor­tun­ity to exper­i­ence and learn about these ele­ments through tour­ism. The Red Rocks Cul­tur­al Camp­site in Musan­ze, Rwanda is an excep­tion­al mod­el of both nature-based agri­t­our­ism and com­munity-based agri­t­our­ism in Rwanda, show­cas­ing the vital­ity of the Afric­an nation. Sur­roun­ded by stun­ning scenery and […]

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Greg Bakunzi: From Rwandan refugee to founding force


Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Rwanda

Greg Bak­un­zi grew up in a refugee camp in Uganda, hav­ing fled the extreme viol­ence of the Rwandan gen­o­cide in the 1990s.  Raised under “extremely chal­len­ging” con­di­tions, the young Greg had little access to form­al edu­ca­tion.  Des­pite these ori­gins, the Greg Bak­un­zi of the 2020s is a renowned pion­eer, trail­blazer, and innov­at­or in com­munity-based tour­ism in […]

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Women’s and youth empowerment in one of the world’s ‘best tourism villages’


Women's and youth empowerment in Rwanda with Red Rocks Initiatives for Sustainable Development

Red Rocks Ini­ti­at­ives for Sus­tain­able Devel­op­ment runs con­­ser­­va­­tion- and com­munity-based tour­ism pro­jects in and around the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in Rwanda. Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park is most fam­ous for being one of the last hab­it­ats for moun­tain gor­il­las. Our ini­ti­at­ives include advan­cing the import­ant cause of women’s and youth empower­ment with­in our com­munit­ies. The non­profit Red […]

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Beyond ‘voluntourism’: Can you help Rwanda with sustainable tourism and community development?


Can you help Red Rocks with sustainable tourism and community development in Rwanda?

Drip­ping with sus­tain­able tour­ism and com­munity devel­op­ment poten­tial, the Vol­ca­noes Nation­al Park in north­west­ern Rwanda, along with the Vir­unga Park in the Demo­crat­ic Repub­lic of Congo (DRC) and the Bwindi Park in Uganda, make up the fam­ous Vir­unga Mas­sif whose eight vol­ca­noes are the only hab­it­at in the world for moun­tain gor­il­las. In Rwanda, Volcanoes […]

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Standing up for development, growth, natural & cultural heritage in Niger tourism

November 1, 2022

What's happening in Niger tourism?

Recog­nising the enorm­ous poten­tial and chal­lenges of Niger tour­ism, Issoufou Adamou Has­sane leads a NGO that he says is “lay­ing the found­a­tion” for tour­is­m’s reviv­al in the west Afric­an nation.  But they need resources and part­ners. “Good Tour­ism” Insight Part­ner the World Tour­ism Asso­ci­ation for Cul­ture & Her­it­age (WTACH) invited Mr Adamou Has­sane to contribute […]

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