AfricaTours Inc
April 2005
Newsletter

Eco-tourism/Conservation

Campi ya Kanzi, Amboseli, Kenya selected as finalist for 2004 world legacy award - The have been rewarded for its efforts in conservation and in ecotourism not only by being selected finalists for the 2004 World Legacy Award, but also by being chosen by USA today in the Top Ten ecotourism destination in the world. All at the camp are very pleased. Their efforts continue with the game scouts doing an excellent job, and the staff making a huge difference in the schools, with the employment of many teachers.

They are still trying to launch the Simba Project: the reimbursement to the Maasai of the livestock killed by lion, so that nobody will retaliate and kill the predatory lions. Lions--the most African animals--are now endangered: your help can make the difference. To help sustain Simba Project “Territory Ahead” (a fashion catalogue of the USA) came to the camp to shoot their woman’s clothing catalogue, Isabella Bird. The camp had a week of excitement, shooting pictures in the most unusual locations (over the hills, at the Maasai village, in the savanna). Hundreds of clothes flew in from the USA, models, producers, photographers, technicians, hairdressers, tailors…. You can’t imagine. They stayed for a week. While it was hard work for all, up at 5 am and going all day, it was also lots of fun.

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