This World Tourism Day, Ecotourism Kenya is proud to announce the winners of the 13th Edition of the Eco Warrior Award. The theme for the 2018 Eco Warrior Awards is, Tourism; Protecting Culture and Heritage. [caption id="attachment_4802" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo Credits: Ecotourism Kenya[/caption] Ecotourism Kenya hosted this year’s annual gala dinner yesterday at Crowne Plaza, Nairobi. Notable personalities who graced the event included; The Chief Guest Speaker Dr. Evangeline Njoka,…

As a participant of the Green Tourism Summit Africa, Beads Safaris Collection is delighted to share with you the declaration of the 4th Green Tourism Summit Africa 2018. The declaration is a public statement on modelling a sustainable future Africa’s tourism made by 22 organizations and 70 delegates who participated in the 4th Green Tourism Summit Africa, hosted in Kenya by Sustainable Travel & Tourism Agenda (STTA), in Nyeri, Kenya…

The 4th Green Tourism Summit Africa was held from 19th to 21st June 2018 at the White Rhino Hotel in Nyeri. The summit was themed, “Modeling a sustainable future for tourism and conservation in Africa”. The summit sought to leverage opportunities presented by environment and social sustainability as prime innovation platforms for tourism and conservation. The summit discussed three key topical areas; Luxury and Sustainability in the Hospitality Sector, Emerging…

We walked through the different booths at a buildings and homes expo in Nairobi, sales representative ushered us into her booth and talked about a new luxury villa development in Nanyuki that we should visit. She handed us an information pack about the property, as I flipped through the booklet, my eyes caught the words, 'with views of Mt. Kenya and Lollidaga Hills'. She later took our business cards and…

What was planned as a visit to admire Elimoo Njau Muranga Murals at an ACK church in Muranga turned out to be a full day excursion to Muranga County. The day finally reached and we set out for Muranga at 9:30am from Nairobi. We drove past Ruiru, Juja and took a turning Kenol a renowned junction that marks the end of the dual-carriage road. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ALH6qehiRo&t=284s[/embed] Our first stop was Mukurwe…

The 2016 Green Tourism Summit and Mazingira Awards held on 16th and 17th June 2016 at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. The Summit which also hosts the Mazingira Awards is organized and hosted by Sustainable Travel and Tourism Agenda (STTA), a Kenyan organization working to elevate dialogues around green tourism and the broader green development agenda. The overriding theme for the summit was, “The Future is Green”. The issues…

The inaugural Green Tourism Summit was held on 11th and 12th June 2015 at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Upper Hill Nairobi. The convener of the summit Judy Kepher Gona, rallying call was “One billion travelers – One planet – Consume with care” which was borrowed from the World Environment Day theme dubbed, “7 billion interests – One planet – Consume with care”. The summit provided a platform aimed at challenging interactive…