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Blind German reaches Kili summit |
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A blind man from Munich, Germany made history recently when climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and reaching the top peak, ‘Uhuru,’ the highest point on the African continent. The tour was organized in Germany by well-known Hauser Expeditions, while locally the guides were provided by Snow Cap Limited, a climbing outfitter based in Moshi, Tanzania. The climb was accompanied by a specially-trained German guide from Hauser Expeditions and ably supported by over a dozen porters and local guides, who accompanied the blind man to the top of the mountain and explained the landscapes and scenery as they went along. This man proved that his disability was no impediment to achieving his long ambition. Well done! Visit our sponsors, Africa's Best Safaris to book your cliimb of Mt. kilimanjaro. Visit www.africasbestsafaris.com for details |
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Information has been availed that Kenya Airways may in due course begin flights to Botswana and Namibia, possibly as an extension combined with their daily Nairobi – Johannesburg services. The airline presently serves over 30 destinations across Africa, seen as the load factor backbone for many of their international services, in particular to the Gulf, India, and south Asia, when passengers connect in Nairobi for their final destination. Flights to Congo Brazzaville, also a new destination, are set to commence in late March from Nairobi and will operate initially three times a week.
Meanwhile, AFRAA, the association of African Airlines, met last week in Bujumbura, Burundi for their regular meeting, having selected the venue at their last sitting in Nairobi. No details were available on the agenda and proceedings at the time of going to press.
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Tanzania to classify hotels |
After being postponed for nearly a decade, the project to classify tourist accommodations will start tomorrow, according to an official from the ministry of tourism and natural resources.
The programme, the first of its kind for the country`s tourism industry, will start with the Tanzanian coastline and will be conducted from tomorrow until the end of the month.
Salama Kibogoyo, the ministry’s principal tourism officer, told The Guardian on Sunday that the exercise will cover 99 hotels out of 177 found in the Dar es Salaam and coastal regions, and the accommodations will be rated as normal hotels or from single to five-star hotels.
The 99 hotels had to meet a certain standard just to be rated, and the remaining 78 establishments in the two regions were deemed below the standard for classification, she said. |
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