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Wilderness Safaris develops a luxury lodge in Rwanda Jennifer Morris
“We have found the Rwandan
of up to 42% on last-minute holidays to Samos, Ithaca or Sivota. Experience Sophisticated Samos leads in at £399, for seven nights in Votsalakia, including flights from Gatwick and transfers.
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Rotten shark, sir? Taber dishes up odd delicacies Taber Holidays is serving up unusual culinary experiences, including eating with the locals in Sweden, gourmet dining in Denmark and tasting rotten shark in Iceland. Eight-night prices from £1,365.
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Specialist operator Wilderness Safaris has begun work on a new mountain gorilla and chimpanzee lodge in Rwanda, a new country in its African portfolio. The 12-cottage Bisate Lodge, set to open next summer, is intended to set a new standard of luxury for lodges in the area and offer a base for gorilla trekking. It is being built as part of a conservation project, with the first phase focusing on indigenous reforestation of a 26-hectare site. Keith Vincent, group chief
executive of the tour operator,
said: “The opportunity to use the Wilderness Safaris model of responsible ecotourism to contribute to positive conservation and community empowerment in such an exciting environment is exactly why we do what we do.
government, ecotourism industry and conservation community to be nothing but welcoming and hospitable in partnering with us to pioneer a new kind of ecotourism in this inspirational country.” Wilderness Safaris is also seeking the go-ahead to build a lodge in nearby Gishwati-Mukura National Park, a 15-minute helicopter flight to the south. Vincent added: “We are in talks with the Rwanda Development Board about this even more ambitious project.” It is also earmarked to open in mid-2016.
wilderness-safaris.com
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