Have you ever wondered how you can travel in a more sustainable way? At Let’s Go Travel, we understand the importance of sustainable tourism for protecting the local culture and providing tourists with a one-of-a-kind travel experience. What is Community-Based Tourism? In community-based tourism (CBT), local residents earn income as land managers, entrepreneurs, service and…
The Laikipia County, through its partner FAO, held a 2-day meeting to discuss how they could move forward in their efforts to formalize and operationalize the Laikipia National Reserve —formerly referred to as Kirimun. For years, this area has been a national reserve on paper only. The Laikipia Tourism Association was invited to provide input…
The people of Mukogodo Forest and surrounding communities are traditional pastoralists (and some hunter-gatherers), yet many of them practice additional forms of agriculture. Beekeeping and bee enterprise is thought to have great potential for local residents if a good beekeeping cooperative can engage effectively in all things “bee”. Reliance on rain fed agriculture, like any…