Wilderness promotes sustainable development :: Mmegi Online

Wilderness Safaris’ Magashi Camp, situated in north-eastern Akagera National Park, Rwanda, is strongly rooted in a core purpose: to help contribute towards the conservation and sustainable operation of Rwanda’s last protected savannah ecosystem, and to drive sustainable ecotourism in the wildlife-rich park.

Launched in partnership with African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board, collectively called the Akagera Management Company (AMC), Magashi forms part of Wilderness Safaris’ objective to build sustainable conservation economies in Rwanda. It further entrenches its commitment to expanding ecotourism in the region by offering an extended high-end circuit that goes beyond gorillas.

“Opening Magashi, our second camp in Rwanda, in May 2019, was an exciting venture for us, as it demonstrated the difference that responsible ecotourism can make to rural Rwandan people, and biodiversity conservation in a different ecosystem.

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