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Our guides are locals who are trained and accredited as tourist guides. The aim is this tour is about learning and understanding South Africa’s apartheid legacy by visiting townships on the outskirts of Durban.
We learn the rich history and culture of the Zulu people by visiting a community owned and managed cultural village, your hosts are the local Zulu tribal community. This will also show how tourism can benefit communities living away from the “regular” tourist routes and also show how there is value in preserving tribal cultures and traditions.
Accommodation is locally owned, either by tribal communities; by South African individuals or – in the case of your hotel in Durban – by a South African company with a strong environmental and empowerment philosophy.
Visiting Zulufadder project we see how tourism can bring awareness and help to impoverished communities through aid project initiatives. This is truly a visit outside the tourist route, by visiting we show the local people that tourism can bring benefit to the grassroot level.
Throughout the tour we are using local community guides thereby creating employment opportunities as well as an understanding for tourism as a means to earn an income. We teach all our guides that if you preserve the environment and offer a friendly and passionate service to your visitors, tourists will continue to arrive. This tour is available from 2 persons upwards – this is not a mass-tourism tour but rather an intimate and personal experience.
In our office we train our own staff and if possible, always employ previously disadvantaged individuals. We spend a considerable amount of time and money on the training of our staff, thus equipping them for a career in tourism.
We limit the amount of paper wastage, always re-using paper when possible. We actively encourage communication via e-mail and store all documents and data digitally instead of on paper. For our Southern African products we no longer print paper brochures but instead use digitally produced brochures.
We encourage our guests to get “off the tourist track” and visit places of unique beauty and interest, not on the “mass tourism” trail. By adopting a pioneering spirit, unforgettable experiences and memories can be had.
All accommodation venues are our “Responsible Tourism” partners, they are all operating according to sound Responsible Tourism practices in that they invest more than average in staff training and empowering the individual staff members; they are environmentally aware and have integrated sound environmental principles in their routines.
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