News – Wild & Isle

New Requirements For Traveling Minors Entering South Africa

Wild & Isle — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:09:19 +0000

All ports of entry into South Africa have been informed that unabridged birth certificates and consent letters are no longer required for international minors travelling to South Africa with their parents. The waiver was recently signed by Minister Motsoaledi and comes into effect immediately. Please see requirements below…

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African Parks Takes Over Matusadona National Park

Wild & Isle — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 08:12:24 +0000

African Parks is a non-profit organisation, founded in 2000, whose goal is to manage 20 National Parks by 2020. At this moment African Parks manage 16 National Parks and protected areas across Africa with emphasis on economic development and poverty alleviation of surrounding communities to guarantee that each park is ecologically, socially and financially stable in the long term.

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Green Light Given To Mining In The Lower Zambezi National Park

Wild & Isle — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:17:44 +0000

A controversial Kangaluwi open cast copper mine project has been given the go ahead in the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. The park, one of Zambian tourisms’ major economic contributors and a supporter of thousands of communities in the area, is situated opposite the famous Mana Pools National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The High Court of Zambia dismissed an appeal against the…

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Wild & Isle Partners With The Jonty Rhodes Way

Wild & Isle — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:52:42 +0000

We have some very exciting news! Today we are launching our partnership with ex South African cricketer, Jonty Rhodes, famous for revolutionising the modern game. Jonty’s fielding and batting heroics are well remembered in the cricketing world and he is now involved in passing on his knowledge to children from countries such as Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

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Wild & Isle Visits Painted Wolf Relocation In Mana Pools National Park

Wild & Isle — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:23:25 +0000

With only 5000 – 6000 Painted Wolves left in the wilds of Africa this highly intelligent and social animal is considered critically endangered. Sightings can be rare outside of certain areas and Mana Pools, in Northern Zimbabwe, can be considered as one of its final strongholds on the continent. It was with great pleasure that Sean Wilyman, partner at Wild & Isle Safaris, was invited by Wilderness…

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Relocation Of Painted Wolves (Wild Dogs) To Mana Pools National Park

Wild & Isle — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:53:42 +0000

Capmount Lodges, Wilderness Safaris and Painted Dog Conservation, are partnering to trans-locate a pack of Painted Wolves (aka African Wild Dogs) from Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park to the Mana Pools National Park. The pack will first be trans-located from Hwange to Chikwenya, next to Mana Pools National Park, where they will be held in a boma while they acclimatise to the area over a period…

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Botswana to join Univisa countries Zimbabwe and Zambia

Wild & Isle — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:31:46 +0000

At a Bi-national Commission held in Harare last week, the Southern African country of Botswana committed to joining Zimbabwe and Zambia by making use of the Univisa system (see our write up on how the Univisa system works). For $50 a tourist can currently travel as many times as they like between Zimbabwe and Zambia. This has led to an increase in the number of tourists that visit both…

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[Watch] Our Epic Expedition To The Okavango Delta

Wild & Isle — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:14:18 +0000

In late April we embarked on one of our annual exploratory trips to the Okavango Delta to visit some new, and well established, safari lodges and camps. This is a very important job for any reputable travel company selling safaris within Africa, as it is the clients, who we sell these safaris to, who benefit from the advice we offer them from our learnings gained from these educational trips.

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