Responsible Tourism

Ecotourism in Kenya and East Africa  is a growing source of revenue for the long-term management and care of its protected and unprotected areas alike . It's not just about driving more tourists to these locations. It's about ensuring that visitors travel responsibly, help protect the wildlife they are visiting and contribute to the well-being of local communities.

Some of the most amazing places on Earth are also the most threatened. Our modern wonders, and their unique and irreplaceable wildlife, are in jeopardy. And while common knowledge may suggest we stay far away from these landscapes and seascapes to protect them, Kawaii Safaris  attests that you can help save the world’s most precious places by visiting them in a responsible manner.

Ecotourism only works when it yields economic benefits to local people, supports conservation and reduces the human impact of travel. It requires the active and educated participation of tourists and the travel industry alike, and it involves everyone from the visitor to the tour operator and airline, the hotelier and the local labor force to agriculturists to individual conservationists.

Your role in ecotourism – whether you travel to relax, explore or learn – is to prepare carefully before leaving and choose responsible options. Know your destination intimately: its wildlife, unique environmental stresses, ecotourism opportunities and certified participating agencies and operators. Ask for and choose these options at every stage of your trip, and vote with your dollars. Do everything you can to protect the environment around you for future generations. What you do while at your computer booking flights and hotels here can be felt on the ground and make all the difference between what's lost and what's saved there