| For most people An African safari and especially | | | | of the money you spend on huge establishments |
| an African beach holiday is a once in a life time | | | | hardly trickle to the locals. Game fishing isn't |
| experience to remember. Often travelers opt for | | | | exactly a game - The effect of picking off the |
| a beach experience after an African wildlife safari | | | | ocean's largest and finest creatures could kick off |
| or a cultural safari or even a busy African | | | | devastating chain reactions. This surely isn't worth |
| business trip. A beach experience helps you | | | | it when you consider that it's for fun and not for |
| unwind. But what most people don't realize is that | | | | food. Be gentle with coral - Avoid touching coral |
| an African beach holiday/vacation can do more | | | | while scuba diving or snorkeling because coral is a |
| bad than good to the environment and the locals. | | | | living thing. Also be careful with your flippers |
| Most people have the understanding that tourism | | | | because one careless swipe of sand can easily |
| in developing countries actually helps the locals and | | | | suffocate a patch of coral. Avoid buying or |
| the country as a whole. This however is not | | | | collecting marine souvenirs - The collection of |
| always the case. Especially when you consider the | | | | seashells whether habited or not can be damaging |
| fact that huge businesses are often involved in | | | | as it deprives another creature that relies on it of |
| the lucrative tourism industry. Travel is big | | | | a home. The hermit crab for example lives in |
| business and in fact a billion dollar industry. As with | | | | seashells. Avoid all-inclusive resorts whenever |
| anything when profits come before anything else | | | | possible - Some all inclusive resorts even though |
| including the environment then it is easy to see | | | | providing travelers with pretty much everything |
| how some places that have been created as | | | | from food, entertainment and including souvenir |
| tourist areas can do more damage to the | | | | shops, the sheer scale of such resorts can be a |
| environment than good. For starters some | | | | problem for the often delicate marine |
| African governments have been selling prime | | | | environment. Some of these all inclusive resorts |
| beachside locations to foreigners, sometime | | | | are even fenced off from the outside world not |
| displacing the communities nearby and other time | | | | to mention that they are sometimes situated in |
| affecting even their livelihoods by making some | | | | private beaches. Smaller is sometimes better- |
| beaches exclusive. In some areas of Africa | | | | Smaller resorts could be much better for you and |
| virtually all the infrastructure is foreign owned | | | | also for the environment. Finally if you are going |
| from the shopping centres to the restaurants, | | | | to use a travel agency or a tour operator for you |
| hotels and curio shops. In some places this has | | | | African beach safari then look for eco friendly |
| lead to local resentment. so while on an African | | | | packages and tour operators that care about the |
| beach vacation or safari, doing some of the | | | | environment and the destinations they serve. |
| following can make a big difference in the lives of | | | | Jerry Wanga is editor of is an online website on |
| the locals and the environment. Whenever possible | | | | photo Safaris and other top African safari |
| buy souvenirs from locals- When you do this you | | | | destinations including Kenya Safaris ,and Tanzania |
| are supporting the local community because much | | | | safaris. You can view more info on the website. |