AWF extends virtual safari program in 2021 NAIROBI, January 24, 2021 African Wildlife Foundation hosted its first virtual safari to Tanzania in October 2020, which focused not only on giving participants a real taste of the safari experience, but offered an opportunity to learn from AWF experts about pandemic threats, including efforts to conserve wildlife and support wildlife communities.
The success of this event led to the creation of a virtual safari series to continue in 2021. AWF has announced the additional events – guided online tours to Uganda (next Thursday, January 28) and a third in Zimbabwe in March.
The primary goal of AWF Virtual Safaris is to engage its supporters with special access and offerings providing tangible takeaways about the connection between the tourism industry, wildlife, and community livelihood in African communities working to protect endangered and threatened wildlife. This unique formula has made a difference over the past year and helped the organisation to conduct a highly successful emergency response to Covid-19.