The East African
Saturday March 13 2021
Summary
National parks provide a natural social distancing environment while still enabling visitors to interact with nature whether it is watching wild animals or trekking Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Mid last year, former tourism minister of Zimbabwe Walter Mzembi encouraged people in Africa to spend their holidays and weekends in wildlife parks where “natural social distancing” is observed.
Dr Mzembi defended his argument during a Zoom meeting saying that national parks or wildlife parks in Southern and East Africa were the safest areas free from coronavirus infections.
Last month, I visited three national parks in Northern Tanzania to test Dr Mzembi’s argument.