Tourism
Hiking adventures top AwC tourism agenda for Malawi
January 13, 2021 / Bester Kayaye
Adventures with Colby (AwC) a local tourism-sector excursion firm specialized in promoting hiking, says tourism is an integral ingredient in uplifting Malawi’s economic status.
AwC founder and Director Colby Mughogho tells Mining and Trade Review that by attracting tourists from all over the world to visit different places in Malawi, the company contributes to generating revenue and boosting the country’s foreign exchange cover.
This year, AwC has lined up a number of activities including 4-peaks-challenge where participants are expected to conquer Michiru Mountain, Ndirande Mountain, Nthawila and Soche Hills in the commercial city of Blantyre.
“Anyone is welcome to join us on any of the mountains or better still on all of them,” he says.
Following his passion for adventure and tourism, which saw him engage in a 13-year-old career in wild camping, trekking, hiking and off-road cycling, Colby Mughogho founded Adventures with Colby in 2017.
Through the adventures, the firm has also been boarding on numerous life changing community projects such as the 2 wheels 2 schools project carried out in 2020 and many other programs under the Hike with Heart, which he also founded.
“The 2 wheels 2 schools project focuses on getting back less privileged secondary students back to school by assisting them with school fees, bags, bicycles for those who walk long distance to school as well as bicycle spare parts,” he explains.
Mughogho, however, laments that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has negatively impacted on their projects. He observes that some international clients continue to fail to travel to Malawi due to travel restrictions because of the pandemic.
“Covid-19 has negatively affected the tourism industry as a whole and our firm has not been spared. We are experiencing less clientele as some of our international clients have moved back to their homes hence we have started promoting local tourism,” he says.
In 2021, AwC plans to take its escapades to the northern region of Malawi having noted that the region has not experienced adequate tourism interventions and investments.
“People should expect great adventure trips up the northern region this year,” he says.
Share this:
Leave a Comment
Comments
Mining & Trade Review News
Agribusiness News
Subscribe to Newsletter
Rehabilitation:
The establishment of a stable and self-sustaining ecosystem, but not necessarily the one that existed before mining began. In many cases, complete restoration may be impossible, but successful remediation, reclamation, and rehabilitation can result in the timely establishment of a functional ecosystem.
Archives
Remediation:
The cleanup of the contaminated area to safe levels by removing or isolating contaminants. At mine sites, remediation often consists of isolating contaminated material in pre-existing tailings storage facilities, capping tailings and waste rock stockpiles with clean topsoil, and collecting and treating any contaminated mine water if necessary.
Stakeholders Logos
