One tour company organises horseback safaris of three to six days so that tourists can enjoy the Mavuradona mountain scenery and wildlife. This is far more challenging than simply allowing a professional tour operator to set up in the area, as it can mean that rural residents are responsible for the entire tourism process from marketing through to hosting the tourists, sometimes in their own villages. On the whole, community-based tourism is a new field of tourism, and since each project will need to be tailored to local priorities and tourist attractions, various different systems are being tried out in different parts of Africa. Welcome to Sunungukai Camp On the banks of the Mazoe River is Sunungukai tourist camp, the first tourism programme run by local communities in Campfire. Visitors come to enjoy mountain hiking, try their luck at catching fish, enjoy the view, or watch birds, hippos, crocodiles and small game.
Local guides take people to see nearby bushman paintings, or to consult the traditional healer.
Visitors camp or stay in traditional round huts and can make arrangements to share traditional meals with local residents. Others make handicrafts and souvenirs to sell at the camp. Community workshops and meetings are held to ensure that the locals can voice their opinions on the impacts of tourism in their area. Trophy hunting Trophy hunting is considered the 'ultimate' ecotourism in Southern Africa, and is especially important for rural communities in Zimbabwe, which earn significant revenues from foreign hunters. Hunters tend to travel in smaller numbers, and are usually satisfied with more basic amenities than other tourists, so they have less damaging impact on the environment, while paying higher fees.