Ndzalama's bush camp, on the other hand, is a simple imitation of the vernacular and not ecotourism architecture. The tourist is not a local person and does not live like one, so you have to adapt some things so that the person who gets off the plane from Frankfurt or New York City almost immediately feels comfortable in the new environment. This means not making exact replicas of traditional huts. Also, air conditioning has the effect of encapsulating the tourist in an artificial environment behind closed doors and windows. That's difficult to reconcile with the idea of ecotourism, which presupposes contact with nature.
Traditional tourism emphasises escapism, while ecotourism emphasises the learning experience.
The traditional tourist has been conditioned to thinking that sea, sun and sex are the primary ingredients of a good holiday. The best ecotourism delivers a holistic experience and shows the way to achieving greater simplicity and at the same time greater quality of life. An ecotourist is not content merely to tick off trophies. He doesn't see animals merely as objects a lion as a large wild creature with four legs and a mane, and divorced from its environment. Those are questions that an ecotourist might ask.