4.1 Ecotourism in Otago, New Zealand.
Otago region is southeast part of the South Island, New Zealand. There are unique nature, such as Royal Albatross, yellow-eyed penguins, water and wading birds, variety of seals, coastlines and volcano. Ecotourism operators organize nature-based tourism and the Department of Conservation is assessing environmental sustainability. For example, Monarch Wildlife Cruises provide nature-observing cruises. Passengers are able to learn undisturbed nature along coastline with minimum impacts. Catlins Wildlife Trackers Ecotours and Walks offers two to four days walking ecotours to up to eight people once. Participants stay a lodge with guides and experience local unique nature in depth. Nature Guides Otago is organizing a day tours with experiences guides. Participants have chances to see variety of unique flora and fauna. Omaru Blue Penguin Colony operates tours to observe blue penguins keeping distance. People can look at a nature of blue penguins without damaging those habitats.
4.2 Ecotourism in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
KwaZulu-Natal region is east coast of South Africa. Official conservation agencies maintain a huge protected area, where is a habitat of elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, leopards and lions, and they also has wetlands and other ecosystems, where special biodiversities still remain. Especially, the St Lucia wetland Park, which is represented by a large and beautiful lake system and sub-tropical coastline, contains mountains, grasslands, forests, mangroves, dunes, beaches and coral reef. People successfully reintroduced some endangered species, such as elephants, hippos, crocodiles, flamingos and pelicans. Numbers of rhino, giraffe and buffalos are growing there. Some parts are the oldest national reserve in Africa. The Drakensberg Mountains attracts walkers and climbers. They have typical mass tourism destination along a coastline. KwaZulu-Natal has been a traditional domestic tourism destination, and almost six million international travelers visited there in year1999.
Otago region is southeast part of the South Island, New Zealand. There are unique nature, such as Royal Albatross, yellow-eyed penguins, water and wading birds, variety of seals, coastlines and volcano. Ecotourism operators organize nature-based tourism and the Department of Conservation is assessing environmental sustainability. For example, Monarch Wildlife Cruises provide nature-observing cruises. Passengers are able to learn undisturbed nature along coastline with minimum impacts. Catlins Wildlife Trackers Ecotours and Walks offers two to four days walking ecotours to up to eight people once. Participants stay a lodge with guides and experience local unique nature in depth. Nature Guides Otago is organizing a day tours with experiences guides. Participants have chances to see variety of unique flora and fauna. Omaru Blue Penguin Colony operates tours to observe blue penguins keeping distance. People can look at a nature of blue penguins without damaging those habitats.
4.2 Ecotourism in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
KwaZulu-Natal region is east coast of South Africa. Official conservation agencies maintain a huge protected area, where is a habitat of elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, leopards and lions, and they also has wetlands and other ecosystems, where special biodiversities still remain. Especially, the St Lucia wetland Park, which is represented by a large and beautiful lake system and sub-tropical coastline, contains mountains, grasslands, forests, mangroves, dunes, beaches and coral reef. People successfully reintroduced some endangered species, such as elephants, hippos, crocodiles, flamingos and pelicans. Numbers of rhino, giraffe and buffalos are growing there. Some parts are the oldest national reserve in Africa. The Drakensberg Mountains attracts walkers and climbers. They have typical mass tourism destination along a coastline. KwaZulu-Natal has been a traditional domestic tourism destination, and almost six million international travelers visited there in year1999.