Who is kingsley holgate

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Using adventure to improve and save lives, that is the key concept of the Kingsley Holgate Foundation. The Kingsley Holgate Foundation team distribute life saving mosquito nets, water purification LifeStraw's and Rite to Sight spectacles across the wilds of Africa. No other team of modern day explorers have achieved so much in using the energy of adventure to make such a positive difference to the lives of so many.

To find out more about the Kingsley Holgate Foundation click here. Land Rover epitomises travel and adventure and these are the vehicles that continue to open up Africa for the Kingsley Holgate Foundation. Land Rover remains the Kingsley Holgate Foundation's vehicles of choice - tough enough to follow in the footsteps of the early explorers.

Land Rover and Ambassador Kingsley Holgate are preparing for their next life-saving mission through Africa and beyond. But the truth is we are just an ordinary family, friends and volunteers with an extraordinary passion for Africa. We tracked the entire coastline of Africa through 33 countries. Our point of difference is that we use our adventures to improve and save lives, distributing long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets to pregnant mums, those with babies, spectacles to the poor sighted in our Rite to Sight campaign, box libraries, lapdesks and learning materials to schools and lifestraws for purified water.

Kingsley Holgate :"Backed by the governments of nine Sadc countries, the Boundless Southern Africa Expedition is all about nature, community and culture. It is a single symbolic Land-Rover journey from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic to link two oceans, nine countries, 30 game parks and nature reserves, seven transfrontier conservation areas and the communities that live within or alongside these conservation areas.

These rural communities need to be part of, and see benefit from, conservation tourism. Mutandi :"Which places have you visited in Zimbabwe and what has been your impression? Kingsley Holgate :" Despite so much news about Zimbabwe, we have had an outstanding time here. Travelling from Mozambique where we were met at the Sango Border Post in Chiredzi by the director-general of the Zimbabwe National Parks Wildlife and Management Authority, Dr Morris Mtsambiwa, and his team; Edson Chidziya, the national co-ordinator for transfrontier conservation areas in Zimbabwe; local conservationist Clive Stockil and wildlife artist Lin Barrie, all of whom introduced us to the beauty of Gonarezhou, its wildlife, the beautiful baobabs, the Runde, Save and Mwenezi rivers and the sunset colours as we made an expedition camp under the Chilojo Cliffs — there is so much beauty here and the communities are welcoming.

Mutandi :"Is there any life for TFCAs after the expedition or are they just going to close doors after your expedition?

Kingsley Holgate :"There is life indeed. One of the clear objectives of the Boundless Southern Africa Expedition is to map, create and market a Boundless Southern Africa Route which other adventurers will follow, there is already a great deal of interest and media support which will bring more tourists to Zimbabwe — we believe that this route to join two oceans and nine countries has the potential to become one of the greatest adventure routes in the world, especially when you think of joining iconic places like Victoria Falls , Hwange National Park , and Gonarezhou to other iconic places like the Chobe , the Okavango, the Mighty Drakensberg, the beauty of Southern Mozambique, the Kruger National Park and the other transfrontier conservation areas across Africa.

Mutandi : "In the areas you have travelled, are there any loopholes which you have identified that need attention from relevant stakeholders? If there are, what are your suggestions? Holgate : "To be truthful, Zimbabwe has suffered from a great deal of negative publicity and we have to start changing that image and attracting visitors and investors to come back and be part of the future.

Zimbabwe, too, has to work on this image. Mutandi :"I notice that you opted to camp rather than to stay in lodges or hotels. Is it a deliberate move to stay away from comforts? Kingsley Holgate :"Not entirely. We love the bush. But the other night it was a hot shower, great food and a bed at Matetsi Lodge.