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A society in the process of change. A vision through the book: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Botswana.

There are many ways to approach the cultures of the countries. Traveling, meeting people, watching documentaries, and, of course, reading. One day, many years ago, I fell into my hands a book with a curious title The  No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Botswana by the Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith. It was love at Read more…

THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRAVELER: THE SPANISH LANGUAGE

Many of the people who travel prefer to be able to communicate in their own mother tongue at the place of destination. So much so that this aspect can be decisive when deciding on one provider or another. The traveler chooses to contract services in which they can express themselves in their language, since this Read more…

Picos de Europa by Valentín Ormeño

I introduce myself, I am Valentín Ormeño Caballero, photographer by profession and nature lover by vocation, and from this passion my photography books are born, among them the trilogy “Picos de Europa, universe of rock, snow and light” (“Picos de Europa, universo de rocas,la nieve y la luz”) of the collection “Eagle Eye view” (“A Read more…

TEXDA – Where cotton becomes 100% elegance.

During my visit to Uganda last November, my partner and friend Rogers Nasasira, owner of The Great Trekkers Safaris, took me to meet Mrs. Grace Angela N. Kirabo, Executive Director of TEXDA. Grace is an energetic, kind lady who has a good command of her profession. It is also an excellent merchant. She knows that Read more…

Brain School Challenge – Nyabuhama Primary School – Uganda

The Brain School Challenge was an idea started by Juan Reina on his very first visit to the Pearl of Africa-Uganda. After several days of visits around the main capital city, he later traveled to the far west of Uganda on the 17th of November 2017 and paid a visit to the communities of Nyabuhama and Read more…

Geography and Marketing

Geomarketing In language there are words that, for some reason, sound good. The ideas, thoughts, behaviors and therefore the relationship between people, are based on words. We understand each other because we use common concepts. Geomarketing proposes, precisely, to approach the concepts of disciplines such as geography and meraketing; bring the concepts of space and Read more…

When to Use The Great Trekkers as a perfect Travel Agency

It’s an assumption you have heard before: Travel agents are a dying breed. Many people presume that the rise of do-it-yourself booking engines have wiped out travel agencies But that’s not necessarily the case. As a unique travel agency that fronts sustainable and fair travel, we have won the hearts of many travelers who have booked Read more…

El algodón de Uganda

  La planta del algodón es un arbusto del género de las malváceas, que tiene su origen en África, América y la India. Alrededor de las semillas de la planta del algodón, crece el algodón, una fibra textil vegetal considerada la fibra natural de mayor importancia del mundo. Casi el 10% de algodón producido en Read more…

The Great Trekkers Safaris. A sustainable and fair tourism project

         Rogers Nasasira is an enthusiastic man, he likes his work, his country, his nature, his wild life. But he is also an enthusiast of his people, his community, and above all the future of his country, Uganda. This has led him, along with a group of people with the same profile to create The Read more…