Nekacheya Travel and Tours was started by Herbert who is a trained teacher at both primary and secondary levels. After teaching in Botswana and Zambia Herbert decided to start Nekacheya Travel and Tours after the unfortunate death of his mother who was killed by an elephant in 2003.
Instead of despising nature and elephants, Herbert decided to devote his life to working with and understanding nature as well as the environment. The best way he believed to do so was to start a tour operating business to promote responsible and sustainable tourism to foreigners and Zambians as something unique and positive.
Herbert’s mother met her fate at her village which is located in the Mosi oa Tunya National Park here in Livingstone. On the fateful day, she went out with a friend to collect firewood. After collecting the wood, tying together, they carried the bundles on their heads and headed home. As they walked back home with the wood on their heads, they concentrated on balancing the wood, which made them focus on the road ahead. Little did they know that an elephant was walking behind them, when they realized its presence, it was too close to them, and as a result they panicked, dropped the wood and ran away. The noise caused by the dropped wood frightened the elephant which got into self-defense mode and charged at his mother. After about 70 metres, it caught up with her, held her, threw her to the ground and stepped on her. All this was seen by Herbert’s cousin who was stationed at his house in the village, which was about 150 metres from the scene of the incident. After the attack the elephant walked away into the bush. The friend to Herbert’s mother survived the attack because she ran in another direction.
Over the years the company has grown and Herbert has been joined by Innocent, Gift and Jones who are all part of the Nekacheya Travel and Tours team.
The business logo are two footprints of an elephant as the participation in tourism is centered on an elephant.
