Interaction

Regardless of whether the chief has granted us permission to visit his village, if we wish to access a house, barn, etc., we will, in turn, ask its owner for permission. This extends not only to buildings, but also to their lands, animals, totems, and natural environment. Tribal life has a broader organic sense than what we are used to and, in most cases, its inhabitants live in total symbiosis with their livestock and nature.

Photography

We will ask permission if one want to portray a person or group, addressing him or her directly. Sometimes they will ask to pay for the “posing.” It is advisable to agree beforehand to avoid misunderstandings.

Gifts

We will avoid bringing them clothing, footwear, toys, plastic or objects that do not belong to their culture, which would cause an acceleration of the globalization process, contrary to the purpose of preserving their customs. Simple seemingly harmless gestures, such as giving candy or knick-knacks to children, have hitherto non-existent consequences for them, such as cavities. We will opt for gifts that belong to their environment, fabrics purchased in their markets and products that they consume regularly. If we bring medications that we want to donate, we will do so at a health center to ensure their correct administration.

Observe without judging

Although it is difficult to carry out, it is the best way to immerse ourselves in other societies. The experience of having interacted and learned from cultural diversity will be the legacy that the experience of approaching tribal life will leave us.

Environment

On our trips we promote environmental protection. By respecting the natural environment and leaving it as we found it, without our footprint, we will minimize the effect of our presence.

Code of conduct

Safe and honorable tourism aims to strengthen the critical pillar of safety and ensure that tourism follows international standards of safe tourism practices, applicable for both tourists and residents i.e local people and communities who may be impacted by tourism in some way. Its central objective is to ensure that tourism activities are undertaken, integrating the need to protect the dignity, safety and the right to freedom from exploitation of all tourists and local residents involved in or impacted by the tourism.

To meet this objective and the core of the National tourism policy is outlined the seven pillars of tourism:

• 1. Welcome
• 2. Information
• 3. Facilitation
• 4. Safety
• 5. Cooperation
• 6. Infrastructure Development
• 7. Cleanliness

When traveling to Angola, tourism must be committed to following the specified objectives that we have drawn for every trip at Angola territory:

• Encourage tourism activities to be undertaken with respect to basic rights like dignity, safety, and freedom from exploitation of both tourists and local residents, i.e people and communities who may be impacted by tourism in some way.
• Aid the prevention of prostitution, sex tourism and forms of sexual exploitations like assaults and molestations in tourism to safeguard the safety of persons, in particular women and children.
• To enhance prevention of activities like forced or involuntary drug use, alcohol, manipulated and incorrect information, cultural and social intolerance which could increase vulnerability to crime.