This introductory chapter explored the evolving narratives and developments regarding climate change and its impacts on tourism in natural areas within Southern Africa. A substantial portion of global tourism is comprised of nature-based tourism. Due to the unique natural wealth that most Southern African economies possess, tourism is an increasingly important industry used to drive socioeconomic development and diversify national economies in the region. However, the industry’s heavy reliance on natural capital, particularly vulnerable to climate change, is under threat. Because less adaptation has been done to minimize unfavourable climatic circumstances and extreme weather occurrences, their effects are particularly noticeable in developing countries, such as Southern Africa. It is therefore important that the regional governments act immediately by first understanding how climate change affects natural and human capital and thereafter create and enforce more aligned and robust policies to support the region’s (and broadly sub-Saharan Africa’s) capacity-building, equity enhancement, adaptation strategies, and achievement of resilience to climate change.