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Looking at the best Eco lodges across east & southern Africa
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Who has the best
Eco credentials?
March 2016 Newsletter
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T his month we wanted to share with you information about
lodges and camps who have true safari ‘Eco’ credentials.
Today, having good Eco credentials
has lost its ‘beard and sandals’
reputation of the past, its now rather
more sophisticated, its about having
low carbon footprints, reinvesting in
the local communities, using local
produce and building materials,
introducing water filtration and
waste management systems and of
course protecting nature’s most
precious resource; the wildlife.
Co-producers of the Africa’s Finest
book, Colin Bell & David Bristow
spent over 4 years researching,
categorising and of course
photographing those lodges who
don’t, as they say, just ‘Green Wash’,
but have a genuine passion for
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Courtesy Nkwichi Lodge
conservation, sustainability, wildlife
and support of their community. So
along with a team of environmental
specialists, they applied a rigorous
criteria to the lodges thereby
creating their Top 50. We wont list
them all, but some of our favourites
across east & southern Africa.
Africa & Beyond have no stake in this book or
project, but if you wish to purchase a copy we
can point you in the right direction.
Courtesy Wilderness Safaris
Courtesy Sindabezi Island
Nkwichi Lodge - Mozambique
Eco features
Community investment, land conservation,
support of education and schooling for locals
Nyanja people as well as lake & shoreline
preservation.
Mombo Camp - Botswana
Eco features
Reintroduction of black rhino project, supports
elephant and lions studies, uses all filtered, not
bottled water, solar power, sustainability
projects as well as local community support.
Sindabezi Island Camp - Zambia
Eco features
Part of the Tongabezi Camp education and
health care for locals projects, solar power,
waste water management system, low impact
construction.
Chumba Island - Zanzibar
Eco features
A true Eco crusader, protecting the marine
reserve, supporting sustainable fishing, self
powered camp, low impact activities and an
environmental education programmes.
Masola Forest Lodge - Madagascar
Eco features
Works with neighbouring lodges to protect the
forest and anti-poaching projects, buys locally
grown fresh produce and offer lots of low
impact activities such as walking and kayaking.
Tswalu - South Africa
Eco features
Private reserve, fully revived from wasteland,
indigenous wildlife and flora reintroduced,
community projects; schooling and health
projects for locals & low impact activities.
Serra Cafema - Namibia
Eco features
A remote camp built from local materials, solar
energy for power and hot water, close ties with
the Himba people, employment of local staff
and support turtle projects on the coast.
Little Makalolo - Zimbabwe
Eco features
Solar panels and harvested rainwater provide
the essentials for the camp, they support local
community projects, the elephant movement
study and an anti-poaching programme.
Elsa’s Camp - Kenya
Eco features
The name alone reminds us of the incredible
history of wildlife conservation. The camp is
also passionate about community support,
solar energy and new water saving initiatives.
Gibbs Farm - Tanzania
Eco features
From the borehole that provides free water to
locals to the extensive home grown produce,
their community ties to the full recycling
programme, this lodge treads very lightly.
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Liuwa Plain, Zambia is a unique, remote and pristine National Park. Home to huge
wildebeest migrations, lions, cheetah and red lechwe as well as hundreds of rare bird
species, is about to get a new camp.
Mambeti Camp will have just 6 rooms and offer numerous activities based on the
changing seasons of this dramatic region. Opens early 2017, enquiries taken now.
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Congratulations to Mrs S. Little for this wonderful image taken in
Fish River Canyon, Namibia. It captures perfectly the sunset and
quiver trees, synonymous with this region.
Africa & Beyond Photography Competition 2016
Don’t forget to send in your March entries See more on our Instagram page
Planning for 2016 & beyond?
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tailored just for you.
We’re inviting anyone who has travelled with us to send in their
favourite photo taken during their trip. Just let us know where and
when it was taken, and why it’s your favourite.
We’ll add a shortlist each month to our Instagram account and the winning photograph
will be included in the 2017 Africa & Beyond Calendar.
This month the winner will receive a
copy of Africa’s Finest
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