&Beyond was established alongside rising international demand for responsible tourism and wilderness experiences, and in the belief that, through business enterprise, wildlife conservation could be placed on a sustainable economic footing.
In 1991 &Beyond (then called Conservation Corporation Africa or CC Africa) began realizing our dream of extending Africa's green frontier by developing and sustaining wildlife sanctuaries across the continent and inviting the world to share in our vision.
&Beyond is an evolution of the model originally established over 70 years ago at Londolozi Private Game Reserve. This model demonstrated that, by harnessing international capital through low-impact, high-yield tourism, conservation land could prove its economic viability whilst affording rural communities a meaningful share of the benefits.
The spirit and efficacy of this model, implicit in the company's core ethic of "Care of the Land, Care of the Wildlife, Care of the People" was not only recognised and supported by the holders of international investment capital, but has been underwritten by numerous awards, including the important British Airways Tourism for Tomorrow award and a host of hospitality and conservation accolades.
The expansion of &Beyond's vision began with an ambitious project in the early 1990s in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was called Phinda - the Zulu word for "the return". Phinda would become the most compelling realisation of the dream of creating sustainable conservation through responsible tourism.
With the birth of Phinda and its extensive involvement in the local community, &Beyond established the Rural Investment Fund, now known as &Beyond Foundation. The Foundation focuses on rural development around &Beyond lodges and reserves, and facilitates international financial support for responsible, consultative community projects in rural Africa.
From 1995 &Beyond continued to expand its portfolio of superior safari lodges and moved into Kenya, Zimbabwe and Tanzania, and later Botswana, Namibia and India.
In February 2000, &Beyond merged with two other travel outfits (Afro Ventures and Into Africa) to form one of Africa's most comprehensive tourism companies, combining the strength of its lodge portfolio with a large tour operating division, destination management, incentive group travel and mobile safari specialist operation.
The &Beyond portfolio now consists of over 35 lodges and camps located in six countries.
