Green Safari Lodges

These are just some of the variety of actions being taken, piloted and developed in our various lodges and camps. Many of the best solutions are not glamorous, most are invisible and take place “back-of house” and some are downright suprising, but all are aimed at reducing our footprint a little without compromising the ability for the land to sustain itself by delighting a small group of guests. These are some of the hundreds of eco-innovations and stories of how each of our teams gives back.

A small selection of eco-innovations and stories about each team giving back

• Solar powered geysers, office and certain staff canteen facilities - Klein’s Camp
• 30 000 indigenous trees grown from seed planted to reforest the area - Ngorongoro Crater Lodge
• Wet waste recycled from the kitchens for feed for a nearby community farmer - Lake Manyara Tree Lodge
• A doctor is employed full-time by the lodge to assist with staff and local community health, and villagers are trained how to plant vegetable gardens - Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp 
• Sea water is desalinated for use on the island and local fishermen are sponsored to protect the surrounding reefs - Mnemba Island
• Camp is almost 100% solar-powered through innovative illumination techniques - Serengeti Under Canvas
• Water recycled from showers and carwash to irrigate lawns - Kichwa Tembo Masai Mara Tented Camp
• Beekeeping is taught and are hives are provided to the Maasai; the honey is bought back by the lodge to provide extra income to schools and rural women - Bateleur Camp
• Alien aquatic weeds are being eliminated by the lodge, which has been selected by conservation authorities to pioneer a weevil breeding project in the Okavango Delta - Sandibe Okavango Safari Lodge
• Waste & septic tanks managed through use of biodegradable cleaning products, so perfectly clean before release into the environment - Nxabega Okavango Tented Camp
• Green architecture of stilted rooms allows for complete regeneration of forest floor - Xudum Okavango Delta Lodge
• Silent hybrid motors used for water transportation, perfectly silent and emission free - Xaranna Okavango Delta Camp 
• Invasive vegetation removed and recycled into “bushblok” logs for lodge fires in a joint project between the Cheetah Conservation Programme and US AID - Sossusvlei Desert Lodge
• Soft physical footprint of totally movable camps removes physical impact of permanent camp - Chobe Under Canvas & Savute Under Canvas
• Innovation in lodge electrification allows for guests to remotely shut down all energy use in their rooms, showing a 60% drop in energy consumption - Ngala Private Game Reserve
• Each fortnight guides host rural children whose villages border the reserve and take them on conservation lessons and game drives to see their natural heritage - Dulini Lodge, Exeter River Lodge, Leadwood Lodge
• All waste is removed from the reserve and all glass, plastic, paper and metal is recycled - Kirkman’s Kamp
• Biofuel is created from recycled kitchen and workshop oils for use in pilot vehicles and lanterns - Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Phinda Private Game Reserve
• Radio collars for monitoring endangered wild dog are sponsored by the lodge - Madikwe Safari Lodge
• Solar panels installed to power first streetlamps in the neighbouring village - Mahua Khoti Bandhavgarh Jungle Lodge
• All vegetables grown onsite, organically and composted with recycled kitchen waste - Baghvan Pench Jungle Lodge
• Clean water supply built and provided for poor local community, where previously no taps had existed - Nairobi Office
• Shantytown roofs are waterproofed through staff hands-on project - Cape Town Office
• Paper and waste recycled to reduce impact of administrative offices - Johannesburg Office
• Cleanup of town plots that had become dumpsites - &Beyond Dar es Salaam Office
• Orphanage “adopted” and supported with basic supplies, such as fortified porridge and shoes - Arusha Office