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March 2016 Newsletter
Who has the best Eco credentials?
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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.
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.
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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Masola Forest Lodge - Madagascar
Tswalu - South Africa
Eco features
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.
Private reserve, fully revived from wasteland, indigenous wildlife and flora reintroduced, community projects; schooling and health projects for locals & low impact activities.
Nkwichi Lodge - Mozambique
Mombo Camp - Botswana
Eco features
Eco features
Community investment, land conservation, support of education and schooling for locals Nyanja people as well as lake & shoreline preservation.
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
Chumba Island - Zanzibar
Eco features
Eco features
Part of the Tongabezi Camp education and health care for locals projects, solar power, waste water management system, low impact construction.
A true Eco crusader, protecting the marine reserve, supporting sustainable fishing, self powered camp, low impact activities and an environmental education programmes.
Serra Cafema - Namibia
Elsa’s Camp - Kenya
Eco features
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.
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.
Little Makalolo - Zimbabwe
Gibbs Farm - Tanzania
Eco features
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.
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.
Safari News
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. No single supplements on Wilder ness Safari - Explorations Mobile Safari. Taking guests to the heart of the action, staying at some of the finest safari lodges throughout Zimbabwe, Botswana & Namibia.
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Africa & Beyond Photography Competition 2016 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.
This month the winner will receive a copy of Africa’s Finest We’ll add a shortlist each month to our Instagram account and the winning photograph will be included in the 2017 Africa & Beyond Calendar.
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.
Don’t forget to send in your March entries See more on our Instagram page
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