SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
Making a difference...
We want your journey with us to leave a legacy of good and have a lasting positive impact on everyone involved in it, from the housekeepers in the hotels and lodges you stay in to the drivers of the transfer vehicles that take you from place to place, and everyone in between. To do this we work with exceptional African safari brands that are leading the way forward where sustainability is concerned, contributing directly to making every trip count.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
WALKING THE WALK
True sustainability is not about being "green" or opening creches in impoverished local villages. It's about walking the walk as well as talking the talk. Which is why we ensure the tourism businesses we work with share our commitment to improving the positive impact and tangible benefits each journey can have on both local communities and wilderness areas alike.
PEOPLE AS WELL AS PLANET
Like us, all of these brands are striving to be sustainable through the actions they take and the business models they have adopted, understanding that sustainability is about people as much as planet, subscribing to the triple bottom-line of empowering people and protecting environments as well as focusing on profit.
FAIRNESS IN ALL THINGS
A sustainable tourism business focuses on capacity building and increasing the knowledge of its people, paying them fairly and respecting their dignity. It invites its people to contribute directly to the running of the company, giving them a say in the decisions that affect their lives and careers.
RESPECT
It respects human rights, culture and the environment, providing safe working conditions and practices, promoting gender equality, diversity and the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources. It reduces its impact on our planet using the reduce, reuse and recycle ethos and is empathetic to cultural norms in the communities it works amongst.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
WALKING THE WALK
True sustainability is not about being "green" or opening creches in impoverished local villages. It's about walking the walk as well as talking the talk. Which is why we ensure the tourism businesses we work with share our commitment to improving the positive impact and tangible benefits each journey can have on both local communities and wilderness areas alike.
PEOPLE AS WELL AS PLANET
Like us, all of these brands are striving to be sustainable through the actions they take and the business models they have adopted, understanding that sustainability is about people as much as planet, subscribing to the triple bottom-line of empowering people and protecting environments as well as focusing on profit.
FAIRNESS IN ALL THINGS
A sustainable tourism business focuses on capacity building and increasing the knowledge of its people, paying them fairly and respecting their dignity. It invites its people to contribute directly to the running of the company, giving them a say in the decisions that affect their lives and careers.
RESPECT
It respects human rights, culture and the environment, providing safe working conditions and practices, promoting gender equality, diversity and the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources. It reduces its impact on our planet using the reduce, reuse and recycle ethos and is empathetic to cultural norms in the communities it works amongst.
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
WALKING THE WALK
True sustainability is not about being "green" or opening creches in impoverished local villages. It's about walking the walk as well as talking the talk. Which is why we ensure the tourism businesses we work with share our commitment to improving the positive impact and tangible benefits each journey can have on both local communities and wilderness areas alike.
PEOPLE AS WELL AS PLANET
Like us, all of these brands are striving to be sustainable through the actions they take and the business models they have adopted, understanding that sustainability is about people as much as planet, subscribing to the triple bottom-line of empowering people and protecting environments as well as focusing on profit.
FAIRNESS IN ALL THINGS
A sustainable tourism business focuses on capacity building and increasing the knowledge of its people, paying them fairly and respecting their dignity. It invites its people to contribute directly to the running of the company, giving them a say in the decisions that affect their lives and careers.
RESPECT
It respects human rights, culture and the environment, providing safe working conditions and practices, promoting gender equality, diversity and the conservation of biodiversity and natural resources. It reduces its impact on our planet using the reduce, reuse and recycle ethos and is empathetic to cultural norms in the communities it works amongst.
Great examples of sustainability in action...
Here we highlight some of the amazing brands we work with and the projects that are making a tremendous, lasting difference to people and wilderness areas across Africa, leading the way forward through their commitment to responsible, ethical and truly sustainable tourism.
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GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION'S SOLAR MAMAS
In 2019, Great Plains sponsored nine ‘Solar Mamas’ to leave their villages in Botswana to attend a five-month solar power training programme in India. They returned home with the skills to install and maintain solar home lighting systems, run a business and provide sustainable energy for their communities. The current phase of the project aims to supply equipment for the Solar Mamas to electrify rural households in their remote communities bordering the Okavango Delta. Solar electricity is a safer and more sustainable energy source than paraffin, candles, or firewood and electricity is a natural deterrent to wildlife in this game-dense area. The project also aims to increase community-wide educational and economic activity after dark and advance gender equality by supporting women to become entrepreneurs. The Solar Mamas programme is unique in its ability to address all of these areas of community life with an environmentally sustainable technology at the project’s centre.
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UTHANDO/ABALIMI BEZEKHAYA
Uthando is a unique model of travelling philanthropy underpinned by the values of responsible tourism. Through philanthropic education excursions and experiences, it successfully links the tourism industry to a broad range of innovative, inspiring, and well-managed community development programmes. One of these is Abalimi Bezekhaya. Meaning “Farmers Of The Home” in isiXhosa, this is a non-profit urban farming organisation that provides support to disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, teaching people how to grow and maintain organic vegetable gardens within local communities. This encourages food security while providing support to production gardens for income generation. These centres are also training and demonstration gardens where the community can buy organically grown vegetables for consumption.
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TSWALU KALAHARI FOUNDATION
Tswalu Kalahari is leading the way through its community programmes and The Tswalu Foundation's research projects. Tswalu provides an amazing range of services and facilities to its people, including a health care centre that provides free primary health care and health education not only to staff and their families on the reserve but to anyone in need in the remote, rural communities surrounding the property. Tshameka, a preschool established in 2003, provides a stimulating, structured early education in preparation for primary school for children of staff and their extended families. The Kalahari Endangered Ecosystem Project (KEEP) is also having a profound impact on the understanding of the way the environment and wild fauna and flora at Tswalu are responding to climate change. KEEP brings together expertise in botany, zoology, veterinary science, ecology and physiology, drawn from institutions across the world, all working together by sharing data and integrating findings.
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CHEM CHEM ASSOCIATION
Conservation-based tourism is how it's done at Chem Chem in Tanzania.
By choosing to stay at Chem Chem Lodge, Little Chem Chem, or Forest Chem Chem, guests contribute to the protection and preservation of this beautiful environment and its inhabitants. Through the Chem Chem association - a registered non-profit organisation located within the Burunge Wildlife Management Area in northern Tanzania - Chem Chem is making a huge difference, securing and protecting the Kwakuchinja corridor — an important ancient migratory route connecting Tarangire and Lake Manyara national parks. Chem Chem's mission is to work in partnership with key stakeholders to conserve these critical ecosystems while simultaneously empowering local communities.
Protecting the region’s endangered wildlife and working to make a life-changing difference in the lives of the people living in the 10 villages surrounding the corridor is of paramount importance. It is here that Chem Chem is directly fostering sustainable development by building lasting relationships that support conservation, education, and community engagement projects.
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Great examples of sustainability in action...
Here we highlight some of the amazing brands we work with and the projects that are making a tremendous, lasting difference to people and wilderness areas across Africa, leading the way forward through their commitment to responsible, ethical and truly sustainable tourism.
-
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION'S SOLAR MAMAS
In 2019, Great Plains sponsored nine ‘Solar Mamas’ to leave their villages in Botswana to attend a five-month solar power training programme in India. They returned home with the skills to install and maintain solar home lighting systems, run a business and provide sustainable energy for their communities. The current phase of the project aims to supply equipment for the Solar Mamas to electrify rural households in their remote communities bordering the Okavango Delta. Solar electricity is a safer and more sustainable energy source than paraffin, candles, or firewood and electricity is a natural deterrent to wildlife in this game-dense area. The project also aims to increase community-wide educational and economic activity after dark and advance gender equality by supporting women to become entrepreneurs. The Solar Mamas programme is unique in its ability to address all of these areas of community life with an environmentally sustainable technology at the project’s centre.
FIND OUT MORE -
UTHANDO/ABALIMI BEZEKHAYA
Uthando is a unique model of travelling philanthropy underpinned by the values of responsible tourism. Through philanthropic education excursions and experiences, it successfully links the tourism industry to a broad range of innovative, inspiring, and well-managed community development programmes. One of these is Abalimi Bezekhaya. Meaning “Farmers Of The Home” in isiXhosa, this is a non-profit urban farming organisation that provides support to disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, teaching people how to grow and maintain organic vegetable gardens within local communities. This encourages food security while providing support to production gardens for income generation. These centres are also training and demonstration gardens where the community can buy organically grown vegetables for consumption.
FIND OUT MORE -
TSWALU KALAHARI FOUNDATION
Tswalu Kalahari is leading the way through its community programmes and The Tswalu Foundation's research projects. Tswalu provides an amazing range of services and facilities to its people, including a health care centre that provides free primary health care and health education not only to staff and their families on the reserve but to anyone in need in the remote, rural communities surrounding the property. Tshameka, a preschool established in 2003, provides a stimulating, structured early education in preparation for primary school for children of staff and their extended families. The Kalahari Endangered Ecosystem Project (KEEP) is also having a profound impact on the understanding of the way the environment and wild fauna and flora at Tswalu are responding to climate change. KEEP brings together expertise in botany, zoology, veterinary science, ecology and physiology, drawn from institutions across the world, all working together by sharing data and integrating findings.
FIND OUT MORE -
CHEM CHEM ASSOCIATION
Conservation-based tourism is how it's done at Chem Chem in Tanzania.
By choosing to stay at Chem Chem Lodge, Little Chem Chem, or Forest Chem Chem, guests contribute to the protection and preservation of this beautiful environment and its inhabitants. Through the Chem Chem association - a registered non-profit organisation located within the Burunge Wildlife Management Area in northern Tanzania - Chem Chem is making a huge difference, securing and protecting the Kwakuchinja corridor — an important ancient migratory route connecting Tarangire and Lake Manyara national parks. Chem Chem's mission is to work in partnership with key stakeholders to conserve these critical ecosystems while simultaneously empowering local communities.
Protecting the region’s endangered wildlife and working to make a life-changing difference in the lives of the people living in the 10 villages surrounding the corridor is of paramount importance. It is here that Chem Chem is directly fostering sustainable development by building lasting relationships that support conservation, education, and community engagement projects.
FIND OUT MORE
Great examples of sustainability in action...
Here we highlight some of the amazing brands we work with and the projects that are making a tremendous, lasting difference to people and wilderness areas across Africa, leading the way forward through their commitment to responsible, ethical and truly sustainable tourism.
-
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION'S SOLAR MAMAS
In 2019, Great Plains sponsored nine ‘Solar Mamas’ to leave their villages in Botswana to attend a five-month solar power training programme in India. They returned home with the skills to install and maintain solar home lighting systems, run a business and provide sustainable energy for their communities. The current phase of the project aims to supply equipment for the Solar Mamas to electrify rural households in their remote communities bordering the Okavango Delta. Solar electricity is a safer and more sustainable energy source than paraffin, candles, or firewood and electricity is a natural deterrent to wildlife in this game-dense area. The project also aims to increase community-wide educational and economic activity after dark and advance gender equality by supporting women to become entrepreneurs. The Solar Mamas programme is unique in its ability to address all of these areas of community life with an environmentally sustainable technology at the project’s centre.
FIND OUT MORE -
UTHANDO/ABALIMI BEZEKHAYA
Uthando is a unique model of travelling philanthropy underpinned by the values of responsible tourism. Through philanthropic education excursions and experiences, it successfully links the tourism industry to a broad range of innovative, inspiring, and well-managed community development programmes. One of these is Abalimi Bezekhaya. Meaning “Farmers Of The Home” in isiXhosa, this is a non-profit urban farming organisation that provides support to disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, teaching people how to grow and maintain organic vegetable gardens within local communities. This encourages food security while providing support to production gardens for income generation. These centres are also training and demonstration gardens where the community can buy organically grown vegetables for consumption.
FIND OUT MORE -
TSWALU KALAHARI FOUNDATION
Tswalu Kalahari is leading the way through its community programmes and The Tswalu Foundation's research projects. Tswalu provides an amazing range of services and facilities to its people, including a health care centre that provides free primary health care and health education not only to staff and their families on the reserve but to anyone in need in the remote, rural communities surrounding the property. Tshameka, a preschool established in 2003, provides a stimulating, structured early education in preparation for primary school for children of staff and their extended families. The Kalahari Endangered Ecosystem Project (KEEP) is also having a profound impact on the understanding of the way the environment and wild fauna and flora at Tswalu are responding to climate change. KEEP brings together expertise in botany, zoology, veterinary science, ecology and physiology, drawn from institutions across the world, all working together by sharing data and integrating findings.
FIND OUT MORE -
CHEM CHEM ASSOCIATION
Conservation-based tourism is how it's done at Chem Chem in Tanzania.
By choosing to stay at Chem Chem Lodge, Little Chem Chem, or Forest Chem Chem, guests contribute to the protection and preservation of this beautiful environment and its inhabitants. Through the Chem Chem association - a registered non-profit organisation located within the Burunge Wildlife Management Area in northern Tanzania - Chem Chem is making a huge difference, securing and protecting the Kwakuchinja corridor — an important ancient migratory route connecting Tarangire and Lake Manyara national parks. Chem Chem's mission is to work in partnership with key stakeholders to conserve these critical ecosystems while simultaneously empowering local communities.
Protecting the region’s endangered wildlife and working to make a life-changing difference in the lives of the people living in the 10 villages surrounding the corridor is of paramount importance. It is here that Chem Chem is directly fostering sustainable development by building lasting relationships that support conservation, education, and community engagement projects.
FIND OUT MORE
