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Eco Safari Lodges in Africa
What qualifies a safari establishment to call itself eco-friendly? Can it just be one thing or should it be an ethos that runs to all aspects of the facility, including: recycling of waste conservation touching the earth lightly using local build materials sourcing local food enviro-friendly sewerage treatment ...
Eco-friendly Safaris
Here’s some news about eco-friendly safari camps and ‘green’ safari lodges that go the extra mile take care of the environment: Garonga Safari Camp Garonga Safari Camp in the Makalali Reserve (not too far from Kruger National Park) ensures that all rubbish is separated and foodstuffs are used for warthogs and kudu in winter. They...
Thandeka Lodge nr Bela Bela, Limpopo
Travelling is what I do best but I am a travel writer that is always getting lost! Finding Thandeka Lodge somewhere up a long track near the blink-and-you-miss-it town of Bela Bela, would have been much harder without “Bossy“. Bossy is the female voice on the Nokia Navigator GPS phone that my travelling companion Toni...
Shibula Lodge & Bush Spa
Decor: Eclectic unresolved mix of Afro, European, Bali, Persian and the smart home décor shop in the mall. Food: Refined, inventive and very tasty. Staff: Hosts and rangers treat you like family, while the African staff tend to stay behind the scenes. Position: Perhaps one of the best placed in Welgevonden for access to...
Sediba Private Game Lodge (Letlapa and Letlapala Lodges)
Game Experience: Play hide and seek with the Big Five in this bushy, hilly reserve. Rangers: Ask for Justinus by name and you will get a top guide who’s funny too. Decor: Mediaeval heavy metal with 21st century twist – very masculine but very luxurious with private Jacuzzi sunk into each deck. Food: Fabulous in...
Nedile Lodge
Nedile Lodge Overview: Game Experience: Riaan the Ranger’s party trick is finding lion and leopard in 38,000 hectares of Big Five reserve. Decor: It doesn’t get more traditional safari than this; wood, stone, thatch and African artefacts harmoniously combined in tones of brown. Food: Delicious dinners with local game meats a speciality, but unmemorable lunches....
Ka’Ingo Private Reserve
Ka’Ingo Overview Game Experience: See lots of game like lion, rhino, buffalo and elephant, giraffe, lots of buck and snuffling warthog. Decor: Inviting beds and a bright refurbishment in progress as I left. Food: Malawian’s are renowned for being great chefs and there are two at Ka’Ingo. Taste some of the best meat in SA,...