The modern luxurious Linkwasha Camp is on a private concession in south-east Hwange. It overlooks a busy waterhole which is particularly good in the dry season and is not far from the productive Ngamo Plains which are a great attraction in the green season with many animals giving birth there.
Somalisa Camp is set on the edge of a seasonal floodplain on a wooded island which provides welcome shade in this wild part of Hwange. The camp waterhole is a major attraction to elephants especially in the dry season.
Victoria Falls Safari Club enjoys a neat position just 5km from the falls, but outside town looking west to the wildlife in the Zambezi National Park.
The Elephant Camp West is set a few minutes back from the bustle of Victoria Falls town on a tranquil hill overlooking one of the lower Zambezi gorges. It has good privacy and is perfect for starting or ending a safari.
The reopening of the finest safari lodge on the Zambezi is being met with great excitement. Matetsi River Lodge, perched on the banks of the Zambezi River, has a long history of delivering top hospitality and quality game.
For a piece of history, nothing beats a stay at the iconic Victoria Falls Hotel. A stay here is a fine way to unwind before or after a big safari in a grand, yet relaxed place within eyeshot and walking of the mighty Zambezi River and Victoria Falls.
The Lewa Conservancy is home to one of the two largest Black Rhino populations in East Africa. The intimate Lewa House is one of the places to stay to immerse yourself in the wildlife of this historic conservancy near Mt Kenya.
Loisaba Starbeds is clearly very different to other safari camps. The unique ability to wheel your bed under the African night sky and hear the sounds of the bush is reason enough to visit the Loisaba wilderness.
Segera is a blissful private retreat in the famed Laikipia district at the foot of snow-capped Mt Kenya. It’s focus on design, art and food compliments the possibilities of seeing herds of elephant, the unusual Patas Monkey and possibly some of Laikipia’s African Wild Dogs.
Tortilis Camp looks up to Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. It has access to a private conservancy and safaris here are prized for the incredible elephant encounters in such a dramatic landscape.
This off-the-beaten-track safari area adjacent to Chyulu Hills National Park is home to the stunning Ol Donyo Lodge. With distant views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Ol Donyo provides an intimate space to experience this home of the Masai where wildlife still roams.
Mara Plains Camp is an intimate luxury camp in one of the many Masai conservancies adjacent to the National Reserve. It offers access to a vast area in what is one of the prime big cat parts of the Mara.
Rekero Camp is an idyllic tented camp in the Maasai Mara, known for good local hospitality and as a centre for great game viewing.
Kichwa is one of the original camps in the Maasai Mara. Along with its sister Bateleur Camps, it is situated in a forest grove packed with birds and monkeys and overlooks a classic savanna plain. This is home to a great safari.
Angama Mara is perched on the iconic ‘Out of Africa’ site with outlandish views over the Maasai Mara. This modern camp is a must for first-time or seasoned safari-goers and has fun forest walks and community engagement opportunities too.
Namiri Plains is set in a secluded part of the Serengeti and is a base to explore a large area of the park in search of cheetah and seasonally the wildebeest and zebra migration.
As the original luxury camping safari in the Serengeti, Serengeti Under Canvas continues to provide great hospitality in the wilds of the Serengeti. This safari camp moves seasonally to stay within a day’s drive of the great wildebeest migration.
The Highlands Ngorongoro is an exciting new camp offering a very different feel and activities in addition to the great Ngorongoro Crater wildlife experience.
Sayari Camp is perfectly located in the Northern Serengeti to deliver superb wildlife safaris. The nearby Mara River, seasonal wildebeest migration and good resident game make this camp a must on a Tanzanian itinerary.
The iconic Ngorongoro Crater is one of the great wildlife sanctuaries in the world. No safari to Tanzania is complete without a day searching for Black Rhino, Lion, Cheetah and more. With its breath-taking views over this ancient volcanic landscape, Crater Lodge is still the most sought-after place to stay in this region.
Singita Grumeti Reserves is a prime private tract of Serengeti savanna in the west of the ecosystem. A collection of luxury camps provides access to a wildlife-rich 350,000 acres, home to big cats and the great wildebeest migration.
Phinda Forest is hidden in the rare Sand Forest of Maputaland and is home to exciting species such as African Broadbill, Narina Trogon, Rudd’s Apalis, Pink-throated Twinspot, Lemon-breasted Canary and Southern Banded Snake-eagle. With a total lost of over 400 species, birding at Phinda is always very rewarding.
The classic Singita Castleton camp is perfect for family groups where privacy in a vibrant bush setting is the recipe for many days of safari adventure.
Panthera’s mission is to ensure the future of wild cats through scientific leadership and global conservation action.
Some of the greatest species to ever roam the planet are threatened with extinction. Panthera focuses on saving wild cat species across the globe because this is a winning strategy for conserving large, functioning ecosystems on which they depend, and contain thousands of species of plants and animals. Cats act as landscape guardians and their presence indicates healthy, intact ecosystems that are crucial for all life, including people. While Panthera’s efforts are focused on saving wild cats, the impacts go far beyond.
Panthera has brought together the world’s leading wild cat experts to direct and implement effective conservation strategies for the world’s largest and most endangered cats: tigers, lions, jaguars and snow leopards.
Their approach to wild cat conservation is rooted in science and based upon decades of first hand field experience. They seek a future in which the world’s 37 wild cat species have the necessary and ongoing protection from human and environmental threats to persist and thrive in the wild. The vision sees endangered wild cat populations rebounded, critical habitats and core populations connected by genetic and biological corridors, and a global commitment to protect these iconic species through near and distant futures.
100% of donations will fund conservation action in the field as the founder and chairman of Panthera covers all administrative costs.
The Good Work Foundation is committed to doing just that, good work.
The projects are underpinned by 4 pillars of hope
English, Digital, Environmental and Creativity Literacy
The 21st Century brings with it a new set of challenges and it is our belief that we need to focus our education inputs on equipping our learners to meeting these challenges. To this end we have as our educational programmes the following:
1. English Literacy: For young people in rural areas the ability to speak good English when they leave school is vital to them joining the rest of the world. Adult English literacy is also important in order to facilitate and encourage the learning of the young people.
The English literacy is to roll out through Literacy Hubs with the Londolozi Learning Centre and the Bergmanshoogte Learning centre being the central hubs. The programmes involve the training of literacy facilitators and then the running of ongoing classes and training. The learners are both from schools in the area as well as adults.
2. Digital Literacy: Computers and technology have the wonderful ability to level the educational playing field, but if young people in the rural areas are not exposed to computers can merely serve to widen the gap of haves and have-nots. There are numbers of computer centres in all rural areas that are not being used to their full potential, lack of expertise and staff result in school computer centres staying empty. Digital literacy is to be rolled out using our trained facilitators through our learning centres and in partnership with the schools in our areas. Using the ICDL and Equal Skills programme we aim to equip the learners with a world recognized computer course and a skill required to become a contributing member of their own communities
3. Environmental Literacy: imparting knowledge and a sense of wonder in young learners is vital in our world today. Young people living in the communities around our game reserves need to understand and see the benefits of wilderness areas even more so than those in the cities. The future of these wild places will depend on it. All of us need to be living in mindful partnership with our planet and learning this early will result in a productive future for these young people.
To increase our role and influence in the teaching of Environmental Literacy to young rural South Africans through workshops, conservation clubs and programmes at our learning centres
4. Creativity Literacy: The ability to think and be creative has never been of more importance. In schools where funding is in short supply it is usually the creative pursuits that are cut, and focus is on the academic. While academic learning is important creative activities in young learners is important to their future success.
This is even more important for young learners who have been exposed to trauma or crisis. So many of our young people have been affected by violence, death (HIV-AIDS) and poverty and the importance of using creativity to help unlock their potential is something that we see as extremely important.
We will also use creativity workshops (among other things) to promote Early Childhood Education through Teacher training in the schools we are involved in.
Through creativity workshops for both teachers and learners as well as the use of art and drama therapy we hope to help the young learners reach their full potential and be able to use creative thinking and skills when they reach adulthood and in their careers and move into an age when ingenuity will be the driving force for success.
