A holiday can be so much more than beautiful places, luxury accommodation and unforgettable wildlife encounters.
When thoughtfully planned, and with the right choice of travel partners, your journey can also make a positive difference. It can contribute to wildlife and habitat conservation, anti-poaching initiatives, the protection of endangered species, employment and opportunities for local communities, as well as education and community projects.
At African Sensations, we believe that your holiday to Africa should be an unforgettable and authentic experience but also one that can also leave a positive footprint behind.
We carefully select the lodges, hotels and experiences we work with, ensuring that they share our commitment to responsible and sustainable tourism. When travelling with us, you can enjoy the beauty, wildlife and diversity of Africa while knowing that your stay is supporting something bigger.
A few of the responsible tourism partners we work with in South Africa
Lepogo Lodges – Lapalala Wilderness, Limpopo
Lepogo is a 100% non-profit safari lodge, with profits supporting conservation. Its initiatives include cheetah reintroduction, pangolin conservation, rhino protection and community projects. Lepogo also offsets the carbon footprint of its international guests and supports a community stove project.
Samara Karoo Reserve – Eastern Cape
Since 1997, Samara has been rewilding the Great Karoo, restoring more than 67,000 acres and working towards reconnecting three national parks. A stay at Samara directly contributes to this remarkable conservation journey.
Kariega Game Reserve – Eastern Cape
Kariega’s philosophy is “conservation through community”, using tourism to protect its wilderness while ensuring surrounding communities also benefit.
Through the Kariega Foundation, guests contribute towards rhino conservation and anti-poaching, wildlife protection, environmental education, youth development, skills training, community gardens and food-security initiatives.
Isibindi Africa Lodges – South Africa & Zimbabwe
For almost three decades, Isibindi has worked closely with neighbouring communities. Through the Isibindi Foundation, its conservation and community initiatives support both people and the natural environment. Its properties include Rhino Ridge Safari Lodge, Thonga Beach Lodge, Kosi Forest Lodge and Tsowa Safari Island in Zimbabwe.
Grootbos Private Nature Reserve – Western Cape
Grootbos combines exceptional conservation with community development. Through the Grootbos Foundation, its work includes fynbos conservation and research, local employment, skills development and community initiatives.
“We don’t simply choose beautiful places to stay. We choose partners whose tourism model helps protect the places, wildlife and communities that make Africa so extraordinary.”
Why is responsible tourism so important to us?
We live in a world filled with uncertainty and inequality, and we believe we all have a responsibility to look after our planet – Mother Earth – for future generations.
By supporting conservation, sustainability and local communities, we contribute to so much more than we may realise. It is about respecting nature and the places we visit, protecting endangered wildlife, creating opportunities for local people and helping preserve this beautiful planet we call home.
And there are so many incredible people and organisations around the world already doing extraordinary things and making a real difference. We feel privileged to work with some of them and to support their efforts.
But we need everyone to be part of the journey.
Travel with a purpose
By choosing to travel with a purpose, you automatically become part of that effort.
Your holiday can help support conservation, communities and responsible businesses – while you experience the incredible beauty and diversity of Africa.
And perhaps that is one of the most rewarding things about travelling: knowing that your journey can leave something positive behind.
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