Wilderness Safaris is a 22-year-old company that operates camps and safaris in Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Seychelles. The company is run by a group of likeminded wildlife enthusiasts who have come together to build a successful safari business, delivering a unique experience for our guests and fair returns for all shareholders and stakeholders, while ensuring that southern Africa's pristine wilderness and wildlife areas remain sustainably protected.

We offer wildlife, marine and heritage safaris in remote and pristine wilderness destinations which are specialised, educational, explorative and fun. Our camps and services are safe, hygienic, authentic and insightful of guests’ needs. Our “conservation through tourism” policy shares the benefits of tourism with local communities and ensures the protection of these areas for future generations.

The reserves and concessions that Wilderness manages offer some of Africa’s most impressive and untouched wildlife experiences. We are privileged to operate privately on over 4 million hectares of southern Africa’s best wildlife and wilderness reserves in some 49 lodges and camps. Wilderness has over 6 000 acres per bed of private land – or 13 000 acres per room, creating a sense of privacy and space that makes our operation unique.
Instead of having one style set throughout Wilderness camps, we celebrate the difference and uniqueness of each area and its wildlife – so that each group of camps has its own identity, feel and character. This variety of accommodation, activities and product means that there’s something for everyone wanting to come to Africa.

The environment is at the heart of our beliefs and values and we care for it in a number of different ways. Wildlife- or community-related projects are run at many of our camps. The Wilderness Safaris Wildlife Trust secures funds for these and other projects unrelated to the company. Children in the Wilderness is our hugely successful local children's programme. Finally, throughout our business we strive to save energy and be as environmentally friendly as we can.

WILDERNESS SAFARIS RELATED PROJECTS

To conserve is a human effort that requires insight, care and commitment.

Approximately 90% of all terrestrial life on Earth is found on only 2% of the Earth's surface - in areas known as environmental 'hotspots.' These are areas of extremely high species diversity and endemism - in other words, they consist of many different plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth! The key to the continued existence of this glorious variety of species is the protection of the hotspots in a 'sustainable' manner.

Wilderness Safaris projects help protect and nurture these wild places and our environmental hotspots. Nearly every region where we have developed a low-density tourism operation is in an area of extremely high species diversity and is a key wilderness area.

We focus our conservation efforts and resources in areas that are within or close to the camps we operate - in this way ensuring that our staff on the ground can be part of the long-term protection of the area. We are justly proud of some of the success we have achieved that has resulted in the conservation of animals and plant species. In some instances our collective efforts have resulted in the turning back of the 'environmental clock' as well as the proclamation of new conservancies.

WILDERNESS SAFARIS WILDLIFE TRUST

Wilderness Safaris Wildlife Trust supports a wide variety of projects in southern Africa, within the categories of wildlife management, research and education. These projects address the needs of existing wildlife populations, seek solutions to save endangered species and provide education and training for local people and their communities.

The goal of the Trust is to make a difference to Africa, her wildlife and her people.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Wilderness Safaris adheres to the increasingly accepted view that the growing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are driving the global warming phenomenon. It is clear that everyone has a responsibility to respond to this challenge. We see our own role as threefold:

1. We contribute to the economic viability of existing carbon sinks and remaining wilderness areas of southern Africa and by doing so ensure the sustainability of their conservation. As a result we ensure that the capacity of the planet to reabsorb carbon in the areas we operate is not reduced and that the photosynthetic processes that occur in these wilderness areas are not interrupted.

2. We strive to reduce our own energy use and have set targets for reduction over the next five years. We achieve this through greater efficiencies, through constant measurement and through alternative energy sources, such as solar, that are renewable and environmentally friendly.

3. We provide a learning platform for our guests and staff that increases awareness of the global warming phenomenon and provides guidelines for how individuals can contribute to its solutions through actions in their own lives and businesses.

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