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Most campsites used are community based and managed. A percentage of funds generated goes directly to that particular community managing the campsite. We try to relieve pressure on these basic campsites, by supplying our own firewood. Wherever we stay at campsites within sensitive areas, like Damaraland, we take our rubbish with us and dump it at designated spots within municipal areas. Visitors are always reminded to work sparsely with water.
All local food and specific delicatessens of specific tribes comes from the area these tribes live in. We motivate clients to support these tribes by purchasing their products. The same goes for arts and crafts. Visitors are also briefed about local customs and traditions before entering sensitive areas, where contact with local tribes can be expected.
All the lodges where we stay employ people from the surrounding areas. Frans Indongo Lodge for example, is owned by a local Namibian businessman, and serves as great inspiration for many Namibians. This lodge is also situated within a private game reserve, which makes a contribution to the conservation of wildlife. On every trip, guests are reminded of the scarcity of water and how to conserve it, even when staying in a lodge. Frans Indongo Lodge is working in close cooperation with the Namibia Cheetah Conservation Fund and is actively involved with rhino relocation and conservation.
Several communities benefit from this trip by means of entrance fees, bed levies, commissions, tips and by purchasing their products. These include Ugab Wilderness Camp, Twyfelfontein Rock Engravings, White Lady Bushman Paintings, Ngepi Camp Namushasha Lodge. Conservation gets their share, by means of entrance fees to Mahango Game Park and Babwata Game Reserve.
We are a Namibian owned and based company and we only make use of Namibian guides. Chances are that the same person planning your trip will also be your guide.
We invite every traveller who books a holiday via us to send in a review. Because we don't run the holidays they're completely independent and unedited... remember to read between the lines though, as two people on the same holiday can have different views!
