What you can expect are hosts who think globally about sustainability. What you can experience is what they do locally.
About places we support:
Bo-Kaap is the home of the Cape Malay people originally from Dutch East India. A special cultural experience of architecture, food, music, stories and religion in and next to the well known City of Cape Town. Much awarded places like Grootbos and Farm215 known for their conservation of coastal and mountain fynbos and partnerships with local communities and gardening courses for local unemployed people.
Supporting Dyer Island Cruises and Marine Dynamic where part of your money flows to research on white sharks and jackass penguins and support their Nolwandle community craft project for producing and selling authentic products to tourists in the Gansbaai area. In Arniston Waenhuiskrans supporting the women’s club of local Kassiesbaai fishing community in their efforts to create additional income. Learn about the local social problems from the people who work pro actively to improve the community life.
Stay with Fred Orban amidst his coastal fynbos development and experience the places and ways of the endangered Black Oystercather on a beach and botany hike. Stay with cooking school owners in Knysna or again with private nature reserve owners. Stay in Plettenberg Bay where dedicated people restored the original fynbos area from the previously misused forestry business.
Support Kira at Ocean Safaris where each sea safari is a data sampling exercise and some of your money goes to local research on dolphins but where results are internationally shared and applied. By visiting Addo National Park you are supporting the greater corridor development where the conservation area will be extended to the coast.
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