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Oryx Desert Salt supports !Xaus Lodge community

Transfrontier Park Destinations (TFPD) has a long-held vision of partnering with communities to commercialise their tourism assets, create sustainable job opportunities and encourage sustainable economic activity.  It is with the invaluable support of homegrown, global companies that it’s been possible to build on this vision. One of TFPD’s projects is !Xaus Lodge, (pronounced Kaus, with [...]

By |August 8th, 2022|In the media, Responsible Tourism|Comments Off on Oryx Desert Salt supports !Xaus Lodge community

Winner at African Travel Week Travel & Tourism Awards #WTMA20

!Xaus Lodge is the winner of the Most Compelling Sustainability Story for the WTM Africa Awards 2020 inaugural African Travel Week Travel & Tourism Awards. Here's the nomination that was submitted: The International Dark Sky Certification campaign led and developed by !Xaus Lodge for the !Ae !Hai Kalahari Heritage Park resulted in the Park’s certification [...]

By |May 11th, 2020|Awards & Accreditations, Responsible Tourism|Comments Off on Winner at African Travel Week Travel & Tourism Awards #WTMA20

Returning to my happy space: Thirstland

Story and photos by Louise de Waal Driving through the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park gate after a three-year absence, feels like returning to my happy space. This endless arid landscape of red dunes, dry river beds, and camel thorn trees, swallows me in my tiny rental car, but that doesn’t take away from the pure [...]

By |October 25th, 2017|Experiences|Comments Off on Returning to my happy space: Thirstland

Transfrontier Parks Destinations certified by Fair Trade Tourism

Transfrontier Parks Destinations (TFPD), South Africa’s leading group focused on promoting community-based tourism, has become Fair Trade Tourism certified. The group, which is headquartered in Cape Town, launched in 2004 with a mission to manage community-owned properties in transfrontier parks and adjacent conservation areas. Since inception, responsible tourism and conservation has been at the heart of [...]

By |March 27th, 2017|Experiences|Comments Off on Transfrontier Parks Destinations certified by Fair Trade Tourism

First rains of the season – 27 December 2016

Anthony Manley (Manager at !Xaus Lodge): First decent rain of the season. 20mm so far and it still looks like more to come. Just what the Kgalagadi needs to sprout some green. 27 December 2016 at 07:34 - Travel For Wildlife: Beautiful! We are so excited to visit in April. It has [...]

By |January 5th, 2017|Manager's Diary, Uncategorized|Comments Off on First rains of the season – 27 December 2016

The Impact of Responsible Tourism – Part 3

Reducing negative impacts on local communities, environments, and celebrating local culture. !Xaus Lodge, by bringing guests into the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park who pay a conservation levy, contributes directly to the conservation authority’s revenue and thus its ability to run one of the best desert parks in the world.  At the lodge itself, !Xaus [...]

By |November 15th, 2016|Responsible Tourism|Comments Off on The Impact of Responsible Tourism – Part 3

The Impact of Responsible Tourism – Part 2

The ownership model and funding. !Xaus Lodge; the land, the infrastructure and the fittings and furnishings are wholly owned by the Mier and ǂKhomani San communities. They appointed commercial management and marketing operators, Transfrontier Parks Destinations (TFPD) on a long-term basis. TFPD have paid their Joint Management Board (JMB) a percentage of turnover [...]

By |November 10th, 2016|Experiences|Comments Off on The Impact of Responsible Tourism – Part 2

The Impact of Responsible Tourism – Part 1

!Xaus Lodge’s most significant achievement in reducing poverty among the local community In the 8 years of its operation under management of Transfrontier Parks Destinations (TFPD), !Xaus Lodge comprising a mere 24 guest beds, and located deep in the desert of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP), has contributed more than R28,9 million (US$1,9 [...]

By |November 8th, 2016|Responsible Tourism|Comments Off on The Impact of Responsible Tourism – Part 1

!Xaus Lodge receives Silver at the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2016

We are tremendously honored to have received a Silver Award in the Best for Poverty Reduction and Inclusion category of the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2016. As one of the longest standing categories of the World Responsible Tourism Awards, this year the judges were looking for travel providers that are not only using memorable holiday experiences to [...]

By |November 8th, 2016|Awards & Accreditations, Responsible Tourism|Comments Off on !Xaus Lodge receives Silver at the World Responsible Tourism Awards 2016

!Xaus Lodge takes Gold at the African Responsible Tourism Awards 2016

!Xaus Lodge has received a Gold Award in the Best for Poverty Reduction category at the African Responsible Tourism Awards 2016 in Cape Town. The special ceremony took place at World Travel Market Africa, with Heidi van der Watt, managing director of Better Tourism Africa explaining what makes the Award winners the leaders in responsible tourism in Africa: [...]

By |April 10th, 2016|Awards & Accreditations, Responsible Tourism|Comments Off on !Xaus Lodge takes Gold at the African Responsible Tourism Awards 2016