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Recent Awards


Conde Nast Traveler

Gold List - The World's Best Places to Stay

Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero - 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2003
"extremely comfortable", "knowledgeable guides"
Sanctuary Chief's Camp - 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004
"the food is terrific and the guides fabulous"
"very comfortable pavilions looking out to grassland where elephants pass by"

Sanctuary Olonana - 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005
"stunningly beautiful camp"
Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp - 2010, 2009
"extremely attentive staff"

PLATINUM CIRCLE - The World's Best Places to Stay

Sanctuary Chief's Camp - 2012

Gold List - Cruise Lines

M.V. Eclipse - 2009
Sanctuary M.S. Yangzi Explorer - 2009

Readers' Choice Awards, Top 100

Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero - 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2002
Sanctuary Chief's Camp - 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
Sanctuary Olonana - 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006
Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp - 2009, 2008

Hot List

Sanctuary Zebra Plains - 2012
"A riverside camp of four tents furnished with four-poster beds, bucket showers and flush toilets. The entire camp is run on solar power... each tent is assigned a kapaso, the go-to guy for hot water or an ice-cold G&T..."

Sanctuary Swala - 2010
"a stunning landscape of winding rivers, ancient woodlands, swamps and open savanna. Swala - newly swank after an update and relocated amid a stand of umbrella-shaped acacia tortilis trees - has 12 large tents on wooden platforms... You'll eat excellent modern African cuisine in the thatched open-air dining area that sits beneath a centuries old baobab overlooking the water hole..."

Readers' Choice Awards, World's Best Cruise Ships

M.V. Eclipse - 2010


Travel & Leisure

World's Best - Top 500

Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero - 2011 (#2 in Botswana), 2008, 2007
Sanctuary Chief's Camp - 2011 (#1 in Botswana), 2010, 2009, 2007

Top 25 Africa & Middle East

Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero - 2006
Sanctuary Chief's Camp - 2010, 2006

Readers' Choice

Sanctuary Chief's Camp - 2010 (#1 safari lodge in Botswana)

Andrew Harper

Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report, Hideaways of the Year

Sanctuary Olonana - 2006

Andrew Harper's Special Grand Awards

Sanctuary Sussi & Chuma - 2009
Sanctuary Zambezi Kulefu Camp - 2009

Other Awards

World travel award

Sanctuary Chief's Camp - Botswana's leading luxury camp, 2011

ECO TOURISM KENYA, Eco Warrior Award

Sanctuary Olonana - 2011, 2010

Gadling.com

Sanctuary Sussi & Chuma - Favourite Hotels for 2011

Away.com

Sanctuary Olonana - World's Best Nature/Wilderness Resorts, 2010
Sanctuary Swala - World's Best Safari Lodges, 2010

Eco Tourism Kenya, GOLD eco-rating certificate

Sanctuary Olonana

East African Wildlife Society, conservation supporter

Sanctuary Olonana