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
