Sanbona is all about habitat preservation and wildlife conservation.
- Provide significant employment opportunities to local community
- Specific support to black community
- Great educational programmes - with local schools
- Local purchasing and promotion of local crafts
- Donate second hand items to local community and arrange for local schools to visit the park at no charge
Animals & nature
- 3 differents biomes provide habitats for a wide diversity of animals
- Around 20% of the 200sq mile reserve has been left as a wilderness area with hands off management
- Many of the larger animals had not been seen in the area for hundreds of years before their reintroduction
- Careful management of the risk of soil and water contamination during the process of rehabilitation of former farmland
- Sanbona are involved in a range of research projects and have reintroduced white lions
- A respect is shown for animals and menus have a good vegetarians options
- PETA assessment of cruelty free credentials of cleaning products and toiletries to come
Environment & buildings
- Careful environmental management with clear targets to reduce water and energy consumption - accredited by the Green Leaf Environment Standard
- Careful environment impact assesment prior to any construction
- The new construction, a small welcome lounge has 100% renewable electricity, a composting toilet and low impact
- Majority of other lodges and staff accomodation make use of green building principles, e.g. solar thermal hot water
- Almost all roofs have rainwater collection, sustainable materials are being used increasingly, e.g. thatched roofs and straw bale walls
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