Namibia

Wilderness Namibia wins six Eco Awards

Tenneil Zondagh

1/11/2023

Recognising our impact

The environment and its custodians will always be our first love here at Wilderness. They are the driving force behind everything we do. So to receive awards recognising Wilderness for our impactful tourism practices is simply further testament to our goal of doubling the amount of land we help protect by 2030 – having an even bigger impact on the world’s wildlife, wilderness, and local communities.

Five Flowers Award

Eco Awards Namibia is an external assessment organisation that completes an environmental audit on tourism establishments in line with the African certification scheme. The assessments take place every three years, with the awards ranging from 1 – 5 Flowers. The audit covers 10 categories, and to achieve 5 Flowers, the property must achieve a 90% average. These Flower Awards go to:

Little Kulala

Kulala Desert Lodge

Wilderness Little Kulala

Little Kulala’s décor echoes the local geology, reflecting the surrounding grey and pink limestone that makes this part of Namibia so special. Spot desert-adapted wildlife such as ostriches, springbok, gemsbok, black-backed jackals, bat-eared foxes, perhaps an aardwolf, or Namibia’s endemic dune lark.

Visit Little Kulala

Wilderness Kulala Desert Lodge

Look forward to endless spectacular desert scenery and sightings of extraordinary, unexpected, desert wildlife during your stay at Wilderness Kulala Desert Lodge. Challenge your fitness on one of the dunes, spot desert-adapted game and smaller creatures, or strike a pose alongside eerie, long-dead camelthorn trees in Dead Vlei. 

Visit Kulala Desert Lodge

Little Kulala

Wilderness Little Kulala

Little Kulala’s décor echoes the local geology, reflecting the surrounding grey and pink limestone that makes this part of Namibia so special. Spot desert-adapted wildlife such as ostriches, springbok, gemsbok, black-backed jackals, bat-eared foxes, perhaps an aardwolf, or Namibia’s endemic dune lark.

Visit Little Kulala

Kulala Desert Lodge

Wilderness Kulala Desert Lodge

Look forward to endless spectacular desert scenery and sightings of extraordinary, unexpected, desert wildlife during your stay at Wilderness Kulala Desert Lodge. Challenge your fitness on one of the dunes, spot desert-adapted game and smaller creatures, or strike a pose alongside eerie, long-dead camelthorn trees in Dead Vlei. 

Visit Kulala Desert Lodge

Five Green Flowers

The 5 Green Flowers Award is an exceptional achievement, with only a few camps receiving this high level of endorsement, having to score over 90% for various environmental criteria such as water, energy, waste management and conservation. Recognition goes to:

Wilderness Damaraland Camp

Wilderness Doro Nawas

Wilderness Desert Rhino Camp

Wilderness Serra Cafema

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But we’re also not forgetting Wilderness Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp, which is due for assessment in 2023… watch this space!

The awards were presented during the Tourism Expo 2022 by the Director of Tourism for the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Tourism and Forestry, Mr Sebilon Chikalu, and Hazel Milne, the Eco Awards Administrator. They serve as a benchmark for Wilderness, and we will continue to strive to offer our guests the most superlative experiences while remaining dedicated to increasing and protecting the world’s wilderness, together.