Thank you for your continued support of our African Monarch Lodges. We are pleased to announce that we will not be increasing our rates for 2022!
Nambwa Tented Lodge, Kazile Island Lodge and Nambwa Lagoon Camp are still the only lodges situated inside the Bwabwata National Park, located in the heart of KAZA, Zambezi Region, Namibia, which forms part of Africa’s Largest Conservation Area.
Dusty and Tinolla, along with the African Monarch Lodges team have embarked on the establishment of a community based project where we recycle and repurpose all our waste items into skilfully crafted artefacts by community members whom we have trained.
The Sijwa Project visit is one of the many activities your guests could partake in during their stay with us. It creates an opportunity for your guests to encounter and engage with our local community while they go about their daily activities. The Sijwa project consists of an organic greenhouse based on strict permaculture principles where nutrient rich vegetables, fruit and herbs are grown to grace the menus carefully prepared by our lodge Chefs, worm farms, a chicken farm for fresh organic eggs, indigenous tree nursery to offset carbon footprints and a cultural village where the traditional ways of this fascinating community is portrayed.
During Covid, in October 2020, we established the Sewing Workshop as well as our Glass Recycling Workshop, employing a further 8 community members. They received professional artisan skills training and are producing the most beautiful pieces. All our workshops are built with recycled plastic mineral water bottles keeping in line with our commitment to repurpose waste.
The Sijwa Project, by African Monarch Lodges will be home to our Junior Ranger School, where we plan to train 10 adult community members to be the facilitators of this program. We plan to train approximately 180 pupils per year and hope to instil in some of them a desire to become a Field Guide once they leave school. It is therefore an exciting year for us and we look forward to welcoming your guests in the near future to our Sijwa Project where we give back to the land and our community.
We look forward to being of service and hosting all esteemed guests at Nambwa Tented Lodge or Kazile Island Lodge in the near future.
Until then, do stay safe and healthy.
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