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Sustainable Magic in Madikwe: An Authentic Eco Safari Experience

by Kelly Rabie – Reservations Manager

Nestled in the heart of malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve, Mosetlha Bush Camp & Eco Lodge offers a truly unique and sustainable safari experience. Here, guests can immerse themselves in the wild, enjoying the beauty of nature while actively participating in eco-friendly practices. This blog post explores the innovative and sustainable solutions that make Mosetlha Bush Camp a beacon of green tourism.

Clever Alternatives to Running Water and Electricity

At Mosetlha Bush Camp, the absence of conventional running water and electricity is transformed into an opportunity to engage with nature more deeply and responsibly.

Here’s How…

Donkey Boiler: A Hot Shower, the Eco-Friendly Way

One of the standout innovations is the Donkey Boiler. This ingenious system heats water over a fire, which is then displaced into a bucket. The bucket is hoisted up in an outdoor shower, with a shower rose attached, ensuring guests can enjoy a hot shower amidst the wilderness. This method not only guarantees a hot shower but also exemplifies a sustainable greening concept, completely removing reliance on electric or gas water heaters.

Eco toilets: clean, efficient, and odour-Free

Mosetlha’s eco toilets take sustainability a step further with the Ventilation Improved Pit (VIP) system, often referred to as the “VIP WC.” These white porcelain toilets feature a chimney with a tube vent at the top, allowing for efficient air circulation.
This design ensures that the toilets remain odour and fly-free, providing a comfortable and hygienic experience for all guests.
These are far superior to the more commonly-known “long drop”, allowing you to sit on a proper toilet.

Clever lighting solutions to make you feel at home

In place of conventional electric lighting, Mosetlha employs charming and practical alternatives. Paraffin lamps illuminate common areas, casting a warm and inviting glow that enhances the camp’s rustic charm.
Arrive back from your sunset game drive to the camp magically lit with warm inviting ambience.
Inside the cabins, solar jars provide ample light for reading and other activities – these are recharged during the day harnessing the power of the sun to brighten your nights.

Eco Lodge Defined

Mosetlha Bush Camp & Eco Lodge is featured in the “Authentic Eco Lodges” book, which defines an authentic eco lodge as a property that uses sustainable building materials and practices, with a significant portion of the operation being community-owned and operated.
Mosetlha proudly fits this definition, with 15% of the camp being community-owned and actively contributing to the local economy.

The camp’s commitment to sustainability extends beyond its infrastructure. Guests at Mosetlha can expect a safari experience that captures the true spirit and rhythm of the African bush, offering intimate wildlife encounters and the chance to reconnect with nature in its purest form.

A Unique Eco Safari Adventure

At Mosetlha Bush Camp, the sustainable practices are not just environmentally friendly but also enhance the overall experience. The camp’s approach to living lightly on the land allows guests to appreciate the beauty and complexity of the natural world without the distractions of modern life.
Whether you’re enjoying a hot shower heated by the Donkey Boiler, using the VIP eco toilets, or reading by the light of a solar jar, every aspect of your stay is designed to minimize impact and maximize enjoyment.

Join us at Mosetlha Bush Camp & Eco Lodge for an eco safari adventure that not only showcases the wonders of Madikwe Game Reserve, but also inspires a deeper commitment to sustainable living.
Experience the wild like never before, and leave with memories that will last a lifetime and a renewed appreciation for our planet’s incredible natural heritage.

Whether you’re an eco-enthusiast or simply looking for an unforgettable safari experience, Mosetlha Bush Camp & Eco Lodge offers the perfect blend of adventure, sustainability, and comfort. 

Contact Kelly to book your stay today, and embark on a journey that honours the earth while indulging your sense of wonder.

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Actually, Home Food and Travel offers a lot more than just reviews of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.  We also visit great destinations, receive advice from interior designers and stop to smell the roses and taste the coffee.

Our team of journalists are seasoned travels and love visiting the myriad of exciting places around South Africa.  Whether it is off the beaten track or in the heart of the top attractions of the country, we’ll be there,

Home Food and Travel advice on finding the right accommodation

So what is the right accommodation?  Well more often than not, it’s your travel budget that dictates the type of accommodation that you choose. 

Expensive is not always better.  Our team at Home Food and Travel will tell you that they have camped in areas with limited ablutions and had a wonderful holiday.  They have also spent a night in a five star hotel only to be disappointed because their expectations exceeded the experience.

The reason for your travels will also affect your choice.  A business trip requires different amenities to a beach holiday. 

Our articles, reviews and experiences can certainly help you make your decision.

Restaurants with a good mix of service, food and ambiance

To my mind a great restaurant offers three things – excellent service, great food and a wonderful ambiance.  Of these, service is the most important. 

No matter that the food is delicious and the setting delightful, poor service can ruin the occasion.  However, great service combined with mediocre meal and a plane jane restaurant can still be a pleasant night out.

We’ve eaten in restaurants that are really dirty but with incredible food and couldn’t help but give a rave review.  We’ve also hardly noticed what we ate because the setting was just amazing.

However, the best restaurants come with the best of service, food and ambiance.

Spas are the ultimate relaxation aid

How do you know when you have had a great spa experience?  The answer, of course, is when you doze off on the treatment table. 

Well that’s our theory anyway.  It also doesn’t take a grand location with enormous facilities for a spa to be really good

A small, personal spa that is owner run can result in the best massage you have ever experienced.  However, the grand spas in five star hotels offer unsurpassed facilities in an environment that just makes the stress in your shoulders and neck melt away before you even finish checking in.

Adventure!

You don’t have to be an adrenaline junky to enjoy an exciting experience.  In fact, what are commonly termed adventure activities usually have incredibly high safety standards and unblemished safety records.

Ziplining, bungy jumping and shark cage diving are all very safe.  It’s just that our mind tells us we are craaazzzzyyyy to be doing this.

On the road to great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities

If you’re driving, be safe and make use of all the wonderful farm stalls that populate South Africa’s open roads.

If you overhear somebody asking a lot of questions or see someone taking photos of empty bedrooms chances are it’s one of our Home Food and Travel team members.

We’re out looking or those great places of accommodation, restaurants, spas and adventure activities.

See you on the road!

 

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About the Publisher, Graeme Lund

The tourism industry has been my bread and butter for most of my life.  It started with my incorporating a tour company in 1995 just as South Africa was opening to international tourism. I was the first qualified field guide in the Eastern Cape and later became the approved tour guide trainer for the region.  At various times I have owned a tourist information office, an advertising agency specializing in marketing tourism businesses,  sat on the board of directors of various tourism organisations and a been a publisher of travel magazines and websites.

Southern Africa is my home and the diversity of cultures,  scenery and fauna and flora are what make it so special.  I have a passion for exploring and have done so by driving, hiking, strolling, cycling, boating, sailing, diving and flying and know that their is still so much more to see.  

Along the way their are so many amazing places to stay and to eat and they are an integral part of what makes this such a special place. These private and public tourism enterprises play a huge part in ensuring that our natural environment remains intact.

I am a fervent conservationist.  I have served on the Board of Trustees of Bayworld and am currently a director of Bay Action Network Alliance. I believe that tourism is one of the few effective ways of protecting a dwindling natural heritage in the face of overpopulation and irresponsible and selfish exploitation of natural resources. Sadly conservation for conservation sake is as out of date as fax machines and typewriters.  Animals and conservation areas must make more money from tourism than they can from exploitation to ensure their long term survival.  It is for this reason that I love working with responsible tourism organizations around Southern Africa.

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