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A community-led foundation connecting landscapes and empowering thriving communities surrounding African Bush Camp Experiences🌍

The Foundation’s mission is to partner with communities that are located near our camps to improve quality of life and achieve long term conservation through programs focusing on Education, Community Empowerment, and Conversation. We have projects running in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Botswana that focus on addressing challenges that include unemployment, food scarcity, poor education and health care infrastructure, low school attendance and dropouts due to financial constraints, wildlife poaching, and preserving natural resources.

08/10/2026

Last week, Botswana celebrated its 60th Independence Day, a moment to reflect on the people, culture, and communities that make this country so incredible

For African Bush Camps, Botswana is more than a place where we operate. It is home. One hundred percent of our Botswana team is nationally employed, reflecting our commitment to creating opportunities for local people to build careers, share their knowledge, and play an active role in the future of the landscapes they call home.

This sits at the heart of our purpose. We partner with communities to support locally identified priorities across education, livelihoods, and conservation. Because the people who know these landscapes best are also their greatest custodians.

When people and landscapes thrive together, the future is stronger for both.

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05/10/2026

A new chapter begins in Ditshiping Village near Atzaró Okavango Camp.

In August, the Ditshiping Pre-School reopened its doors, giving the community’s youngest learners a safe, welcoming place to learn, play, and grow. The rehabilitation was made possible through a partnership between African Bush Camps Foundation and Dulini Danura.

But reopening the doors is just the beginning.
Keeping the school running means supporting the everyday needs that make learning possible, from meals and teachers to essential upkeep and resources.

With your support, we can keep these doors open and give Ditshiping’s youngest learners the start they deserve.

Please donate via the link in our bio.

29/09/2026

Yesterday, we shared a glimpse of what is possible when tourism and community grow together. Today, we invite you to be immersed in the story.

Ditshiping is a small village in the heart of Botswana's Okavango Delta, where people and wildlife have always lived alongside one another. For nearly twenty years, African Bush Camps Foundation has partnered with local communities surrounding our Experiences, supporting locally identified priorities across education, healthcare, livelihoods, and conservation.

"I can see that Ditshiping is coming back to life." — Lucky M, Guide at Atzaró Okavango Camp

Lasting impact is not built through a single initiative. It is built through consistency, trust, and a long-term commitment to the people who call these landscapes home.

This is our vision for the future: Connected Landscapes, Thriving Communities.

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25/09/2026

Discovering Talents. Developing Skills. Defining Futures.

On 4 September 2026, 313 learners from schools across Maun came together at Potential Gardens in Disaneng for the 3rd Annual Maun Standard 7 Career Fair.

Through essay, speech, project, and presentation competitions, learners had a platform to share their talents and build confidence. They also met professionals, explored career paths, and discovered the skills and opportunities that can help turn aspiration into reality.

For us, this is what opportunity looks like in practice: connecting young people with the knowledge, people, and experiences that help them recognize their potential and shape their own futures.

From 100 learners in 2024 to 313 in 2026. The Career Fair is growing, and so is its impact.

16/09/2026

History, Made by Esther

For generations, guiding across this continent has belonged to men. Esther just rewrote that. Named Most Promising Guide of the Year, Esther is the first female guide to ever receive this award.

With the support of African Bush Camps Foundation’s Female Guides Program, she built her skills and found her confidence.

The award carries the name of Alan Bonella, a guide and mentor who spent his life training the next generation of guides in Zambia. It was awarded to Esther by his wife, Nicci Bonella.

Here’s to Esther and being guided by the best.

15/09/2026

Sheron started as a trainee waitress in Zimbabwe. She came to Cape Town as a qualified chef.

To mark World Elephant Day, we celebrated 20 years of African Bush Camps Foundation impact in Cape Town, bringing some of the people behind it into the room.

Chef Sheron traveled from Zimbabwe to share her story. She started as a trainee waitress at Somalisa Camp and, through the Foundation’s Women in Tourism Program, grew into the kitchen and trained as a chef.

While she was there, she made a Somalisa-inspired malva pudding, one of the first desserts she ever learned, and worked alongside the kitchen team at The Cellars-Hohenort, an experience she called an “opportunity of a lifetime.”

When Sheron first became a chef, she was supporting her mother and three brothers. Today, she’s a mother herself, paying her daughter’s school fees and supporting her family through the career she has built.

20 years of impact, carried in stories like Sheron’s. 🐘

11/09/2026

It takes a village. And every role matters.

At Mambanje Primary School, lasting impact is not created through a single project. It is built through the people, partnerships, and programs that support one another.

A refurbished school creates a welcoming place to learn. A community garden supplies fresh produce. A nutrition program ensures learners receive the meals they need to thrive. Each initiative strengthens the next, creating a cycle of care that extends well beyond the classroom.

Meaningful change does not happen in isolation. It happens when a village comes together.

18/08/2026

“The Mighty Elephant” echoed through Maunga Primary School this World Elephant Day. 🐘

From songs and poetry to handmade elephant sculptures, young learners celebrated these incredible animals through creativity, curiosity, and conservation.

Using locally available and recyclable materials, the children transformed everyday objects into five unique elephant models and proudly presented them to their school community.

These small hands and big hearts belong to the next generation of conservationists, and they are already hard at work.

14/08/2026

For thousands of years, elephants have followed the same migratory paths, passed down from mother to calf. Those paths only survive because landscapes stay connected, communities thrive, and conservation is rooted in a long-term vision.

Book 3+ nights at any African Bush Camps Experience between 12 August and 19 December 2026, and save 5% on your safari. Ndlovu Club members save an extra 5%, 10% in total.

If you book before 12 September, you’ll also receive an extra 10% off Safari Logistics flights and a complimentary massage.

And for every qualifying booking, USD 330 goes directly to African Bush Camps Foundation, funding anti-poaching patrols, habitat restoration, and community conservation across Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Because when our herd travels, their herd thrives.

06/08/2026

Every landscape has its legends.

In Mana Pools, Zimbabwe, one of them walks on four legs and sometimes stands on two.

Meet Boswell, one of Africa’s most iconic elephants.

Known for rising onto his hind legs to reach the highest branches, Boswell has captivated travellers from around the world with a behavior as extraordinary as the landscape he calls home.

But his story is about more than one remarkable elephant.

It is a reminder that encounters like these depend on healthy ecosystems and a long-term commitment to conservation. They deepen our connection to the natural world and reinforce why conserving these landscapes matters.

So that elephants like Boswell can continue to thrive for generations to come.

📷: Nikita Rix | Africa in Still + Motion

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