The purpose of the Grootberg Lodge is not only to offer a professional service, great surroundings, extremely good food, well-trained guides and exceptionally good local management but, at the same time, to benefit the local community thanks to the revenues generated by the Lodge.

While sustainability of the Conservancy is a primary objective which the Lodge would contribute towards, there are additional benefits such as increasing direct job opportunities in a poorly developed area; supporting marginal people with projects such as building schools, clinics, creating a community kitchen for the elderly and vulnerable groups and award bursaries to promising pupils with the proceeds of the lodge. Another important aim of the Lodge is to reduce the animal/human conflict in this community so that the locals will be more tolerant of the lions, cheetahs and elephants and give them a value from a tourism perspective.

The success of the lodge is critical to demonstrate the value of the land-use which the conservancy is promoting. The exclusive development area needs to show the value in setting aside “core” areas for tourism and biodiversity conservation.

The Grootberg Lodge is owned by the local community through the #Khoadi //Hoas Conservancy. The conservancy was established in 1998 to manage wildlife and tourism in the area and to generate income for local people from these activities. This income helps to offset the losses of households when predators kill their livestock or elephants damage their water installations.

The Lodge is in an area specially set a side for wildlife and tourism by the local community. Due to the conservation efforts of the conservancy wildlife can also be seen on the surrounding farmland.

Your stay at Grootberg Lodge will contribute both to conservation and local rural development, enabling people and wildlife to live together in this special part of Africa.