SAFARI CAMPS for responsible travellers
The preferred booking platform for lodges & bush camps that offer tangible, measurable benefits for conservation & communities
Travel with purpose, make a difference
Lodges and bush camps that offer:
Tangible, measurable benefits for conservation & communities.
✔️ Vested communities ✔️ Authentic experiences
✔️ Remote locations ✔️ Responsible & sustainable safaris
Ukuri /oo-KOO-ree/ • noun
ukuri means ‘truth’ or ‘authentic’ in the language of Kinyarwanda (spoken across central and east Africa)
WHY we started Ukuri
"We want to encourage Africa's rural people who live among wildlife to realise the value of wilderness. Rural communities will be motivated to conserve wild spaces & creatures if they share in the economic benefits."
Simon Espley - CEO, Africa Geographic & founder, Ukuri
"We are excited to partner with Africa Geographic to help improve the marketing and reservations of our camps in the protected areas we manage. With this partnership, African Parks can increase revenue into the ecosystems and communities where it is most urgently needed."
Dave Wilson, Head of Commercial Development - African Parks
Safari lodges & campsites for responsible travellers
Sustainable travel choices are important for protecting Earth's future well-being. This is why Africa Geographic launched Ukuri and invited African Parks as the first partner offering responsible safari options.
To determine whether your safari is making a difference at ground level in Africa, consider the following two critical questions:
1. Does your safari directly benefit African ecosystems and wildlife?
Most of Africa's iconic wildlife roams vast remote areas beyond the popular safari destinations. All of our partners are located in remote areas and have generated proven benefits for ecosystems and biodiversity.
2. Does your safari directly benefit local people living amongst wildlife?
Africa's rural people live amongst the wild animals we all want to see while on safari - and they carry the threats to lives and livelihoods. Without their commitment and support, Africa will surely follow the way of the Western World - the removal of most wildlife and conversion of wilderness into farmland. Local people benefit directly from your visit to Ukuri lodges and bush camps, which generate proven, sustinable employment, economic opportunities, education, upskilling, health and human-wildlife conflict prevention and mitigation.
For example, African Parks' track record speaks for itself - 100% of tourism revenue goes to conservation and local communities