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Close Encounters has an ethical policy and is committed to responsible tourism.  The accommodations and companies we use in Africa share our vision for sustainability and conservation and for the improvement of life for local communities.  This page has been created to give you an overview of specific hotels, lodges and tour companies that go the extra mile to make sure they are helping local communities and conserving the natural environment.


Some have their own projects and others contribute to existing initiatives.  All of the companies on the list have been carefully selected and screened by Close Encounters.  If you would like to know more about any of these, or if you would like to have a holiday itinerary made for you including these companies, please email or call today on 0870 094 8021.

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Phantom Forest
Maropeng Hotel
Blaauwbosch Private Reserve
Dawsons Game & Trout Lodge
Elephant House

Grootbos Private Game reserve

Idube Private Game Lodge
Jaci's Lodges
Bird house
Phantom Forest Eco Reserve

Phantom Forest, set within a 147 hectare private nature reserve, touches the earth lightly and whispers a special magic from elevated senuous "tree-suites" celebrating the textures of Africa..................More

Maropeng Hotel

Nestled in the cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site just north of Sandton, Johannesburg lies the newly opend world class visitors center Maropeng, includes 4 star Hotel..............................................More

Blaauwbosch Private Game Reserve

Blaauwbosch, with its Official 5 -star grading is an exclusive Big Five game reserve in the malaria-free Eastern Cape, in close proximity to the Greater Addo National Park..........................................................More

Dawson's Game & Trout Lodge

Dawsons Game and Trout Lodge, situated in 2000 hectares of open grassland and bushveld in Mpumalanga, offers dramatic mountain backdrops with waterfalls from the Komati River.............................More

Elephant House

The Elephant House is a rambling nine bed roomed colonial farmhouse set in the sun drenched Sundays River Valley, minutes from the Addo Elphant National Park.................................................More

Grootbos Private Nature Reserve

When world - renowned British Conservationist David Bellamy says "The best example of conservation of biodiversity I have ever seen - Grootbos says it with flowers"...............................................................More

Idube Private Game Reserve

Idube Private Game Reserve is a Family owned lodge situated in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve. Ten individually decorated chalets are set in indigenous gardens shaded by jackalberry trees.......................More

Jaci's Lodges

Walking with guest, tracking lions in the magnificent malaria free Madikwe Reserve, Jan discovered a site that would a few years later become the foundation for Jaci's Safari Lodge................................More

Tongabezi Lodge

Tongabezi Lodge, the first river lodge on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls, was established in 1990 by Ben Parker and the late Will Ruck-Keene.....................................................................................More

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