From Solar Panels to Silver Medals: Another win for Green Safaris

Sometimes recognition finds you in the quietest way. Not with champagne or confetti, but with that soft kind of pride that rises like the Zambezi at dawn. (Yes, we’re still celebrating. No, we didn’t scare the hippos.)

This past week in London, our Green Safaris Conservation Foundation brought home Silver in the Climate Adaptation and Resilience category at the 2025 Global Responsible Tourism Awards. It’s the kind of honour that reminds us why we do what we do — because regenerative travel isn’t a buzzword for us. It’s the whole journey. Of course we’re framing the certificate and pretending it’s straight on the first try.

A Win for the Wild

Our lodges run on solar power. Our game drives glide in near silence. Our projects are rooted in the heart of Zambia and Malawi. This award celebrates the work of many hands, hearts, and sun-charged batteries. Every clean watt, every tree planted, every smile from a community partner; it’s all part of the same story. (Also part of the story: the power naps we take after planting said trees.) After all, Solar and electric mobility at Green Safaris saves over 29,000 litres of diesel and around 78 tonnes of CO₂ each year. Sound too good to be true? Read more about it in our annual impact report here.

Pictured above: Daniel Allcock, one of our Managing Directors, attending the ceremony and flying the Green Safaris flag proudly — because green really does go with everything.

What the Award Means

More than eighty percent of our lodges are powered by solar. Our Silent Safaris are powered by electric vehicles that save thousands of litres of fuel. And our community programmes; from reforestation to regenerative farming — are giving new meaning to travelling lightly. Also thriving: our plant nursery. We’re very proud parents.

Our Partners in Purpose

This win belongs to the rangers who rise before dawn. The guides who turn every drive into a story. And to every guest who chooses to travel consciously. Luxury can be light on the planet and rich in meaning.

And yes, there are rusks on morning game drives. Science simply demands it.

Where We Go From Here

We’re just getting started. The Green Safaris Conservation Foundation continues to plant, teach, and innovate. We’re investing in new solar projects across Kafue and the Lower Zambezi, expanding our reforestation programmes, and working hand-in-hand with schools to grow the next generation of green changemakers.

Future climate heroes currently fond of snacks.

Because Green Is Peace

The world doesn’t need more travellers. It needs better ones. The kind who listen to birdsong before Wi-Fi. Who trade noise for nature and comfort for connection. (Wi-Fi still exists. We just let the lilac-breasted roller speak first.)

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DOWNLOAD OUR IMPACT REPORT HERE : ANNUAL REPORT