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Getting a Better Picture of Leopard Conservation at Singita Sabi Sand

Singita Sabi Sand, a concession within the larger Sabi Sand Wildtuin in South Africa, is home to one of the world’s best-protected leopard populations. An astonishing 9,000 sightings of 142 individual leopards were recorded in the Sabi Sand region last year, making the area an obvious choice for important big cat research that allows conservation...

Putting Our Heads Together for Conservation

Biodiversity noun | bio·di·ver·si·ty The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable. Conservation in Singita’s world is about much more than wildlife protection. Our philosophy encompasses the three complementary elements of environmental sustainability, support for...

Protecting & Preserving the Wildlife at Singita Pamushana

Singita Pamushana Lodge overlooks a lake in the remote reaches of the Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve in southeastern Zimbabwe; a virtually untouched wilderness that comprises 38 different habitats and ecological zones in 130,000 acres of protected land. This extraordinary piece of Africa is a thriving wildlife area and home to one of the highest concentrations of...

Using Technology in the Fight Against Illegal Hunting

Maintaining the integrity of our reserves and the fragile ecosystems that exist within them is the primary concern for Singita’s conservation teams; a dedicated workforce tasked with preserving the vulnerable wildlife and natural habitats under our care. A critical part of their role is managing anti-poaching operations in an effort to stem the tide of...

Singita Celebrates 15 Years of Successful Conservation in the Serengeti

Restoring the biodiversity of the western corridor of the Serengeti – an important migratory route for 1.5 million wildebeest every year that was under threat from human encroachment, poaching and poor land management – was the sole purpose of the Grumeti Fund when it was established in 2003. Three years later, the Fund partnered with...

How the Singita Grumeti Fund Quadrupled Plains Game Numbers in the Western Serengeti in Under 15 Years

It’s easy to imagine the Serengeti as a series of enormous, grassy plains traversed by millions of wildebeest, gazelles, zebras and buffalos on the renowned annual migratory route. Popular culture would have most people believe that the region has always been teeming with game, when in fact, the Western Corridor of the Serengeti was in...

The Return of the Rains

Maintaining the integrity of each Singita reserve and the ecosystems that exist within it is one of the main priorities for our hands-on conservation teams. It’s a challenging task, that includes managing issues like human-wildlife conflict, alien plant control and habitat restoration, but is also often influenced by uncontrollable external factors, such as drought. Towards...

Protecting Wildlife & Wilderness for Future Generations

To preserve and protect large areas of African wilderness for future generations. It sounds like a simple enough idea, but Singita’s 100 year purpose is an enduring one based on two decades of total commitment to conservation that has had an enormous effect on the areas of African wilderness under our care. It is an idea that drives every...

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