Because of their guests’ positive reviews, APTA members Sanctuary Retreats, have been recognized as top-performing luxury camps and lodges. Among them, they have been awarded ten 2015 TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence and Sanctuary Olonana has been inaugurated into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame
The award-winning properties are:
- Sanctuary Chief’s Camp, Botswana, located on Chief’s Island, in the exclusive Mombo Concession of the Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta.
- Sanctuary Chobe Chilwero, Botswana. This luxurious lodge, with 15 thatched cottages, is located on the edge of Chobe National Park.
- Sanctuary Olonana, Kenya. This award-winning tented camp is in a private concession, bordering the Masai Mara.
- Sanctuary Kusini, Tanzania. This luxury camp in the southern part of the Serengeti, is ideally placed for witnessing the migration.
- Sanctuary Swala, Tanzania. This magical camp, in a remote setting, with 12 luxurious tents, offers an infinity pool with incredible views and a waterhole regularly visited by a host of wildlife.
- Sanctuary Saadani Safari Lodge. Set inside the Saadani National Park, in a magnificent coastal setting overlooking the Indian Ocean, this lodge is unique in being able to offer a traditional bush safari in a remote beach location.
- Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp, Uganda. Nestled deep inside Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, which is a World Heritage Site, this is one of the most remote and atmospheric camps in Africa. It is the ideal base for viewing mountain gorillas, that live in Bwindi.
- Sanctuary Sussi & Chuma, Zambia, This luxurious lodge, comprising 12 Sussi tree houses, connected by wooden walkways and set in giant ebony trees overlooking a bend of the Zambezi River, is just a short distance from Victoria Falls.
- Sanctuary Chichele Presidential Lodge, Zambia. This lodge maintains a colonial feel and each of its ten suites comes complete with a four-poster bed and private veranda.
- Sanctuary Puku Ridge Camp, Zambia. This stylish camp is perched on an escarpment in a remote part of the South Luangwa.
In selecting Certificate of Excellence winners, TripAdvisor takes into account the quality, quantity and recency of reviews and opinions submitted by travellers on TripAdvisor over a 12-month period. Inauguration into the Hall of Fame is an exclusive accolade, granted only to those businesses that have won the Certificate of Excellence for five years in a row. This year it was awarded to Sanctuary Olonana.
Marco Rosa of Sanctuary Retreats comments: “We are absolutely thrilled to receive these certificates for our lodges and camps, and particularly proud of Sanctuary Olonana, which is the original Sanctuary safari lodge, for being inaugurated into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame. We value these awards particularly highly, given that they are generated entirely by guest feedback.”
