Scooping both first and second places among the World’s Top 100 Hotels, as well as securing the winning slot for Best Hotel Spa in Africa and the Middle East, South Africa’s Singita Game Reserves has taken top honours in this year’s US Travel+Leisure World’s Best Awards 2011 readers survey.
Singita Grumeti Reserves, located along the western corridor of Tanzania’s legendary Serengeti National Park, has just been ranked No.1 on the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2011 list of Top 100 Hotels.
Why it stands out as a shining example is that just eight years ago hardly an animal was to be seen here, while today it has the most prolific game populations in East Africa.
Embodiying the philosophy of ‘touching the earth lightly’, Singita practices modern conservation, which is a finely tuned relationship between wildlife, local communities and tourism.
They are exponents of low impact/high value tourism, which means fewer tourists paying higher prices, ensuring that the habitat is sensitively managed.
And an exemplary model for the new African eco-philanthropy that ‘gives back’ through significant conservation and community projects.
Flagship Singita Sabi Sand set within the greater Kruger National Park and home to founding lodges Ebony and Boulders, follows as No. 2 on the coveted list of Top 100 Hotels.
While Singita Kruger National Park, which encompasses Lebombo and Sweni lodges with their spectacular setting overlooking the N’wanetsi River, not only made it onto this coveted Top 100 Hotels Overall list too (ranked No. 39), but was also voted Best Hotel Spa in Africa and the Middle East in the same readers’ survey this year.