Where every stay makes a difference
Spekboom finds you stays that give back, across South Africa and beyond. Part of every booking funds the conservation and community work around the place you sleep.
We are not Spekboom Tours, and not the SANParks Spekboom Tented Rest Camp.
Behind the name
Why Spekboom?
Named after the spekboom, the plant that restores the Eastern Cape thicket. SANBI records that restored spekboom thicket can store carbon at rates comparable to a deciduous forest, and that it brings degraded, overgrazed land back to life. Just as the plant regenerates landscapes, we turn travel into funding for the places you visit. Every booking contributes to projects that repair ecosystems, protect wildlife, and uplift communities across Africa.
Read our storyHow your stay helps
Every booking contributes to these areas of impact
The places
Reserves, farms, camps and lodges chosen for where they are and what they do for it. No listing is here only because it asked to be.
The causes
Conservation, community and wildlife work we have met in person. Each stay is tied to one, and part of every booking reaches it.
The people who host
Owners and rangers who chose a cause before they chose a booking site. They set their own rates and answer their own enquiries.
Ce qui change sur le terrain
Tout un village tiré vers le haut
À Prince Albert, comme dans les petits villages du Karoo, votre séjour permet à ceux qui s’investissent de continuer leur travail : le guide, la cheffe, l’instituteur, le garde de la réserve. C’est un tourisme dont le village ressent vraiment les effets.
Prince Albert · au pied du Swartberg
Le village qui nous a appris le modèle
Un village créatif du Karoo, entre oliviers, figuiers et ciels étoilés. Chaque lit réservé profite à ses cafés, ateliers et cuisines, et soutient le fonds communautaire, l’école de métiers et la réserve à sa porte.
Explorer Prince Albert
Soutenir une cause directement
Pas besoin de séjourner pour donner. Soutenez n’importe quelle cause sur Spekboom par un don direct.
