Sasi Bush Lodge
Bergville
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust and 2 others
From R 5,400 a night
Stays that give back
Across Africa
Every stay here backs a cause near it. A share of each booking goes to their work on the ground.
Stays that back Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
17 stays · Providing quality education for children from infancy to age 10 in the rural northern Drakensberg About Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
Highland Quarters
Clarens
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,390 a night
The Cavern Drakensberg Resort & Spa
Drakensberg, Bergville
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 4,280 a night
Sungubala Eco Camp
Drakensberg, Bergville
Grassland biome · Spotted hyena · Leopard
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,140 a night
Drakensberg Vultures View
Cathkin Park
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,691 a night
Berghouse & Cottages
Drakensberg, Bergville
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,950 a night
Further afield
Across Africa. Rates on request.
Dragonview Lodge
Cathkin Park
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
Price on request
Montusi Mountain Lodge
Drakensberg, Bergville
Grassland biome · Bushbuck · Common eland
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust and 1 other
From R 6,800 a night
Qambathi Mountain Lodge
Nottingham Road
Grassland biome · Bushbuck · Serval
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 4,100 a night
Monte Bello Estate
Vaalbank, Bloemfontein
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,850 a night
Mont d'Or Clarens
Clarens
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,100 a night
Highveldt Farm
Nottingham Road
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 3,950 a night
Antbear Eco Lodge
Estcourt
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 2,000 a night
Liedjiesbos Urban Olive Farm
Bloemfontein
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,700 a night
Camelroc Guest Farm
Caledonspoort, Fouriesburg
Grassland biome · Blesbok
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 1,000 a night
Stoneyhall Farm & Haycroft Lodge
Underberg, Bergville
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 800 a night
Merino Guest Farm
Clarens
Grassland biome
Gives back to Royal Drakensberg Education Trust
From R 900 a night
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See places that give backEvery stay on Spekboom sends a share of the host commission to a named conservation or community cause. This page collects the stays where that link is explicit: you can see which organisation your booking supports before you book, not after.
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The mechanism is deliberately dull, because that is what makes it trustworthy. Guests pay no service fee. Hosts pay one all inclusive commission of 12.5%, and a defined share of that goes to the cause attached to the listing. It is not a round up at checkout and it is not an offset bought from a broker; it is a cut of the money already changing hands, going to an organisation with a name and an address.
What those causes do varies: clearing invasive alien trees out of a catchment, running an anti-poaching unit, a village school, a raptor rehabilitation centre. Each listing names its own, so you can decide whether it is work you want to fund.
Questions travellers ask
How much of my booking goes to the cause?
Hosts pay one all inclusive commission of 12.5% of the booking total, and a defined share of that goes to the cause linked to the stay. Guests pay no service fee on top, so supporting the cause does not cost you more than booking the same stay elsewhere.
Do I choose the cause?
The cause is attached to the listing by the host, and it is named on the page, so you choose it by choosing where you stay. You can also browse by cause and work the other way round.
Is this a carbon offset?
No. Nothing is bought on your behalf and no carbon is claimed. A share of the commission goes to a named organisation doing conservation or community work, and that is the whole of it.
Can I see what the money achieved?
Each cause has its own page describing its work. We do not publish per booking impact figures, because a number we cannot substantiate is worse than no number.