Duba Plains Camp

CONSERVATION & COMMUNITY

Duba Plains Camp is owned and operated by Great Plains Conservation which, together with its charitable arm the Great Plains Foundation, manages over one million acres of land across Kenya and Botswana with sound wildlife and environmental stewardship, and involvement with community and conservation initiatives.

In Botswana, conservation initiatives include ‘Rhinos Without Borders’ which, together with partner andBeyond, commits to relocate rhinos on a magnitude never done before from South Africa to safe havens in Botswana.

The Solar Mamas initiative was set up to address both lack of economic opportunity and electricity deficit in remote villages bordering the Okavango Delta. Nine ‘Solar Mamas’ left their communities in Botswana and attended a six-month solar power training course in India. They returned with the skills to run a business and build, install and maintain sustainable energy for their communities.

Inspired by a central mission of empowering women, alongside the need for eyes and ears on the ground in the form of conservation rangers, Great Plains Foundation has created all-female ranger units. Hiring female rangers not only strengthens monitoring efforts for conservation, but helps shift gender stereotypes and foster the community buy-in necessary to preserve Africa’s wild places.

The Great Plains Student Conservation Camps have reached students and teachers in both Botswana and Kenya with environmental and conservation education. By engaging and mentoring young people in communities bordering protected land, students see positive examples of local professionals working to protect their fragile ecosystems and are inspired to become champions of biodiversity themselves.

In partnership with Pack for a Purpose, Great Plains also keeps a list of much needed supplies for local schools and conservation education programmes. Guests with space in their suitcases are able to bring items to donate.