We adhere to strict self-imposed green codes designed to guarantee best conservation practice. Sustainability is the cornerstone principle of all hospitality offerings within The Greater Cradle Nature Reserve and is based on creating food production on the land, from the land via the principle of non-invasive and organic methodology.

No single-use plastic is used on the property. Our waste management systems see all kitchen refuse separated, processed, re-used or sold in accordance with world best practice methods. Water is responsibly managed – all drinking water is sourced and bottled on the property from boreholes. Every effort is made on site to ensure that no toxic cleaning agents or detergents are used, so that the grey water happily irrigates our indigenous gardens. The majority of food is sourced on the property, or hyper-locally.

 

In summary, we pride ourselves on the following:

 

• Ecological Balance: Regarding water conservation, all sourcing of our water is done on the property from boreholes and streams. We use a wetland filtration system for our swimming pool and, since we use only non-toxic cleaning agents, grey water irrigates our indigenous gardens.
• We are actively involved in wildlife conservation, keeping many indigenous species on the property. including sable, eland, blesbok, wildebeest, gemsbok, zebra, impala, koedoe, waterbuck, roan antelope, brown hyena, leopard, jackal and giraffe.
• Keen on heritage conservation we are home to the Malapa Museum, (built in partnership with paleoanthropologist Professor Lee Berger’s Foundation, National Geographic and the Malapa Motsetse Foundation) that houses fossils, found on our property, that tells the story of the origins of man.
• We conduct guest tours to the active anthropological fossil sites found on the property.
• Our policy is to hire locally with the majority of our staff sourced from our local communities.
• We attempt to hyper-locally source all food that we do not produce ourselves.
• Education is the cornerstone of our business: our staff, members of surrounding communities and school children visit our museum and fossil sites.
• We conduct in-classroom lectures on conservation and palaeoanthropology to over 20 high schools in our community annually.
• Part of our social development programme includes feeding schemes with our neighbouring communities.
• We have involved our local neighbouring communities in the fight against poaching.