In southern Namibia four deserts overlap. Despite the arid conditions and sparse vegetation most of the land was used for livestock farming for decades. However, when tourism started to pick up after independence in 1990 an alternative form of utilization presented itself: the hospitality business. More income is generated with beds than with goats, more and better jobs are created, and much less of a strain is put on nature.

These are the very three pillars on which Gondwana's philosophy is based: tourism, nature and people. All three pillars are essential for bearing the fruit of success. Without nature, no tourists; without tourists, no nature conservation and no jobs; without staff and the support of communities, no hospitality business and no game-keeping. At the Gondwana Collection each pillar is represented by a corresponding committee on the board.

The company philosophy has been implemented resolutely from the start - in Gondwana Cañon Park, established in 1995, and in the other three parks which became part of the Gondwana Collection in December 2004: Gondwana Kalahari Park, Gondwana Sperrgebiet Rand Park and Gondwana Namib Park.

Gondwana's accommodation facilities just outside Etosha National Park in northern Namibia (since 2008) are situated on a comparatively small piece of land (4 km²). Therefore we do not engage in game-keeping there. Gondwana's concept for environmental protection, however, shows in the way the accommodation facilities are built and managed. And it goes without saying that employees there are supported just as much as those at the other accommodation facilities.

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