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its on-site clinic. In Botswana, a 1.2 MWp solar plant will power Elela , Singita’s first property in the Okavango Delta. Yarona, the region’s staff village, will be powered by its own 800 kWp plant. Singita’s properties in Rwanda are predominantly powered by the Rwandan grid, alongside a proportion of low-carbon hydropower — the region’s misty, overcast conditions aren’t conducive to on-site solar production — but multiple solar plants provided around 30% of the annual power load of Singita Grumeti in 2025, and Singita’s procurement and logistics hub in Johannesburg is also fitted with a rooftop solar plant. Singita’s installed solar capacity currently stands at 4.02 MWp, a figure that will reach 6.86 MWp once the Botswana and Pamushana plants are complete. In 2025, this capacity translated to 27% solar penetration across all properties. Installations can take anywhere from weeks to months, depending on the size and complexity of the system, weather, and guest occupancy. Local contractors are employed during construction, and Singita’s own technical maintenance teams — many of whom hail from neighbouring communities — are trained to support each region’s solar system in
collaboration with specialist service providers. Solar also adds layers of redundancy, reducing reliance on generators and unstable grids, and its benefits extend to guests directly — less noise means the sounds of the landscape always carry through. “People are going to travel,” says Andrea. “And this inherently impacts the environment. But there are ways to counter that. Ideally, they’ll use the carbon budget of their trips to visit places where their spending will benefit nature and communities — operators and destinations that have taken steps to reduce their footprint substantially, that employ locally, and that support conservation initiatives.” To further reduce the environmental impact of each stay, Singita offsets the carbon emissions of every guest with verified carbon credit providers in the regions it operates in. “Guests can now feel more comfortable that their stay has a reduced environmental impact,” says Andrea. Much of what we need to survive lies in nature. It’s in learning to identify and harness it that we can build our relationship with the natural world anew and live in greater harmony with it.
Right Working consciously with the natural world is the greatest tool we have in protecting it.
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