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Social responsibility and care
are the ethos of Thanda Group.
Thanda consists of various companies in the in raising awareness and driving programs for nature
tourism, hospitality/hotel and property develop- conservation and preservation. Working closely with
ment sector, operating in South Africa, Tanzania, our partners, we are actively and deeply involved in
and the Mediterranean. Thanda Safari, located in the protection of endangered species, both on land
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is a private Big 5 game and in the ocean.
reserve spanning 16,500 hectares. Thanda Island
is a paradise of a private island, available only on an At Thanda Safari, we have an entire wildlife
exclusive use basis located within its own protected management team who are dedicated to protecting
marine reserve off the coast of Tanzania. Both are our Rhino population and ensuring that our Cheetah
world-class, luxurious, five-star establishments breeding programme continues. On Thanda Island,
and members of the prestigious ‘Leading Hotels of our marine biologist oversees the protection of the
the World’. Then there is our grand old dame, the coral reef and marine reserve as well as our reef
93-year-old classic cruise teak Superyacht, Over the restoration project, partnering with other NGOs on
Rainbow of London, owned by Thanda Malta. Her endangered species research and protection.
home base is the Port in Cannes, France.
THE YEAR IN BRIEF
Something all three products have in common is Bookings at Thanda Safari and Thanda Island
an incredible team of highly skilled employees who continued their upward trend from the pandemic
are passionately committed and dedicated to the years prior to 2022 and this year will go down as
Thanda vision and ethos of delivering exceptional our best year yet in terms of sales. After acquiring
service excellence and unforgettable memories. our own Airbus H 130 B4 helicopter, we now have
direct transfers to Thanda Island from Dar es Salaam
IT’S IN OUR DNA Airport. This unique service is a major factor in the
Embedded within the Thanda DNA is our care for the record number of visitors in 2023.
environment, endangered wildlife, and marine species
as well as our social responsibility and investment Construction of the Royal Residence villas con-
towards our staff and rural neighbouring communities. tinued with four reaching completion in 2023 and a
further four under different stages of construction.
We are extremely proud that over 93% of our The Royal Thanda Club, moulded around the suc-
staff at Thanda Safari are Zulu who come from the cessful and most exclusive private residence club in
three surrounding Zulu communities as well as from the world, Yellowstone Club in Montana USA, is set
the local region. The same commitment to the local to become the most exclusive private residence club
Swahili community can be seen on Thanda Island, ever to come out of Africa.
where over 75% of all staff come from the neigh-
bouring island of Mafia. As a family-owned and managed business with
long-serving, loyal and hardworking staff, we look
Over the years, Thanda has been leading the way forward to 2024 which we believe will be even better.
