The vision behind Kuzuko Lodge in the Eastern Cape was to create a ‘Big Five’ safari game park combining conservation, job creation and social transformation in a malaria-free area in South Africa.

The area of the small Karoo was chosen for its unique vegetation and beauty as well as being an area of over 70% unemployment and endemic poverty. The task was three fold: build a unique lodge, create jobs and allow the chosen area to revert to its original habitat. Thus was Kuzuko born. Kuzuko Lodge is the first private game reserve to be incorporated into the Greater Addo Elephant Park, the third largest national park in South Africa, giving it traversing rights over 1 million acres.