Singita Takes Top Honours in Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2019

July 2019 – Singita has taken top honours in this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards

2019, scooping both 3rd and 8th places among The Top 100 Hotels in the World. Singita Sabi

Sand also secured the winning spot in The Top 10 Safari Lodges in Africa category.

Rated against the finest hotels around the globe, flagship Singita Sabi Sand in South Africa –

home to its founding lodges Singita Ebony and Singita Boulders, as well as the exclusive-use

Singita Castleton – was ranked as No. 1 Safari Lodges in Africa and No. 3 in the Top 100 Hotels

in the World. Sharing an unfenced border with the iconic Kruger National Park, Singita’s Sabi

Sand’s 30,000-acre private concession offers inimitable game-viewing experiences and is

renowned for its high concentrations of big game and frequent lion and leopard sightings. In

Sabi Sand, Singita deploys a highly skilled canine anti-poaching unit to safeguard free-roaming

wildlife as well as supporting various small business development, education and community

partnership programmes as part of its ecotourism model. In addition, Singita Sabi Sand has

been added to the World’s Best Awards (WBA) Hall of Fame, bestowed on a destination voted

onto the specific WBA list for the past 10 consecutive years.

Singita Grumeti, in Tanzania, followed closely at No. 8 on the coveted list of The Top 100 Hotels

in the World, as well as the No.3 spot in The Top 10 Safari Lodges in Africa category.

Encompassing five distinct properties – Singita Sasakwa Lodge, Sabora Tented Camp, Faru Faru

Lodge, Singita Explore as well as Serengeti House – Singita Grumeti is one of the jewels in the

crown of its iconic safari destinations. It is situated adjacent to the Serengeti National Park and

forms an integral part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, the home of the Great Migration.

Guests have exclusive access to a 350,000-acre concession, which is protected by the

dedicated conservation team at the Grumeti Fund.

Since its inception in 2002, Grumeti Fund has invested funding as well as the commitment of

its team into supporting community projects with Singita. Together, they have spearheaded

projects like the K9 Anti-Poaching Unit, Elephant Collaring (Safaris With a Purpose) Project and

the newly established Serengeti Girls Run. In this partnership, Singita and the Grumeti Fund

apply the best of tourism and conservation to create programmes that benefit the people,

wildlife and land of the Serengeti.

“To have two properties in the top 10 in the world is an incredible feat. I am enormously proud

of our entire team! Winning these coveted awards is critically important to our future growth

and positioning. Singita’s expansion depends on selecting projects that are as good, or better

than, the current offering, where we can safeguard Africa’s most vulnerable species and

natural habitats,” says Luke Bailes, founder and Executive Chairman of Singita.

Note to Editors:

Singita is a conservation brand that has been preserving African wilderness for the past 26

years, offering guests an exceptional safari experience with 15 luxury, award-winning winning

lodges and camps across five regions. In partnership with non-profit Funds & Trusts who

implement strategic conservation projects in each region, Singita’s 100-year purpose is to

preserve and protect pristine land and wildlife populations, and help create economic

independence within local communities surrounding the reserves. www.singita.com

Reservations can be made through the address below:

Singita, Tel: +27 21 683 3424,

Email: enquiries@singita.com, www.singita.com

Press Release issued by:

Lisa Carey, PR & Communications Manager

Email: lisa.c@singita.com