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Asilia Africa and Nomadic Encounters have entered into a partnership and will be rebranding as ‘Mara Bush Houses’. This will add 3 exciting “Private Safari Homes” to Asilia’s established portfolio of camps and lodges throughout Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique.

As a result of this partnership, the existing Mara House, Acacia House and Topi House will be marketed and booked through Asilia Africa from June 1st 2013. The current Nomadic Encounters team (and shareholders), Salaash, Fred, Jackson, Rainee and Kuno will become part of the Asilia Africa team with Gerard Beaton continuing to oversee the whole of the Kenyan operation. For more information please contact us at marketing@asiliaafrica.com

As seen on Bloomberg Businessweek, we're thrilled and proud to announce that we have been honoured as B Corporation 'Best For The World of 2013' for creating the most overall social and environmental impact!

The B Corp 'Best for the World List' honours businesses that earned an overall score in the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations on the B Impact Assessment, a comprehensive assessment of a company's impact on its workers, community, and the environment. Read more about our pioneering and collaborative approach here.

Asilia Co-Founder & Commercial Director Bas Hochstenbach:

"Only a few months after our exciting step into developing the natural habitat of Rubondo Island National Park, we can very proudly announce our participation in the conservation and development of another ground breaking natural habitat: Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique."

"This is probably the most ground breaking and inspiring project of managing and improving a crucial natural habitat in Africa at this point in time. Practically speaking, this means that Asilia will open its new Kubatana Camp on July 1, 2013 in an exclusive operating area of Gorongosa NP – and our Kubatana Camp is bookable as per today via marketing@asiliaafrica.com Our new camp will likely be followed by the further development of one or more additional Asilia properties in Gorongosa NP in the years to come."

Read Bas Hochstenbach's full article on the Kubatana Camp Project blog and follow the latest news from the camp on the Kubatana Facebook page.

Asilia Africa and Gorongosa National Park are delighted to announce their new partnership. From February 4th 2013 Asilia Africa is the National Park's newest eco-tourism partner in the development of Gorongosa National Park - and Asilia will open its new Kubatana Camp in the park on July 1st 2013.

Click here to read more about this partnership and our role in Gorongosa. Visit www.kubatanacampgorongosa.com for more information about the camp, Gorongosa National Park and the experiences on offer. Follow us as we start this exciting project on Kubatana Camp Facebook page.

Welcome to Rubondo Island Camp! On the 15th of December 2012 we opened this new camp in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.

Visit www.rubondoislandcampproject.com for more information about the camp, the Island, area, activities and more on this remote island and follow our Rubondo Facebook page. Contact us for more information about Rubondo.

Asilia Africa’s ongoing commitment to sustainable tourism was recognised in 2012 when they became the first Sustainable Safari / Lodge Company in Africa to receive a 5 Star rating for Sustainability from GIIRS.

The GIIRS rating assesses the social and environmental impact of companies and funds. Asilia is the first safari/lodge company to be rated. Worldwide only 324 (at the time of writing) companies are rated, but this number is fast growing, and means that Asilia is helping to set the standard for impact investing. Read more about Asilia's GIIRS rating here.