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Landlocked in pristine wilderness, Botswana is known for its colorful sunrises and lush oases where zebras or elephants can be seen sipping from its soothing waters.
That’s always been their natural habitat, with people always passing through as their curious visitors, observers, and sometimes sadly their poachers.
Since the pandemic, people have slowly started to recognize the importance of preserving wildlife for our own wellbeing, health, and so that we could better guard the planet against the growing risks of climate change and infectious diseases.
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Red Carnation Hotels, part of the Travel Corporation group of companies founded by South Africa natives Stanley and Beatrice Tollman, recently opened its first safari camp, the luxury Xigera in Botswana. Senior editor Jeri Clausing talked with the Tollman s son, TTC CEO Brett Tollman, about the new property and his outlook for travel.
Brett Tollman
Q: You are recently back from a trip to South Africa and Xigera. Tell me about the new property.
A: Phenomenal. It s been a lifetime vision of the family to create our own safari lodge. For my father, what he particularly wanted to create was the opportunity to go on safari with the family. That s something we ve done over the years. Every summer we take a number of our children, all the siblings, my parents and usually a few friends and take over one of the Wilderness Safaris camps. Now it s that opportunity to bring a Tollman safari experience to those who want to try it.
Xigera, the Versailles of the African bush An exclusive first look at Botswana’s grand new safari camp, a spectacular monument to a travel industry tycoon 23 February 2021 - 20:22 By David Pilling
Stanley Tollman’s instructions were clear. Build a safari lodge in Botswana’s Okavango Delta and make it the finest of its type in the world.
“The brief was simple,” says Anton de Kock, the architect engaged for the task. “Mr Tollman said: ‘I want an extraordinary camp. I want an extraordinary experience.’ That was the word: ‘extraordinary’. And knowing Mr T, it had to be the best of the best.”..