Eco Warrior Awards winners

The Ecowarrior Awards Shortlist The Ecowarrior Awards has released the names of the nominees who have been selected for the 15th Edition. “After a comprehensive judging process, we are happy to release the shortlist for this year’s awards. Congratulations to the nominees!”

1. Basecamp Explorer Kenya

   Basecamp Explorer is a tourism company that operates a collection of destinations across the globe, in an enlightened and responsible way. HOW DID IT ALL GET STARTED? Svein Wilhelmsen founded Basecamp Explorer in 1998, following a life-changing meeting with an old Maasai Chief named Ole Taek. Sitting around the fire one evening, the respected Maasai elder told a worrying tale about the threats facing his people. Wilhelmsen was inspired by his concern to found a company that would care, a company that would leave a positive footprint wherever it operated and would have a positive impact on the people it worked with. Since 1998, the Basecamp Group has grown to incorporate unique tourist destinations spread across the globe – in Kenya and Spitsbergen. Today our responsible tourism business supports projects like reforestation, waste management, empowering women and youth, and securing land for the wildlife to flourish.
2. Porini Mara Camp
3. Serena Beach Hotel
4. Asilia Kenya Ltd . Asilia Africa is one of East Africa’s long-standing safari companies. Meaning ‘genuine’ or ‘authentic’ in Swahili, we’ve built a reputation for incredible safari experiences and our unwavering commitment to empowering both people and nature alike in the region.Asilia was built by passionate people with deep roots in East Africa’s original family-run safari companies: Rekero Camp in 1986 and Oliver’s Camp in 1992. In 2004, they combined their experience, family spirit and commitment to East Africa and formed Asilia. Together, they sought to offer safari experiences paired with conservation efforts that bring meaningful change to the region. Today, we are a fast-growing, leading safari operator, employing nearly 1,000 people in 19 bespoke camps and lodges in Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar.
5. Il Ngwesi Lodge
6. Porini Amboseli

7. Sanctuary Olonana

   Sanctuary Retreats was born in Africa with the first of our Sanctuary Lodges, Sanctuary Olonana, in Kenya in 1999. We now own and operate additional lodges and camps in Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and most recently, Namibia. Building on our heritage of luxury adventure travel, we also manage and run six spectacular river cruise ships in some of the most amazing cultural and ecological sites in the world. Our cruises explore epic rivers – the Yangtze in China, the Nile in Egypt and the Irrawaddy in Myanmar.
8. Governor’s Camp Collection
9. Mara Bush Camp
10. Gamewatcher’s Safaris
11. Kampur Travel DiariesKampur Travel Diaries is a Kenyan-owned, family-run safari operator and planner with a difference. It was co-founded by Kamal and Purvi who wanted to share their passion for East Africa with the rest of the world. Kamal has always loved being in outdoor spaces and truly believes that you grow as a person when there are no walls confining you.  A former Kenyan International swimmer, he has traveled extensively around Eastern and Southern Africa and has a special interest in exploring off the beaten track places in East Africa. He is a qualified Safari Guide and manages the daily operations of the business. He is passionate about experiential travel and wants our guests to see East Africa in a unique way.

12. Sunworld Safaris

    Sunworld Safaris is operational since 1997 and is an owner-run Specialist Tour Operator, based in Nairobi, Kenya. We select eco-friendly hotels/lodges/ camps for our guests, are determined to respect and conserve wildlife and support local communities. We run professionally customized safaris to suit our clients’ needs in all aspects. Our tours are carefully planned & executed through our handpicked and highly skilled Destination Specialists.
13. Let’s Go TravelLet’s Go Travel Uniglobe is one of East Africa’s best-known and longest established Tour Operators and Travel Agents, started in 1979 by Alan Dixson, who has managed the company ever since. It is IATA accredited. We became a member of the Uniglobe Travel franchise in 2004. The Uniglobe system is committed to making the travel-buying experience a positive one by offering uncompromising dedication to customer service and value-added products and services.