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Singita enters Delta high-end tourism

Luxury in the wild: Singita’s Ebony Lodge in South Africa PIC: SINGITA.COM
Luxury in the wild: Singita’s Ebony Lodge in South Africa PIC: SINGITA.COM

South African luxury resort group Singita has entered the high-net-worth Okavango Delta tourism industry and is developing a lodge on 170,000 hectares due to be opened by 2026.

The Delta is the country’s most prized tourism destination, with nights fetching in the thousands of US dollars, and the clients who fly in from across the world have to book well in advance to experience the World Heritage Site.

Singita, a 31-year-old group, operates luxury private lodges in South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

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