Desert & Delta Safaris - Leading the pack in responsible tourism

Established in 1982, DDS is one of the leading groups of successful safari operators in Botswana. While most of the tourist resorts in the country are outsourcing skilled labour to expatriates, DDS has taken a bold decision to develop their local human capital.

“The wealth of this high value, low volume tourism approach had to trickle down to the local population,” states James Wilson, marketing director at DDS.  Botswana tourism industry has for many years been concentrated in the hands of expatriates. In most tourist establishments owned mostly by foreign investors, all the key positions are still held by non-citizens. That is not the case at DDS.