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Dave Varty

Co-Founder/Owner

Dave's story is too full and rich to tell in a brief blog bio. Suffice it to say that it is due to his passion, hard work and lifelong dedication to conservation that Londolozi is what it is today. One of the co-founders ...

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on Dave Varty’s Yearly Round-up 2024: Many Celebrations And New Beginnings

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Beautiful update, hoping 2025 is just as spectacular.

What a heartfelt Christmas message and wish. The hard work, dedication and love for the ground has paid off. Dave loves Londolozi and everything he put in to making it a World Renowned Safari Lodge. The staff, Rangers and Trackers all tribute to this fabulous paradise of sightings of wild animals, birds and so much more. Christmas wishes to the Varty Family and all the staff at Londolozi. May you all be blessed with good health, lots of family around you for Christmas and peace and tranquility.

Dave, How the heck do you keep up with everything going on around you? This has to be the longest and most impressive update ever, and we know that there is much more! We are so thrilled to hear of all the progress, and especially your well-earned acknowledgments, as the leader of the Londolozi family. We are so very proud to speak of Londolozi and GWF at every chance we get, to anyone who mentions Africa to us, and we look forward to visiting our special family again soon! With love to all, Happy Holidays!!! Michael & Terri

Caring for conservation, animals, environment, caring for staff and the next generations: all together a huge and brilliant achievement of Dave Varty, his family and staff at Londolozi.
I wish everyone at Londolozi a wonderful Christmas Time, enough rain for the sustenance of people and animals, and I am already looking forward to a next visit to this great place of abundance in every regard.

Wow, what an amazing recap of 2024! Even though I read the Daily Blog, follow on Instagram and receive the newsletters from GWF and Ripple Fund, t0 view in one letter all of the accomplishments, personnel updates as well as the Westphals’ generous gift of education to Freddie’s children, it is year that could only be this successful through the hard work and dedication of each of the greater Londolozi family. As one of your return guests, I can attest to the fact that there are many choices of places to visit within Africa for a safari, but there is only one that offers that unique experience where you arrive as a guest and leave feeling like family.

I wish everyone at Londolozi a sparkling holiday season and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone once again in this coming year.
P.S. May everyone enjoy and kind and gentle winter blessed by normal rain!

Dave, what a meaningful post. Thank you and the team for all that you do to make Londolozi oh so very special. We were with you on Heritage Day 2024 and it was wonderful for ‘us’ guests to gather in the boma for a traditional SA meal with the lights surrounding us, the beautiful colors on the tables and chairs, and the warmth of the conversation among guests and the Londolozi team around the firs.

So wonderful 🙂 How lucky are we all to have you all on this earth. Thank you!

Dave: I hope you, the Varty family and of course the Londolozi family have a great Christmas and New Years. I look forward to my next visit as always. You all should be very proud of the wonderful achievements made this year.

Your messages always give me such hope for humanity and this beautiful spinning rock we call home.

Love and gratitude for an amazing Londolozi 2024, and very much looking forward to an even more amazing 2025!!!

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