"We have an ethic for our dealings with one another but not so with the natural world. We desperately need a morality concerning mans relationship with the land, its animals and the plants that grow upon it. We must stop being homocentric for it is not our divine destiny to plunder the earth." -
The Ecology of Architecture

King’s Lodge is committed to developing and promoting sustainable tourism hand in hand with mutually beneficial conservation and wildlife management practice. In particular King’s Lodge manages all its 3 camps with major attention and detail to eco-friendly systems and protection of the natural environment, working with local communities in order to foster better living conditions for the local people who have been sharing the wildlife habitat from generations.

Highlights:

The construction is environmentally sensitive, harmonious with the natural features of the site and accentuates natural daylight to all facilities. Local knowledge and art has been incorporated in the development and the lodge has been constructed using local manpower.

Waste recycling has been given special priority, unlike the common septic tanks we have installed Shankar Balram ready-made septic tanks, which convert 10kg of night soil to 2 gms of black ash. These tanks have been awarded the President Award for eco – sensitivity. The waste water is used for watering trees and the kitchen garden.

Vermi compost is practiced and the resultant manure is used in the kitchen garden.

85% of our staff is from local villages, this results in taking care of around 60-70 family members of the villagers. The lodge also supports their medical facilities.

The village staff is used in all sections of the lodge and some of them are trained to guide guests in the wild and drive.

The lodge maintains a small organic vegetable and herb garden, the balance requirement is also sourced from the neighboring villages

Hot water is provided by solar water heating system and the swimming pool is also heated using solar power.

The furniture has been made from recycled railway sleeper wood, saving a lot of new wood use. Other requirements of wood have been met from regularized wood. Many furniture pieces have been recycled from old pieces, bullock cart wheels and drift wood.