Duinepos, with its 11 chalets, offers eco-friendly accommodation for nature lovers visiting the West Coast National Park and surrounding areas.
This destination on the West Coast is located inside the park with its rich fauna and flora life.
Sand bag building methods have been used for the building of new chalets as part of this community-based tourism project. This construction method has a low environmental impact and offers good thermal insulation. We decided on this method because it is consistent with principles of sustainable development, which we support. Our philosophy at Duinepos is to live in harmony with the natural environment. This building method is not new, but has a lower environmental impact than modern building methods.
We have also introduced measures for efficient water use on site and are committed to not wasting or polluting this precious regional resource. For instance we only use eco-friendly cleaning products to wash our visitors’ bed linen and towels. These products are designed to get fabrics clean without the use of laundry powder or detergents. We believe that these choices, as well as those of our visitors, can contribute in a small way to better the state of our natural environment.
Our chalets only have shower facilities because it is more water efficient to shower than to bath. The terrain at Duinepos was also designed in a water efficient way, using indigenious plants. Vula Environmental Services, who did the design, ensured that our chalets and other infrastructure blend in seamlessly with our surrounding natural environment.
At Duinepos we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint as far as possible. We are working towards green destination status. We are therefore currently putting in place a recycling system that will enable visitor’s to recycle paper, plastic, glass and biodegradable waste at their individual chalets.
Our personnel also try and reduce excess use wastage as far as possible, for instance by recycling our printer ink cartrages. We use recycled paper for our marketing material.
Green Philosophy
Duinepos, with its 11 chalets, offers eco-friendly accommodation for nature lovers visiting the West Coast National Park and surrounding areas.
This destination on the West Coast is located inside the park with its rich fauna and flora life.
Sand bag building methods have been used for the building of new chalets as part of this community-based tourism project. This construction method has a low environmental impact and offers good thermal insulation. We decided on this method because it is consistent with principles of sustainable development, which we support. Our philosophy at Duinepos is to live in harmony with the natural environment. This building method is not new, but has a lower environmental impact than modern building methods.
We have also introduced measures for efficient water use on site and are committed to not wasting or polluting this precious regional resource. For instance we only use eco-friendly cleaning products to wash our visitors’ bed linen and towels. These products are designed to get fabrics clean without the use of laundry powder or detergents. We believe that these choices, as well as those of our visitors, can contribute in a small way to better the state of our natural environment.
Our chalets only have shower facilities because it is more water efficient to shower than to bath. The terrain at Duinepos was also designed in a water efficient way, using indigenious plants. Vula Environmental Services, who did the design, ensured that our chalets and other infrastructure blend in seamlessly with our surrounding natural environment.
At Duinepos we are committed to reducing our environmental footprint as far as possible. We are working towards green destination status. We are therefore currently putting in place a recycling system that will enable visitor’s to recycle paper, plastic, glass and biodegradable waste at their individual chalets.
Our personnel also try and reduce excess use wastage as far as possible, for instance by recycling our printer ink cartrages. We use recycled paper for our marketing material.