Winner in Top Gender Empowered Company: Travel Tourism & Entertainment for Topco Media’s 8th Annual Top Women Award Finalists in the Tourism category of the 2011 BHP Billiton Achiever Awards Winner in the 2010 Africa Investor Tourism Awards under Best Sustainable Tourism Investment category Winner in the 2009 Imvelo Responsible Tourism awards under the Chairman's Award category Finalist for the 2009 Drivers of Change Award under the Civil Society Award category Finalist in the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2008 2008 - Shortlisted in the Africa Investor Awards under the Best Initiative in Facilitating SMME Tourism Investment category Winner in the 2007 SangoNet NGO Web Awards Winner of 2006 Guardian, Observer and Guardian Unlimited Travel Awards in the Ethical Travel Award category 2005 ToDo! Special Award (handed out at Berlin ITB, 2006) 2005 - Winner Imvelo Responsible Tourism Award (South Africa) for best practice in the awareness raising category