What started with one family's love for the Sabie River has grown into a collection of exceptional places across South Africa. We're proudly rooted in conservation, driven by an obsession for detail, and energised by the joy of sharing Africa's most remarkable destinations. We keep evolving, keep caring, and keep working to make every moment matter.
A Bigger Family
Family has always meant more than bloodline. It's the exceptional people across our lodges, hotels, and residences who bring our story to life. It's the communities we support and the wild spaces we protect together.
We celebrate our individuality - it's through our different talents, aligned in the common purpose to enrich our guests' lives, that we create meaningful impact.
Four Generations of Conservation
Guy Aubrey Chalkley, Louise's grandfather, purchased Kingston farm along the Sabie River in 1933 - not for profit, but for protection. Fifteen years later, he became a founding member of Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, one of Africa's first private conservation areas.
Louise welcomed our first guests to River Lodge in 1978, turning conservation into connection. Two of her sons, Nick and Robert, together with Robert's wife Britt, grew Lion Sands from that single river lodge into what MORE Collection is today - a family vision inspired by their childhoods in this extraordinary landscape.
Nick’s passion for conservation lives on through MORE Field Guide College. Britt's warmth and vision shaped Ivory Lodge - she saw what it could become, and her heart lives in every detail.
Led by Robert, we're now in our 4th generation - still a family business, but modern in our thinking and relentless in our pursuit of exceptional experiences. Each generation has cared deeply for these wild places, from Guy's bold conservation vision to today. That dedication continues in every experience we create, every guest we welcome, every wild place we protect.
We create moments where life feels fuller. Where connection deepens between people, and between people and place. Across safari lodges in Sabi Sand, Kruger National Park, Marakele, and Thornybush, and our boutique hotel in Cape Town, we're constantly evolving - honouring heritage whilst pushing forward with bold ideas, sustainable practices, and experiences that surprise and delight.
We Are Aware
- All our senses are open
- We arrive ready
- We remember that “we are human first”
We Respond Generously
- We always respond
- We have a mindset of abundance
- We give more, do more
We Find Strength In Diversity
- We are stronger as a family
- We work together
- Ubuntu: "I am because we are"
- We act inclusively
We Always Make It Better
- We positively influence
- We always keep learning
- We take responsibility and we "own it"
Meet Our People
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