Conservation
A lodge that pays for a forest
Ten percent of every room night, every levy and every seedling you plant goes into protecting and restoring 480 hectares of mangrove on Okun Creek.
Example figures for this demo.
Why mangroves
Nurseries, sea walls, carbon stores
Mangroves shelter young fish that feed the villages, slow storm surges, and hold more carbon per hectare than most forests. On this coast they have been cut for firewood for decades.
We work with Okun village on a simple deal: the lodge pays for patrols, nurseries and fuel-efficient stoves, and the village protects the forest. Fishing catches have risen since 2021.
Our work, year by year
- 2019Agreement with Okun village. First nursery of 3,000 seedlings.
- 2021Lodge opens with six stilt suites. Community patrols begin.
- 2023200 fuel-efficient stoves given to village families. Firewood cutting falls.
- 2025Treehouses and villas open. 50,000th seedling planted by a guest.
- 2026Bird survey with a university team records 41 species on the creek.
How you can help
Plant at low tide
Join the planting team for an afternoon, ₦10,000 a person, seedling named for you.
Sponsor a plot
Fund 100 seedlings and two years of care for ₦150,000. We send photos each season.
Give a stove
A fuel-efficient stove for a village family, ₦35,000, cuts firewood use by half.
Questions
About our work
Where does the levy go?
The ₦5,000 community levy per guest per night goes to the Okun village school and health post, managed by a village committee.
Is the lodge certified?
We report our figures each year and invite visiting researchers. We do not claim any certificate we do not hold.
Can researchers stay?
Yes. We offer reduced rates for researchers and students working on the creek.