HOEDSPRUIT: Shik Shack Backpackers built from scrap material
Shik Shack Backpackers is always looking for new ways to make their tourism impact and footprint innovative
Using recyclables as a resource is one of the core ethos of Shik Shack Backpackers, a funky community lodge based at the Nourish Eco village.
This is clear in their communal lounge which is made totally of ECO BRICK plastic bottle, recycling tons and tons of scrap plastic which would otherwise have wound up in the dumpsite in Acornhoek or in dumpsites throughout the smaller villages where there is little to no support for waste removal.
The most recently added space was the addition of the Shik Shack ‘Shebeen’ with full liquor license.
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The little bar area for volunteers and guests to enjoy has walls made of crushed tins, using tin to build was an affordable and colourful way to build the bar area while again using waste as a resource.
“We cannot only focus on getting the local community to clean up their environment and pick up trash by motivating it as conservation. We need to INSPIRE and show ways that waste can be utilised and turned into something function such as building supplies,” said the Cofounder, Sarah Bergs.
Shik Shack Backpackers is always looking for new ways to make their tourism impact and footprint innovative, inclusive, and meaningful and their commitment to TRUE responsible tourism shows.
