Abstract
Tourists visiting luxury wildlife tourism destinations create a demand for local crafts and fresh produce. Through local procurement, this demand creates potential opportunities for local communities, and the possibility exists that it could stimulate local economic development where communities live. The purpose of this manuscript is to determine whether fresh produce produced by community farmers could be included into the supply chains of luxury wildlife tourism destinations. The fresh produce requirements of three &Beyond luxury wildlife tourism lodges were obtained. Thereafter the fresh produce local community farmers produce around the &Beyond lodges was ascertained to determine whether there is an opportunity to include local community farmers in the logistics distribution systems of luxury wildlife tourism destinations. The results showed that there is a fresh produce match that can incorporated. After establishing the possibility for the inclusion of local communities in the fresh produce supply chains the focus moves to the way to incorporate these farmers. The value of the study lies in the exploration of the possibility of including local communities into the supply chains for wildlife tourism establishments that could have significant potential financial and social benefits for local communities.