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Finest Hardwood Zambezi Furniture

Savanna Wood manufactures rustic furniture from Zambezi Teak, the finest, hardest, furniture wood available. Twice the density of traditional Asian Teak, and with a stunningly beautiful, deep, rich, grain. Each piece we make is uniquely handcrafted to last many generations.

Harvested Zambezi Teak

Savanna Wood pay royalties to the communities living on the edges of the forests and are actively responsible for extensive Community Projects. Because the local people rely on our presence for their survival (many are employed on the projects and we employ and provide extensive skills training to over 400 locals who work in the factory and mill), it is in their interests to conserve the forest. If they did not achieve such a livelihood from our arrangements they would have no alternative but to clear the land and convert to peasant agriculture.

This would be a double ecological disaster: we would lose the wonderful Zambezi Teak forests (over four and a half million acres in Matabeleland North alone, with millions more in Zambia, Botswana, Angola and the DRC), and the very fragile soils of the Kalahari sand veldt would soon become desert. The sustainable utilization of these forests is essential to their preservation.

Harvested Zambezi Teak

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Excellence of Design and Structure

Constructed with the very best traditional joinery, our products carry a lifetime guarantee.

Hand crafted from 100% solid timber to the highest standards of construction, only the finest joinery is used. All table tops are solid full thickness right through. A large Ndlovu table may weigh in at 1100 lbs! though a delicately designed slim line Matetsi table will tip the scales at a mere 155lbs.

Drawers, boxes and the like are assembled with perfectly crafted dovetail joints, a skill lost to all but the best and most patient artisan. Mortice and tennon joints are very carefully cut to ensure a perfect, snug fit that guarantees the integrity of each joint we make