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Our Essence

Regenerative tourism THAT GIVES BACK

At the core of Natural Selection is the mission to meaningfully connect people to wild nature. Our regenerative tourism focus ensures that our business and our guests give back more to communities and conservation than we take from the destination.

Our Impact Model concentrates on  3 interdependent elements:

  1. Creating Conservation Economies through ecotourism development, job creation and supporting sustainable local enterprise.
  2. Leading Conservation Action through expanding wildlife & habitat protection, empowering local rural communities, and enabling human-wildlife coexistence.
  3. Managing Environmental Impact by minimising the environmental impact of our operations and protecting the wilderness areas we manage.
1.5% to the planet

We make sure every
visitor's trip counts

We firmly believe that conservation based tourism plays an important role in the protection of wilderness areas around the globe, particularly in Africa. Simply by visiting a wildlife area, travellers are encouraging its continued protection through tourism revenue. In addition, we make sure that 1.5% of every booking at our lodges is donated to conservation and that the per person per night Community, Conservation and Reserve (CCR) Fee goes directly to protecting wildlife reserves and supporting local communities.

By choosing to be at one of our Natural Selection camps or lodges, guests automatically contribute to the protection of the very wildlife they will see on safari and the upliftment of thousands of local people.

Impact Report

See how you
make a difference

To see how your booking with us can help to make a meaningful difference please take a look at our latest Positive Impact Report which includes detail on our approach and the key conservation projects and community work we are supporting.

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Featured project

THE ELEPHANT EXPRESS

Supporting human-wildlife coexistence by providing safe transportation for school children and healthcare providers through an elephant corridor in Northwest Botswana.

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Our projects

The Natural Selection Foundation facilitates our conservation impact agenda by focusing on expanding wildlife & habitat protection, empowering local rural communities, and enabling human-wildlife coexistence. Explore our projects by country and focus area below.

Makgadikgadi Large Mammal Migration

Our goal is to collaborate with local communities and relevant parties to create land use plans that benefit all and free up migratory paths for historic migrations.

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Desert-Dwelling Giraffe Conservation

Focusing on the awareness of giraffe declines in Africa and the continued conservation of desert-dwelling giraffes in Northwest Namibia.

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Khwai Private Reserve Anti-Poaching

We equip rangers in Khwai Private Reserve with tools and training to effectively protect wildlife. They patrol, collect data, manage invasive species, and protect trees.

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Bioboundary Project

Investigating the efficacy of plant-based airborne elephant repellents to protect crops and infrastructure to help create an environment of coexistence between humans and wildlife.

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Desert Lion Early Warning Conflict Mitigation System

Implementing an automatic monitoring and early warning system with the desert lion, to reduce conflict with livestock herders in the hope that human-wildlife-conflict is mitigated.

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Wild Shots Outreach

An immersive experience that gets young adults from underprivileged areas learning to appreciate wildlife and wild environments from the perspective of a camera.

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The Maria Ramsden Learning Centre

Working closely with the Khwai community to better the lives of vulnerable children and single mothers. The centre provides a safe learning environment as well as assisting with food provisions.

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Mmogo Centres for Community Development

Working with communities to establish centres for development, focusing on two key areas of need in rural areas of Northwest Botswana: early childhood development and the upliftment of women.

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Coaching Conservation

A conservation outreach programme for children in rural areas, which fosters self-respect, respect for each other and respect for wildlife and the environment.

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Lessons In Conservation

This youth-led organisation seeks to expose children to the beauty of their local environment, with an over-arching mission of raising awareness about conservation in rural communities across Africa.

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Khomas Environmental Education Programme (KEEP)

Designed to address the need to connect children from urban primary schools to nature and to develop an interest in the environment to become responsible members of local and global communities.

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Khwai Village Outreach

Supporting the Khwai community through multiple community-based projects like a cultural village, specialist guide training, a feeding programme, solar installations in homes and disabled support.

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Natural Selection Foundation

How to support
our efforts

Giving to nature and people and their coexistence is what we’re all about. In order to expand the impact of our projects, we welcome your support.

Gifts can be made through the donation page of the Natural Selection Foundation,  a US based 501c3 non-profit organization supporting impactful African conservation and community empowerment efforts. 100% of received donations go to projects.

For more information on the projects we support, or if you would like to make a donation towards a specific project please visit naturalselectionfoundation.org

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Conservation Itineraries

Experience our projects
in action

For those guests who are interested in experiencing first-hand how responsible tourism can positively impact conservation and communities we offer an optional half-day activity at most of our camps.

We also offer more immersive conservation focused safaris that take you deep into the heart of our sustainable safari operations. These 8 day safaris are an incredible opportunity for you to not only stay in a number of our camps, but also to see the significant difference and impact your stay can have on the conservation of wildlife and the lives of the people in nearby villages.

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