Natural Selection, a collection of owner-operated lodges, has arrived as the latest lodging concept on the African safari market. Founded by Colin Bell, Dr. Jennifer Lalley, James Ramsay, and Dave van Smeerdijk, the brand partners with local communities, governments, and conservation organizations to protect and expand protected areas and critical wildlife habitats. Natural Selection uses of the latest technology and developments in sustainable building to ensure no footprints are left behind in any of the ecosystems it occupies.
Sable Alley, the Khwai Private Reserve
Properties include Botswana locations, such as Meno a Kwena in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park; Jack’s Camp, San Camp, and Camp Kalahari in the Makgadikgadi; and Sable Alley, Hyena Pan, and SkyBeds in the Khwai Private Reserve.
Meno a Kwena, the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
Natural Selection plans to launch two new lodging outposts in South Africa’s De Hoop National Park and expand into Namibia with two additional lodges on the Nkasa Rupara Park and Kaokoland. A lodge in the Mkambati Game Reserve will open on South Africa’s Wild Coast in 2018.
