The time of year has arrived when those of us who live in Maun, the safari town that serves as gateway to the Okavango Delta, sit with our eyes eagerly trained on the dry riverbed before us waiting for the first trickle of water to herald the arrival of the Okavango’s flood waters from Angola. It starts with a slow moistening of the dust and then before you know it the flood’s in full flow, bringing new life to our dry little town.
Safaris are known for the adventurous experiences they offer, but often guests are pleasantly surprised by the peace and serenity that can be found out in the wilderness. Nowhere is this more apparent than at Kwessi Dunes in NamibRand Nature Reserve, Namibia where vast skies sparkle and rolling desert dunes unfolds before you. This is a place where you can totally tune out of the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and reconnect to the natural world. This is Kwessi Dunes, where nature does the talking.
Living with leopards: to some it’s a documentary, and to others it’s a way of life, but for renowned wildlife filmmaker Brad Bestelink it’s both.
Hold onto your handlebars because we’ve got the ultimate feel good cycling trip. Maun 200 Plus is four days of fun and adventurous riding, raising funds for charity.
Opening May 2023…
An intimate hideaway in an unfiltered African wilderness.
Here at Natural Selection, we’re about much more than incredible safari experiences in Southern Africa’s very best wildlife areas – community outreach and conservation are as big a part of our DNA as luxurious camps, so it’s been with open arms that we’ve welcomed the Wildshots Outreach initiative.
We recently received an update from the Leopard population Dynamics and Conservation Project team on the ‘Conservation ecology of leopards (Panthera pardus) in northern Botswana: movement and communication in a landscape of risk’ research project, which takes place Khwai Private Reserve in the Okavango Delta.
The project strives to assess how leopards are able to effectively communicate with one another while minimising the risk of drawing attention that might lead to other animals attacking them or stealing the hard-earned prey.
We recently received an update from the Leopard population Dynamics and Conservation Project team on the ‘Conservation ecology of leopards (Panthera pardus) in northern Botswana: movement and communication in a landscape of risk’ research project, which takes place Khwai Private Reserve in the Okavango Delta.
The project strives to assess how leopards are able to effectively communicate with one another while minimising the risk of drawing attention that might lead to other animals attacking them or stealing the hard-earned prey.
Natural Selection is a company that takes conservation and outreach work seriously, so seriously in fact, that 1.5% of every guest’s stay goes directly to conservation, and we’re offering one lucky winner the chance to win a six night Namibian Flying Safari to raise funds for our Covid-19 Village Support Fund.
Some of the world’s poorest communities live alongside wildlife areas, and the proximity to the predators that international visitors come to see, can make life harder for these communities. Understandably, the local people are keen to protect their livestock and will go to great lengths to eradicate threats to the herd. In fact, human-wildlife conflict is one of conservation’s most persistent issues and one that we’re committed to tackling.
