Project Summary

Tuludi Tree Lodge is a new-build ecotourism safari lodge built on a seasonal floodplain in the Okavango Delta.

The brief required a lightweight timber and canvas camp that could be entirely dismantled and removed without permanent impact on the environmentally sensitive site.

The client asked for a contemporary reinterpretation of the classic safari lodge that was both playful and practical. The lodge is entirely off-grid, and is self-sufficient in terms of electricity, sewage and water. Our design role included both front of house and back of house components.

Location

Khwai Private Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Completion Date

2017

Website

https://naturalselection.travel/camps/tuludi-okavango-delta/

Consultant Team

Client: Natural Selection

Interior Designer: Tracy Kelly

Building Contractor: Phil Hartell

Photographers: Teagan Cunniffe, Martin Harvey, Micky Hoyle, Craig Hayman