Washington, DC & Tuli Block, Botswana September, 2025 — Konemai Luxury Travel, a luxury travel curator with purpose, announces a strategic partnership with Botswana’s legendary Mashatu Game Reserve to deliver executive retreats that help leadership teams reset, align and accelerate performance in an immersive wilderness.

Before founding Konemai, Dele Butler served as General Counsel at the Walton family office’s investment team. Her experience overseeing complex transactions and governance now shapes Konemai’s approach blending strategic expertise with a passion for creating bespoke travel experiences.

Konemai partners with leading leadership consultants to design agendas that turn time away into measurable business outcomes: sharper strategy, stronger team trust, faster decision making and improved client retention. Mashatu’s seclusion, world class game drives and exclusive private-use lodges give professionals an opportunity to step back, gain a fresh perspective and engage in meaningful conversations that are too often crowded out by the day-to-day business environment.

Konemai’s approach is grounded in the belief that the most powerful business breakthroughs often emerge outside of traditional environments. By blending proven professional development methodologies with the raw, untamed energy of the African wilderness, each retreat creates conditions where leaders can think more creatively, connect more authentically and act with greater conviction. This rare intersection of strategic focus and natural inspiration ensures that every moment, whether in a private strategy session or on a game drive, contributes directly to long-term performance and resilience.

Each Konemai–Mashatu retreat blends strategy with authentic wilderness immersion, creating powerful experiences that build trust, clarity and purpose. Leaders strengthen bonds through shared adventures that inspire alignment far beyond the boardroom, while time in nature fosters reflection and sharper focus for stronger decision making and client impact. Exclusive lodges  offer privacy and luxury for meaningful collaboration, while immersive activities; bush walks, horseback safaris, sleepouts under the stars connect leaders deeply with the natural world. At the heart of every retreat is conservation: from hands-on engagement in wildlife and community initiatives to sustainable operations powered by solar and local craftsmanship. This purpose driven approach ensures leaders leave not only with sharper strategies and stronger teams, but also with a renewed sense of responsibility, connection and lasting positive impact.

Konemai is a purpose-driven, high-touch travel company curating bespoke journeys across Africa, from leadership retreats to sabbatical-style experiences. Konemai combines boardroom insight with exceptional hospitality. By collaborating with top leadership consultants, renowned game reserves and community partners, the company creates journeys that are both transformative in impact and grounded in responsibility.

“For us, conservation and community stewardship are always at the heart of Mashatu. Partnering with Konemai allows us to extend that ethos to the corporate world, helping leaders return home with both sharper strategies and a deeper sense of responsibility.” – Steve Lansdown

Mashatu is part of the Lansdowns’ wider portfolio spanning Africa, Guernsey (their home), and Bristol, UK (their birthplace). Steve Lansdown CBE, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown also owns Bristol Sport Group, which includes Ashton Gate Stadium and several Bristol teams. Now based in Guernsey, the Lansdowns are spearheading the redevelopment of the island’s first luxury golf and spa resort, La Grande Mare.

To begin your journey with Konemai x Mashatu, click here to connect with our team of travel curators to design a retreat that is as enriching as it is unforgettable.

For information about Masahtu Game Reserve visit click here.

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