How we travel
Low impact. High reward.
Not a badge on a footer. These are the six things we actually hold to, including the one that is uncomfortable for a safari company to put in writing.
Tourism is the reason a great deal of this land is still wild. Park fees, conservancy leases and the wages of the people who guide you are, in blunt terms, what makes a living giraffe worth more than a dead one.
That is a genuine good, and it is also an easy thing to hide behind. So here is what we hold ourselves to, in plain language, with no certification logo attached to the end of it.
01
The land leads.
We do not off-road onto fragile grassland, we do not crowd a kill, and we do not cut an animal off from where it is trying to go. If a photograph requires disturbing the animal to get it, our guides will not take you there. This is the first rule and it outranks the others.
02
Small parties, always.
Private vehicles are standard, not an upsell. A single vehicle at a sighting is a different experience, for you and for the animal, than a ring of twelve. It costs more and it is worth it, and it is the reason we have never run large group departures.
03
The money stays here.
Our guides are Tanzanian and Kenyan, employed properly and paid properly. Park fees and conservancy levies are the single largest line in most of our itineraries, and they are what actually keeps this land wild. We would rather explain that cost than hide it.
04
Cultural visits, or none at all.
A Maasai village visit is either a genuine encounter arranged on the community's terms, with payment reaching the community, or it is a staged transaction that degrades everyone involved. Where we cannot arrange the first, we do not offer the second.
05
Camps chosen on more than a view.
We look at how a camp handles waste and water, whether it employs locally, and what it does in the low season when the guests leave. Some very beautiful lodges do not make our list, and this is why.
06
Honesty about flying.
A safari begins with a long-haul flight, and no amount of careful ground handling erases that. We will not pretend otherwise. What we can do is make the trip long enough and good enough to be worth the carbon it cost, which is one more argument against the rushed three-day itinerary.
The land leads. We follow it with respect and wonder.
Plan your journey
Travel gently, and see more for it.
Tell us what you hope to see. We will build a route that gives you the best of it without taking anything from the place.