A JOURNEY INTO THE WILD
Our Philosophy
Within everyone is a call to adventure and a desire to remember where you truly belong.
Our intention is to help you answer that call and reclaim your place amongst all wild things. We help you disconnect so you can reconnect. On African soil you witness the natural world as you've only ever imagined. With our expert knowledge, keen attention to detail and experiential approach we bring you home to the wilderness.
Meet the team
Founder, Private Guide & Safari Planner
I have guided since 2010 and worked at Phinda, Ngala and Londolozi Private Game Reserves in South Africa before starting Wild Again in 2018. During leave in my early guiding years I would travel to Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, India and throughout South America in search of wildlife and wilderness, which gave me a lot of valuable experience.
A turning point adventure was living in Gabon training local guides for the WWF and Smithsonian Institute, where we spent weeks at a time living like early nomads in the dense and remote coastal forests, fulfilling a life-long dream of tracking and habituating wild gorillas.
Another highlight was living with my brother for 19 unassisted nights in a big five reserve. We slept out in the open, carried everything we needed to survive and walked 400km to raise funds for the Zululand Conservation Trust during Covid.
Over the years I have also qualified as a Trails Guide, Yin and Vinyasa yoga teacher and Martha Beck certified Life Coach. I draw on all of these interests and skills to help guests get the most out of their safari experience. My greatest love is reminding people of their inherent belonging to wilderness.
Founder, Private Guide & Safari Planner
Private Guide and Safari Planner
I was fortunate enough to go on my first private safari when I was seven years old. The ranger, unknowing of the profound impact this would have on my life, asked me to take the tracker’s seat and test my skills at spotting. I probably wasn’t very good but the experience stayed with me many years after.
Years later, in 2012, I completed a degree in Environmental Geographical Sciences, whilst doing wildlife courses throughout my university holidays. Upon graduating, I did my trail’s course in the Makhuleke region and then started as a guide in the Klaserie, after which I moved to Ngala Private Game Reserve in 2014 and later Walker’s Camp in the Timbavati Game Reserve. The impact of this industry and the beauty of the natural world that we share with guests is something that can’t be described and rather needs to be experienced. There is something truly magical about spending time amongst the wild of Africa; whether it be on foot, on a vehicle or on a run with all senses on edge. It’s here that we connect back to our place in the wilderness.
Private Guide and Safari Planner
Travel Specialist
I was incredibly lucky to be raised in a family that absolutely loves wildlife and nature. We were fortunate enough to have a game farm in the Eastern Cape, a province of South Africa, which solidified my love of the bush. After graduating from my Bachelors of Commerce degree where I majored in Tourism, I chose to do a guiding qualification instead of my honours. This was by far the best decision I’ve ever made and completely changed my life. I then went on to guide in the Timbavati Private Nature Reserve and Mala Mala Game Reserve. After years of guiding I then took the leap to learn the management side of the industry and took on the Guest Relations Manager role at Kings Camp in the Timbavati.
I love nothing more than to be in nature and spend all of my free time hiking, birding or visiting wild places. I believe that nature is meant to be explored and enjoyed and I continue to find my career path incredibly fulfilling by helping our guests to explore Africa too.
Travel Specialist
Sales and Marketing
I grew up in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. I always had a love for learning and over the years studied a Bachelor of Commerce marketing degree, a certificate in education, an honours in education for children with learning impairments, and more recently menstrual health coaching.
I worked at Londolozi Private Game Reserve as a camp manager for 4 years between 2014 and 2018, working across all 5 camps. This is where Amy and I overlapped and became great friends. I have spent the last four years working on the super yachts, using this opportunity to travel the world. Some of my happiest years were those spent in the bush though and I continue to help the network of guests I have connected with over the years return to Africa. I’m also using my travels now as an opportunity to get those people craving a safari experience to Africa. In the future I hope to run retreats in the wilderness to help women to find greater balance in their bodies and lives.
Sales and Marketing
Doing what we do best
We care about...
We are passionate about getting to know you so that we can craft the perfect experience for you and your loved ones. No two itineraries are the same.
We know that a safari has the power to fundamentally change your life. Through intentional, nuanced experiences in prime wilderness you awaken to a new way of being.
We know the medicine of a good laugh, the joy of tracking down a leopard and the value of a night around the fire with friends. It's what keeps guests coming back again and again to recharge.
In the beginning
From a little girl I was obsessed with conservation and the ideal of saving the planet.
It started with projects like relocating chameleons from an area near our home that was earmarked for demolition, school orals lecturing my classmates about the evils of alien invasive plants and eventually led me to studying journalism, which I hoped was my avenue for giving a voice to the natural world. I fell into guiding, working between 2010-2018 at Phinda, Ngala and Londolozi Private Game Reserves. The intention was for guiding to be a short jaunt, but the experience of living in the bush fundamentally shifted me and I had no desire to return to the ‘real world’.
My father has also always been a passionate conservationist. He founded the Zululand Conservation Trust in 2011 and was one of the core stakeholders in the dropping of fences and restoration of Manyoni Private Game Reserve. It is a legacy the whole family have adopted and the bigger vision is to create 400 000 hectares of contiguous bushveld linking reserves in KwaZulu-Natal, Pongola, Swaziland and Mozambique.
What I have realised experientially through guiding is that nature is medicine. We live in a world rapidly evolving with technology and I see the consequences of that change on our bodies, psyches and relationships. More and more people find themselves distracted, physically unwell, depressed, anxious and longing. These are all symptoms of an ancient homesickness for a deeper sense of belonging to wild places.
This is why I started Wild Again.
When guests come on safari, they are given a different way to be. Their bodies regain their natural rhythms, they sleep better and their faces brighten as the weight of the world lifts. In the intentional break from life’s hectic pace and inspired by wild creatures - creativity, play, laughter and awe emerge.
I’ve come to realise that change can only come from the individual and my deepest intention for Wild Again is that as each person remembers their inherent belonging to wilderness they carry that knowing back into their lives, creating waves of positive change in the world.
From a humble newsletter in 2018 announcing Wild Again’s beginnings, a few of our loyal guests booked their first Wild Again safari. Each year our guest base continues to grow as we focus on creating safaris that provide epic wildlife encounters, connection, restoration, excitement, fun and depth.
We’re driven to provide the most nuanced and personalised experiences in the industry and can’t wait to welcome you and your loved ones home to the wilderness.
Frequently asked
Tell us if you’re keen to plan a safari or join a retreat. We’re ready to take you to the wilderness.
Founder, Private Guide and Safari Planner
Being born the daughter of David Attenborough (it’s true but he’s probably not the one you’re thinking of) I don’t believe I ever really had much choice about what direction my life would take. I grew up in the city of Durban, South Africa but for as long as I can remember nature has called to me. Whenever I could I would escape to the forests around my home barefoot and in search of chameleons and red duiker to befriend.
And so in 2010, after completing my Journalism and Media Studies degree, I followed that calling to the wilds of Southern Africa to become a game ranger. I planned to stay for a year but it turned into ten. During that time, I worked at Phinda Private Game Reserve, Ngala Private Game Reserve and Londolozi Game Reserve, some of South Africa’s most prestigious lodges and immersed myself in the natural world. I learnt to track animals with Zulu and Shangaan trackers and spent as much time as I could on foot approaching animals with my guests. I also put my photojournalism degree to use by becoming a specialist photographic guide. I travelled to Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, India and throughout South America in search of wildlife. My greatest adventure was living in Gabon training local guides for the WWF and Smithsonian Institute, where we spent weeks at a time living like early nomads in the dense and remote coastal forests, fulfilling a life-long dream of tracking and habituating wild gorillas. Seeing how embodied and present animals are inspired me to begin practicing yoga. I am a qualified vinyasa and yin teacher and spent six months training under a Hatha master in Boulder, Colorado. I am also a certified Martha Beck life coach. With this mixture of knowledge, interests and skills, I started Wild Again to help others really experience the wild places I know and love so much. Through my specialised Wellness Safaris that incorporate yoga, meditation, mindfulness and personalised life coaching I continue to grow more conscious safaris that return people to nature and to themselves. As we re-wild ourselves we hear the earth, our common mother, again. It is only then that we can co-create with her healing.
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