The Grief We Don’t Speak Of (And Why the Wilderness Still Holds the Antidote)
We’re living in a world that moves fast - too fast for our breath, our bodies, and our nervous systems. A world where attention has become currency, silence feels unfamiliar, and creativity is often replaced with scrolling. And while technology offers us so much, many of us are quietly aching for something we can’t quite name.
We're grieving. Even if we haven't fully realised it.
Grieving the slow mornings, the mystery, the imagination, the feeling of being fully present in a moment without needing to document or share it. Grieving the depth of connection we used to find in conversation, creativity, and nature. Grieving that the life of our childhood is no longer and the hard truth is, we're not getting it back.
And here’s what we’ve come to believe: the wilderness remembers what we’ve forgotten. It offers freely what we’ve lost.
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At Wild Again, we witness it all the time. Guests who arrive frazzled by the pace of modern life and slowly begin to soften. To breathe differently. To notice again. To remember something ancient and true within themselves.
Because a safari - at its heart - isn’t just about seeing wildlife. It’s about coming home to presence. To awe. To slowness. To yourself.
We don’t pretend to have all the answers for this time we’re in. But we do know this: the wilderness has a way of reawakening us. Of recalibrating our systems. Of helping us hear our own inner voice again, loud and clear. And a place where we’re willing to have the conversation and to find a way forward that feels the most honest, beautiful and true for us. A place to hold the question of what kind of humanity we want to be part of creating next.
We intend to be a guardian of depth in a time of noise.
So if you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, scattered, or a little soul-weary… you’re not alone.
Maybe what you’re longing for isn’t “less screen time.” Maybe it’s more sacred time - more pauses, more connection, more movement, more space to feel and to be.
We believe travel can be a part of that healing. That wilderness still holds the medicine we need. And that sometimes, the most powerful journeys don’t just take us across landscapes - but back to ourselves.
You are a sacred resistor. A remembering being. A creative soul in exile - longing for home. So come home.
- Written by Amy Attenborough
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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.
Tell us if you’re keen to plan a safari or join a retreat. We’re ready to create your dream experience.
