Your Journey, Designed by Experts
Our travel designers are destination specialists with decades of on-the-ground experience. They don't just plan trips — they craft transformative journeys rooted in authentic connection, conservation, and wonder.
From inquiry to adventure
Tell us about your dream trip — dates, interests, budget, and who's traveling.
We'll match you with a travel designer whose expertise aligns with your ideal journey.
Your designer crafts a bespoke itinerary with hand-picked properties and experiences.
Every trip supports conservation, community empowerment, and regenerative tourism.
Our Travel Designers
24 designers
Ashley Gerrand
Go2Africa
With 15+ years across Africa, Ashley curates purposeful safaris that pair exceptional wildlife experiences with meaningful support for conservation initiatives and local communities from Southern to East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
Yeishan Goel
Himalayan Echoes
Yeishan leads Himalayan Echoes, a cultural and community-based travel collective curating purposeful journeys across Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, and Tibet — rooted in storytelling, sacred traditions, and regenerative mountain economies.
Melanie Dannhauser
andBeyond Travel
With close to 23 years in the travel industry, Melanie makes travel dreams a reality by planning tailor-made, blockbuster safari experiences of the highest quality, creating endless memories while ensuring travel is a force for good.
Gary Lotter
BlueWild EcoVentures
Gary leads BlueWild EcoVentures, creating, funding, and promoting reef-positive businesses across Tanzania, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Belize — nature-based ocean travel that reinvests proceeds into marine protection and ocean rewilding.
Justin Chapman
Go2Africa
Justin designs luxury African journeys that go beyond box-ticking — building itineraries around low-impact camps, ethical wildlife experiences, and operators reinvesting in conservation and community livelihoods across Southern and East Africa.
Jason Sarracini
Landsby
Jason founded Landsby to drive systemic change in Canadian tourism — partnering with Indigenous communities and small operators to craft immersive, regenerative journeys that connect travelers deeply with the people and places of Canada.
Megan Ryder-Burbidge
Sororal
Megan leads Sororal, a feminist travel company shaping a regenerative tourism future — where travel is an act of solidarity, centering women's safety, economic empowerment, and community leadership.
Emma Hill
Go2Africa
With over 25 years of experience across 15 African countries, Emma curates nature-based safaris that leave a lasting impact on guests, the land, and local communities.
Aubrey Reine
Landsby
A Calgary-born outdoor enthusiast with over a decade in tourism, Aubrey crafts tailor-made journeys across Canada — from the Yukon's Tombstone peaks to Newfoundland's Fogo Island and the Great Bear Rainforest.
Rahim Azad
Expeditions by Twelve
Rahim leads Expeditions by Twelve, crafting rare, owner-hosted journeys across São Tomé e Príncipe, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique — built on generational relationships and partnerships with eco-conscious operators that protect Africa's most untouched landscapes.
Anja Naude
Go2Africa
Anja curates unforgettable African safaris with deep expertise in gorilla trekking, multi-country itineraries, and immersive regenerative experiences across East and Southern Africa.
Carla Glasspool
andBeyond Travel
With extensive experience working and travelling throughout Africa, Carla creates smooth and unforgettable journeys rooted in conservation and sustainable tourism.
Bilal Ahmed Chapri
Discovery Journeys India
With over 25 years of experience, Bilal crafts bespoke cultural and adventure itineraries across the Indian subcontinent, rooted in regeneration, low-carbon travel, and community empowerment.
Anuarite Annie Uwase
Africa Memories
Anuarite leads Africa Memories, a Rwandan travel company designing eco-friendly, community-rooted journeys across Rwanda and Uganda — from gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park to craft collectives and shared meals with local families, with proceeds supporting social programs across Rwanda.
Caglar Gokgun
SGA Travel
Caglar leads SGA Travel, crafting personalised journeys across Turkey that go beyond the guidebook — locally rooted partnerships, alternatives to over-touristed sites, and a genuine sustainability practice from Istanbul outward.
Karen Richards
andBeyond Travel
With over 20 years living and working in Africa's most remote wilderness areas, Karen creates extraordinary, seamless and life-changing safaris for her guests.
Kay Hart
New Vibration Travel
Kay creates luxurious journeys with an emphasis on sustainability, conscious design, local culture, and ecological aesthetics — connecting travelers to destinations in ways they never imagined.
Sukeerti Raikwar
Soulful Safaris
Sukeerti leads Soulful Safaris, curating purposeful journeys across the Indian subcontinent at the intersection of communities, culture, heritage, art, nature, and sacred forests — all rooted in a Tourism for Transformation approach.
Marlise Maritz
andBeyond Travel
With andBeyond since 1998, Marlise designs luxury experiential journeys across Africa rooted in conservation, community empowerment, and a deep love for the continent.
Seranne Slaviero
andBeyond Travel
Using her experience of working in Botswana and South Africa for andBeyond, Seranne creates itineraries that go beyond travel dreams, forming lasting bonds with guests as she helps make their adventures come true.
Sarah Dusek
Few and Far Collection
Sarah creates sustainable eco-hospitality experiences that protect, preserve and impact green spaces around the world through carbon-neutral, regenerative travel.
Heiko Dorgeloh
About Africa Co NAMIBIA Ltd.
Heiko leads About Africa, a family-rooted Namibian travel company crafting luxury, regenerative journeys across Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia — from Namib Desert dunes to Etosha — partnering with owner-managed lodges and proudly operating OUT Namibia, the country's only IGLTA-affiliated travel brand.
Mary Keet
Go2Africa
Mary designs Southern African journeys that go beyond sustainability — connecting travellers with rewilding projects, ocean conservation, and community-led experiences across South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and beyond.
Rebecca Braak
Rebecca Adventure Travel
Rebecca leads Rebecca Adventure Travel, designing authentic, locally rooted journeys across Ecuador, the Galápagos, the Andes, the Amazon, Colombia and Peru — partnering with family-owned hotels and a bicultural team to deliver responsible adventure travel.
Travel that gives back
Deep Local Knowledge
Our designers have spent decades living and traveling across Africa. Their recommendations come from personal experience, not a catalog.
Regenerative First
Every property and experience is vetted for its positive impact on ecosystems, wildlife, and local communities.
Trusted Expertise
Recognised by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, and the World Travel Awards for exceptional safari design.
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