ROAR AFRICA

We’re grateful to be featured in Food, Drink, Life among the women transforming tourism across Africa. At ROAR AFRICA, we’ve always believed that luxury travel can, and must, create lasting change. From supporting conservation and education programs to mentoring women in the travel industry, our mission has never been only about extraordinary journeys, but about the lives they touch along the way. As Food Drink Life highlights, a quiet movement is reshaping the continent. Women are leading with strength, grace and vision, redefining what sustainable tourism can be. We are deeply proud to be part of that story. Read the full article. 

Jane Goodall once wrote in her book, Reason for Hope, that in a moment of deep connection with nature, she “had known timelessness and quiet ecstasy.” It was an experience beyond words, where the self seemed to merge with the life around her. Modern science now echoes what she described, showing that such moments of awe can quiet the brain’s chatter and open us to presence, revealing how deeply we belong to the natural world. At ROAR AFRICA, The Journey to Awe was created to offer space for this same quiet revelation. A chance to step beyond the noise and rediscover a sense of belonging to the living world. When was the last time you felt that kind of awe? (Inspired by Jane Goodall, Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey)

On World Mental Health Day, we’re reminded how deeply nature heals. Awe quiets the mind, slows the breath and reconnects us to what matters most. It’s more than wonder, it’s medicine for the soul. That belief is at the heart of A Journey to Awe, a rare kind of safari created with Professor Dacher Keltner of UC Berkeley, whose pioneering research on the science of awe reveals how profoundly it shapes our well-being. Set at the beautiful Segera Retreat in Kenya, this experience explores what happens when science meets the wild. Over five days, guests are invited to rediscover stillness, connection and the quiet clarity that only nature can offer. Because when we allow space for awe, we allow space for healing. Comment the last time you truly felt awe.

We live in an awe deficit. Days filled with pings, screens, and noise leave little room for wonder. Yet when we step into the wilderness, time rearranges itself. Silence expands until you hear your own breath. The stars remind you to look up again. And the vastness of it all dissolves the self, leaving only presence. This is what UC Berkeley psychologist Professor Dacher Keltner calls wild awe, moments when we glimpse our place in something infinitely larger. His research shows awe is not just a fleeting emotion, but a biological necessity: calming the nervous system, reducing inflammation, strengthening connection. Wild awe is the heartbeat of our Journey to Awe retreat in Kenya, where science and soul meet in the rhythms of the wild. Amid rewilded landscapes and extraordinary wildlife, we’ll explore awe as both practice and presence. Come experience what it means to be small, so you can feel infinitely alive. https://lnkd.in/gnziCYX2 

Leadership in travel is often measured in miles. But at ROAR AFRICA, it is measured in impact. Every year, our Women’s Empowerment Retreat brings together voices shaping the future of conservation, sustainability and storytelling. Around a shared fire, conversations unfold that ripple far beyond the safari. They shape how communities are supported, how wildlife is protected and how the next generation of women leaders step into their power. The women we choose to amplify define the future we are building. Their courage, clarity and vision remind us that real change begins with presence and with choosing to lift each other up. Who is one woman who has changed the way you see the world? Read the full reflection.

Saturday was World Tourism Day and we took a moment to reflect on the power of travel to transform, not only the traveler, but the places and people we encounter along the way. At ROAR AFRICA, we believe that tourism, when approached with reverence, has the ability to protect cultures, conserve wilderness and sustain communities. Luxury, for us, is not excess, it is the privilege of access to experiences that are rare, restorative and deeply meaningful. It is traveling with intention, ensuring that every journey leaves a place better than we found it. Africa teaches that true wealth lies in connection to land, to wildlife and to one another. When travel is guided by this principle, it becomes more than movement across a map. It becomes transformation. This World Tourism Day, we recommit to shaping journeys that honor the wild, support local communities and remind us that the greatest gift of travel is not what we take away but what we give back.

Africa shows us that beauty is not in youth but in what is weathered and wise, in stories etched into skin, in scars carried with pride, in roots deep as a baobab. If we are lucky enough to live to 95, may we see what the wild has always known: that what endures is love, offered freely to one another and to this one precious earth we call home. Lead with love.

Today, on World Gorilla Day, we honor one of Africa’s most extraordinary treasures, the mountain gorilla. A few weeks ago, we had the privilege of attending Rwanda’s Kwita Izina ceremony, an annual tradition where newly born gorillas are given their names. It is a profound act of recognition, rooted in culture and conservation, reminding us that every life has meaning and every birth is a triumph of protection. To lock eyes with a gorilla in the wild is to witness intelligence, empathy and kinship that transcends species. It is also to understand the fragile balance of the ecosystems that sustain them. Protecting gorillas is not just about their survival, it is about safeguarding biodiversity, local livelihoods and the future of Africa’s wilderness. At ROAR AFRICA, we believe that conservation is both a responsibility and a privilege. On this day, we recommit to honoring the guardianship shown by Rwanda and to supporting the protection of these magnificent primates for generations to come. Because when we protect the gorillas, we protect so much more.

The rhino carries the weight of 50 million years, yet its future hangs in the balance. Poaching and habitat loss continue to push this ancient giant toward the edge of extinction. Earlier this year, we witnessed hope in action through our collaboration with Segera  during their rhino relocation. Moving these extraordinary animals to safer, more protected habitats is a profound act of guardianship, one that ensures not only their survival, but the survival of the ecosystems they shape. On World Rhino Day, we are reminded that protecting rhinos is inseparable from protecting the wild itself. Their presence maintains balance, supports biodiversity and anchors the landscapes that sustain us all. At ROAR AFRICA, we believe conservation begins with connection. To stand before a rhino is to feel both awe and responsibility and to be called into action to protect it.

Winter in Africa is not cold in the way the word suggests. It is clear skies, golden light and mornings alive with the sound of the wild. It is a time when wildlife gathers at the rivers, when the bush is thinned to reveal its hidden life and when each day begins crisp and ends in firelight. A summer safari, as the northern world calls it, is in fact Africa’s winter. And it is life-changing. Days stretch long and unhurried, offering the space to see not only the wild, but yourself, more clearly. This is not just a season. It is a reminder that timing shapes perspective and that sometimes, the right moment to journey is not when you expect. When has the timing of a journey changed everything for you? Discover why this season transforms.