“It means smiles that shine with astonishing light. It means friendships that will last beyond our last flight. A people, a land that we never knew, a future of hope, a beauty renewed.” – Extract from “The Greatest”, by a ROAR AFRICA guest
The first of this summer’s two Greatest Safari on Earth trips aboard the Emirates Executive Private Jet is set to take off tomorrow. I can hardly believe it! Anticipation, alongside the enormous pressure accompanying delivering a trip of this magnitude, is building with my every breath. Just imagine 10 guests, four countries, heli transfers, visas, a myriad of glorious wildlife encounters, personalized insider access, fast friendships, deep connections and so much more – all in 12 days. The opening words to this pre-flight mailer, so movingly expressed by a former guest and now dear friend, bring the magic of what we do and why we do it home for me. Her words are what this trip is all about: new friendships, lives changed, the joy of discovery, and the indescribable beauty and innate optimism of Africa that is my perpetual inspiration.
But the seamlessness of this life-changing adventure is hard earned. The Greatest Safari on Earth is a logistical challenge of the first order. Only my all-African team, who I affectionately (and accurately) call the Navy SEALs of travel, could execute this extraordinary level of finesse, one that catapults us “beyond first class” in every way.