Return to the wild with David Whyte

“...And thought of the future I could make in the world if I walked toward it like this, with my face toward the hills and my eyes full of light and the earth sure and solid beneath me.” – David Whyte

In the eighteen years since I founded ROAR AFRICA, I've had the immense privilege of observing the transformation that occurs in those who trust our African safari specialists to design and deliver the most meaningful safari trips and celebrations of their lives.

Our bodies need nature and our guests understand that. They’re seeking those primal experiences and feelings of reconnection, awe, and wellbeing, missing from modern daily life. No one translates that awe - the intangible wilderness magic you only experience on safari in Africa - into words quite like world-renowned poet, philosopher and zoologist, David Whyte. Thus, I'm delighted to announce, Return to the Wild with David Whyte - ROAR AFRICA's second specialist safari with the acclaimed poet, will take place at Segera, Kenya in June 2024.

A wellness safari holds the key

Nature is our nurture. A serendipitous conversation with David on this very topic sowed the seed for our first 2023 African retreat, Into the Wild with David Whyte. This eco-friendly trip married wellness, poetry and sessions with some of the world's best bodyworkers with safari at Segera, a luxurious private oasis in the sacred foothills of Mount Kenya.

On this unique safari retreat, we'll rise with the sun and walk, with eyes full of light, towards Mount Kenya, feeling, as the opening lines of David’s poetry so presciently said, “the earth solid beneath us”. We’ll sit in stillness and contemplation before the dancing flames of the fire or the beat of a drum with David’s words weaving together the beauty of life and our connection to it. We’ll spend uninterrupted time with Kenya’s abundant wildlife, which roams free across the endless savannah surrounding Segera.

Group of People on Safari: Into the Wild with David Whyte 2023

Eco-friendly, luxury safaris are the new frontier of conscious travel

‘What makes the natural world so healing to human beings is that it's just itself,’ explains David Whyte. I couldn't agree more.

What's become obvious is that the Western world's obsession with the wellness industry, which focuses on self-improvement, self-optimization and self-indulgence, sidesteps that most sacred and ancient connection – the connection between all living things. Specialist trips like this one held at spectacular eco-lodges like Segera and imbued with the sensitivity and thoughtfulness signature of the Africa safari experts at ROAR AFRICA, are the new frontier of conscious travel. There is simply nothing else like it.

To enquire about joining Return to the Wild with David Whyte (Kenya, June 12-17, 2024) kindly contact welcome@roarafrica.com. This retreat costs $24,410 per person sharing or $41, 280 for solo travelers.

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I'm leaving here with a full heart of love and beauty, and I feel I'm just going onto a new journey and having the conversations with myself I didn't have before. Deborah, I'm in awe every time of what you are capable of orchestrating and making people feel safe and loved.

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Deborah, I had absolutely no idea of the depth of the curation of your experiences. I have traveled for my entire life, and never have I ever experienced or been moved to this degree. You made me realize I lived from my neck up…I have finally come into my body.

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