Our Stories of  
wisdom

There are moments that shape a family forever. Traveling together into the wild heart of our home continent with ROAR AFRICA is a chance to slow down and truly connect across generations - in a place that slows time and deepens bonds, bringing out the best in us. What you experience together in Africa becomes more than a memory. It becomes your legacy.

Our CEO & Founder, Deborah Calmeyer, on awe, conservation and why Africa has the power to change how we see the world.

As another year draws to a close, I find myself, as ever, looking north and south across this continent I call home and feeling both sobered and deeply hopeful. The world feels so loud and all-consuming right now, yet every time I step into Africa’s wild spaces and into the company of our guests and partners, I am reminded why we do this work: to rewild souls, to protect what is irreplaceable and to widen the circle of care.

Africa’s light is uniquely special. Soft and hazy at dawn and molten gold at dusk, it bathes the wild in shades of blue and purple that exist nowhere else on earth. A safari with ROAR AFRICA isn't just about what you see. It's about what the light of our home continent does to you. Go beyond seeing and feel it for yourself.

Over the years, we have watched the inner shift of guests spill over into more: a desire to protect what is precious and to stand beside the people who care for it. You arrive in Africa as one person, leave as another, and the continent long holds the change you leave behind…. And so, the circle of gratitude begins.

With ROAR AFRICA, you travel to feel something... To remember what matters. and to be moved by beauty. Traveling with us is an invitation into a deeper conversation with self. This is travel that is intentional, intimate and tasteful.

"A ROAR AFRICA Journey is not just about where we take you, but how we take care of you" (Deborah Calmeyer).

We think we travel for the adventure, beauty and luxury, but what stays with us is something quieter. The stillness that slows time, the ease that settles into your body, the memory you didn’t plan for but will never forget. At ROAR AFRICA, we take you deep into the wild, but more than that, we guide you back to something essential. What you find is perspective, presence and a deeper sense of self. Because the real treasure isn’t out there. It’s what awakens in you.

Africa is your homecoming.

Some trips entertain you. Others impress you. But this one changes you. Africa isn’t a destination. It’s a return, a slowing down, a quiet unlayering of everything you thought you needed. At ROAR AFRICA, we create journeys that reconnect you to what’s been waiting underneath the noise. Not because they’re luxurious, but because they bring you back to what matters. This isn’t an escape, it's about a renewed perspective, a homecoming to the world and to yourself.

This is where it begins.