“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.”
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―World-renowned poet, philosopher and zoologist
Embark on Ultimate Luxury
Return to the Wild with David Whyte takes you on a deeply spiritual journey back to nature and the self, aided by the best wellbeing experts in the world.
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“I have finally come into my body.”
Guest
“Thank you for the most extraordinary experience of my life.”
Guest
“Thank you for the most extraordinary experience of my life. It was not a vacation, it was a transformative journey. All I feel is love and gratitude.”
“Its a work of art”
Guest
“Kudos to you Deborah for creating such wonderful, rich experiences and hospitality. It is a work of art. It is in this spirit that I add my own voice (literally) to those that have expressed their thanks and tributes. I like to organize my thoughts and feelings in the form of lyrics.”
“What makes the natural world so healing to human beings is that it's just itself.” - David Whyte.
Return to the Wild with David Whyte
In the 19 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 a further Return to the Wild with David Whyte specialist safari retreat that will take place with the acclaimed poet in 2025. Dates are coming soon.
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.
World-class wellbeing
Learn from therapists specializing in breath work, energy balancing, sound and body alignment in the heart of the wild.
A place of rest
Let the African landscape calm the chaos in your mind, shift your visual fields from grey to green and reset your soul.
“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 in 2025, kindly contact welcome@roarafrica.com. Pricing and dates to be announced soon.
Founder and CEO, ROAR AFRICA
Led by Zimbabwe-born CEO and founder Deborah Calmeyer, ROAR AFRICA’s ability to match clients to once-in-a-lifetime luxury safari experiences is made possible by her team’s extensive insider knowledge and an armada of on-the-ground contacts.
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