Nature Encounters Tours & Travel

09/27/2026

THIS JUST IN! from our special guide Calvet at Somalisa Camp, Zimbabwe. Feeding off a young buffalo - a good meal for this pride.... and then poor mom - such noisy kids! LOL

09/27/2026

Considering travel to Africa or India in 2027? We have a bit of space on our February Kenya & Tanzania Migration Safari - max 16 guests.... or Zimbabwe with Botswana extension in September 2027 - 1 room left! And for something completely different - Incredible India which includes Tigers! and the Holi Celebration and extensions to Varanasi and South India... Don't miss these special safari's!!

Specializing in Tours to Africa, India and the Galapagos Islands! Our groups are small – minimum 6 guests and maximum 16 guests per tour leader.

09/27/2026

We LOVE our time at the Serena Lodges! Thank you to all the teams that take such good care of our guests - you really are the very best! Asante Sana!!!! Tu Nakupenda SANA!

09/21/2026

Check this out!! Two of our very favourite guests just left Tanzania and sent this beautiful image they took on their safari! Leopard hide and seek! Thank you S!

09/07/2026

Not every species gets to be the face of conservation.

Vultures may not have the star power of elephants or lions, but they are essential to healthy ecosystems. As nature’s clean-up crew, they rapidly consume carcasses, recycle nutrients, and help limit the spread of disease, which benefits wildlife, livestock, and people alike.

And sometimes, protecting vultures starts with protecting predators.

When lions kill livestock, the consequences can ripple far beyond the lion itself. Retaliatory poisoning can threaten not only predators, but also vultures and other scavengers that feed on a poisoned carcass. Big Life’s Predator Compensation Fund helps reduce these retaliatory killings by offsetting some of the cost local livestock owners bear when they lose animals to predators, helping make coexistence possible for people, lions, and the species that depend on them.

This , we’re celebrating the species that do some of nature’s least glamorous—but most important—work.

Big Life’s programs protect an entire ecosystem: the iconic, the overlooked, the beautiful…and the bald.

Because healthy wild places need them all.

📸: Joshua Clay

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09/07/2026

I can't wait to visit Wildlife SOS in March 2027! Elephants... Tigers... of course all the amazing monuments and the Holi Festival! We have room if you're interested in joining this small group!