Impact Destinations

14/10/2026

What if the best conservation didn't move anyone off their land?

This month South Africa declared a new Grasslands National Park in the Eastern Cape, over 10,225 hectares of grassland and wetland, protected through stewardship agreements that let landowners keep their land and recognise the communities who live there as partners.

That is exactly the kind of place, and the kind of thinking, I love to build legacy journeys around: private access to landscapes being restored, and time with the people doing the work.

Story via Getaway: https://www.getaway.co.za/travel-news/south-africa-new-grasslands-national-park/
See how I work: https://impactdestinations.com

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23/09/2026

A tiger walked wild in Kazakhstan this year for the first time in seventy years. New Zealand's kākāpō has gone from 51 birds to 236.

These comebacks take decades of patient, funded restoration. For travellers who have seen the world's great sights, the next thing worth doing is quieter: standing in a landscape that is measurably returning, alongside the people bringing it back.

Story via The Global Rewilding Alliance: https://globalrewilding.earth/wildlife-comebacks-which-animals-are-returning-to-the-wild/ See how we shape these journeys: https://impactdestinations.com

14/07/2026

Kruger National Park turns 100, but the anniversary isn't the real headline. Conservation-led travel is overtaking the old Big Five race: rewilding, habitat restoration, species returning, and the people doing the long work of protecting it.
For those who've already done the standard luxury circuit, what would make a journey feel like it mattered?
Story via Travel And Tour World: https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/n9meuei4f8qo/
Explore conservation travel at scale: https://impactdestinations.com

09/07/2026

Would you rather your safari left a place exactly as you found it, or measurably wilder? A stretch of the Greater Kruger that was once a hunting reserve reopens on 1 August as Sandringham Private Game Reserve, after a five-year restoration that rehabilitated wildlife, revived eight drainage lines, and is training young people from nearby communities as trackers. Its managing director calls it "probably the last piece of great African bushveld." Story via Bizcommunity: https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sabi-sabi-expands-with-new-greater-kruger-safari-reserve-620201a Restored-wilderness journeys, shaped for you: https://impactdestinations.com

27/06/2026

Seventy years ago, the jaguar disappeared from Argentina's Iberá wetlands. This month, a wild-born cub marked the biggest milestone yet for the project to bring it back. Around twenty jaguars now roam free.
What would it mean to stand in a place actively being made whole again? If a journey into restoration of this kind speaks to you, I'd be glad to show you how it could take shape. https://impactdestinations.com

26/06/2026

A gray wolf just walked into Sequoia National Park for the first time since 1924, and she did it entirely on her own, crossing the length of the Sierra Nevada.
Want to see wildlife in the wild like this?
It's exactly what I build trips around: real time with animals to observe and discover, and exclusive encounters with the people working to protect them.

21/06/2026

Robb Report (https://robbreport.com/travel/luxury-travel/billionaires-rewild-planet-1238095217/) has been following the philanthropists quietly rewilding the planet — the Tompkins in Patagonia, Greg Carr in Mozambique, Paul Lister in Scotland. Twenty-five years and roughly $300 million later, jaguar cubs are being born again in the Iberá wetlands. What would it mean to see that work up close, and play a part in it? https://impactdestinations.com

18/06/2026

What does it mean to leave a place better than you found it?
This week's National Geographic Traveller feature on rewilding shows private conservation restoring whole landscapes — from Costa Rica to the Scottish Highlands — with travellers helping sustain the work.
For those drawn to travel that becomes a legacy, this is the conversation we're built for: https://impactdestinations.com

12/06/2026

https://handsupholidays.com/world-ocean-day-family-conservation-travel

World Ocean Day falls on 8 June. Here are five family trips where you can help protect turtles, whales and penguins, and leave the sea better than you found it.

01/06/2026

Luxury and purpose aren't opposites. They're the whole point.

Our founder Christopher Hill is on the Are We The Only Ones podcast talking sustainable luxury travel, adventures with real impact, and what it means to make the world a little better along the way.

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In this episode, Kathy discusses…