Africa Is Calling — Your Africa Safari Specialist

Masai Village Visit in Tanzania

Africa isn't just a destination I sell — it's the place that changed how I travel, and how I help my clients travel, for good.

THE STORY I'm Amanda, owner of Live Well Travel. Africa has called me back more than five times — the Masai Mara, Nairobi, the Serengeti, Kruger National Park. I fell in love with it in a vehicle at golden hour, watching a herd cross open grassland with no schedule but its own. I've spent my career since trying to recreate that feeling for clients.

THE PHILOSOPHY Safari planning has more moving parts than so many trips I curate — bush flights, permits, shifting seasons, multi-property logistics. Getting it wrong costs clients days of a trip they've saved years for. So every itinerary I build comes back to three things:

Bush flights over long transfers — time goes to the wildlife, not the road.

Fewer camps, longer stays — immersion over a rushed checklist.

Current, hands-on knowledge — the right region, the right season, every time.

THE CLIENT My travelers are busy, high-achieving professionals, 40 to 75, who want a beautifully designed trip without planning it themselves. I handle the logistics; they show up and are fully present. From multi-generational to small group, I'm here to help every step of the way. 

BEYOND AFRICA I'm also one of the few U.S.-based Aussie Specialist Ambassadors for Tourism Australia, a role I've held for 8+ years. Two of the most detail-intensive destinations in luxury travel, one standard: firsthand knowledge, real supplier relationships, no guesswork.

5+ trips to Africa — Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Kruger National Park, NairobiCertified

Africa Specialist — Kenyan Tourism Board

I don't book safaris off a brochure — I book them off experience, and a trusted network built by returning to this continent again and again. If Africa is on your bucket list, let's plan it right the first time.