About Reverie Safaris

I've spent four decades obsessively designing trips—optimizing flight routings, connecting multiple countries into seamless arcs, planning logistics because the process itself was half the pleasure. For our honeymoon, I spent weeks mapping every detail myself.

But when it came time to plan our first African safari, I hired an expert. Because safari planning is different—gorilla permits requiring months of advance booking, charter flights with strict weight limits, a tangle of visa requirements that change based on routing. I understood the weight of handing over a trip I'd imagined for years, trusting someone to understand the vision I couldn't quite articulate.

The trip was unforgettable. Four countries, charter planes, gorilla permits—everything I'd hoped for. But it also showed me exactly where the planning fell short. The itinerary was competent but safe, hitting obvious boxes without asking what would actually move us. Nobody asked why we wanted to go to Africa, just where. That gap bothered me.

Because safari isn't a checklist. It's about understanding what you're actually after—whether you need Migration drama or green season intimacy, whether architectural luxury serves you or canvas that lets you hear the night, whether a private villa solves your family's logistics or isolates you from the serendipity you came for.

So I built something different. When you plan a safari with Reverie Safaris, you work directly with me from first conversation to final farewell. Every inquiry is handled with complete discretion, every itinerary designed for you alone. We start with a conversation about what moves you, then craft a proposal that reflects not just where you'll go, but how you want to feel.

Now the best part is hearing from clients when they return—about their teenager gasping at mountain gorillas and staying silent for an hour afterward, about sitting with a leopard for two hours and not wanting to leave, about realizing on day four they'd stopped photographing and started just watching.

That's when I know they actually experienced it, not just saw it.