About African Parks

African Parks is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that focusses on conservation in Africa by taking on the complete responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of national parks in partnership with governments and local communities. African Parks currently manage 22 national parks and protected areas in 12 countries covering over 77,000 square miles in: Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The organisation was created in 2000 in response to the dramatic decline of protected areas due to poor management and lack of funding. African Parks utilises a clear business method to conserving Africa’s wildlife and remaining wild areas, securing vast landscapes, and carrying out the necessary activities needed to protect the parks and their wildlife. African Parks maintains a strong focus on economic development and poverty alleviation of surrounding communities to ensure that each park is ecologically, socially, and financially sustainable in the long-term.Natural World Safaris are proud to continue as one of four founding industry partners with African Parks.

Through bespoke travel opportunities as Journey to Nature’s Edge, African Parks are able to share what they do and allow philanthropic travellers to experience a behind-the-scenes view of the challenges of protected areas management.Together we are committed to advancing African Parks’ conservation work and engaging travellers in the NGO’s public-private partnership model.

ALISTAIR TAYLOR-YOUNG

He is a British photographer and director whose career spans over 25 years. He has been fortunate to work with loyal clients from the Fashion and Perfume world to travel and everything in between. He is as happy to be in the middle of a desert, as he is in a studio creating his own world from nothing. In the underground garage of Vogue House in London, a solo show of his work was curated of his travels to celebrate Conde Nast's 20th Anniversary Party.

WILL BOLSOVER

At the front of NWS, our Founder & CEO Will Bolsover frequently heads out on recce trips. Some destinations he knows well from years of experience but regularly revisits to connect with specialists in the region; scientists, naturalists, and some of the best adventure guides in the world. In other destinations these trips pioneer the way, exploring to the very end of the road to untangle the complexity of travel in new, and often seldom visited regions.