The future of travel

Inspired by conservation. Driven by community. Experienced by you.

Transforming the way tourism benefits Africa.

Africa House

The Africa House Group was founded by specialist adventure travel company Journeys by Design and includes charitable and local eco-business development arms Wild Philanthropy and Tekula Capital.

It was set up to transform the way tourism benefits Africa, and does so by connecting people – travellers, philanthropists, impact investors - with opportunities to support Africa’s wildernesses.

By bringing together the collective skills and experience of Journeys by Design, Wild Philanthropy, and Tekula Capital, it draws on business, impact investment, and philanthropy to develop long-term solutions to Africa’s challenges.

Journeys by Design

Journeys by Design is a specialist adventure travel company which chooses to curate just 100 high-value RARE and CLASSIC safaris a year. Set up to link travellers with purposeful and immersive experiences that support Africa, it designs three types of safari:

• CLASSIC

  A specialist adventure safari that aims to change lives - yours and those of your hosts. We curate 70 such safaris a year.

• RARE

  A completely or largely off-google specialist adventure safari that aims to change lives - yours and those of your hosts. It includes a $5,000 environmental pledge. We curate 30 such safaris a year.

• Donor Traveller

  Safaris made available to donor-travellers. These trips are expressly designed to drive capital into at-risk ecosystems and vulnerable communities. We design a handful of such safaris a year.

For more, please see Journeys by Design.

Wild Philanthropy

Founded in 2016 by Journeys by Design, Wild Philanthropy is registered public non-profit designed to protect at-risk ecosystems and support vulnerable communities in Africa.

Set up to increase funding available to high-impact conservation and community development projects, it drives philanthropic capital into targetted at-risk ecosystems, offering long-term solutions that allow people, place, and wildlife to thrive. We currently focus on three core ecosystems - the Omo Valley (Ethiopia), Ntakata (Tanzania), and Enonkishu (Kenya) - while supporting a broader portfolio of partners.

For more, please see Wild Philanthropy.

Tekula Capital

Our impact investment and business development social enterprise, Tekula Capital was set up to support community-led travel eco-businesses in Africa that lack finance and skills to enable them to grow and achieve their social and environmental aims and objectives. It does so by linking impact investors with those businesses, thereby supporting development and growth.

To date, Tekula has made one investment into starting up and growing Wild Expeditions Ethiopia. Wild Expeditions Ethiopia has become a leading travel business in Ethiopia and operates both the country’s finest mobile camps and its only seasonal camp, Lale’s Camp.

For more, please see Tekula Capital.