Having lived as a young child in Tehran, Kate has always loved travelling and getting to know new places. Childhood holidays involved far-flung destinations, navigating rental cars with paper maps, faxed hotel confirmations and a reliance on recommendations and research.

Whilst organising travel has got easier and being able to store everything for a trip on a phone transformative, Kate believes to really get the best out of your time away, the planning still really matters.

Having travelled extensively around Europe, visited various regions of India, Asia, Far East and North America, Scandinavia, Caribbean and Hawaii, Kate’s biggest love is Africa.  For her the sheer vastness of the landscapes and the abundant wildlife seen in their natural habitat has the ability to take your breath away time and time again.  As the only continent where such large animals are still able to run free across huge swathes of land, it is also uplifting to see the benefits of conservation work in progress and know that by travelling responsibly you are helping to keep it for everyone.

After university, Kate enjoyed getting to know the winelands of South Africa with her Cape based grandmother, before travelling overland through Botswana to Zimbabwe, with the wetlands of the Okavango Delta and the experience of African dawns after sleeping on the roof of the 4×4 the most memorable experiences.  With subsequent trips to Kenya, Gambia and Morocco, Kenya will always be a firm favourite.  Whether the light and stillness of an early morning wildlife drive, the excitement of witnessing the jostling hierarchy of a pride of lions feeding on their prey, to the birds of Lake Baringo and charm of Lamu and the Kenyan coast.