Once you have stepped into Wilderness neither you, nor Wilderness remain unchanged.
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Rites of Passage
A Transformative Journey — Mntunzini to Drakensberg
Step into adulthood on a transformative journey. Begin at Mntunzini’s ocean edge, grounding in salt and sand. Walk ancient rhino paths in the raw iMfolozi Wilderness, facing fear and finding courage under starlit skies. Ascend the Drakensberg peaks for a sacred solo, embracing silence and self. Return to Sani Backpackers, forever changed, witnessed, and whole.
This is your rite of passage.
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Women's Trails
Reconnect with Your Wild Essence — iMfolozi & Okavango Delta
Rest, rejuvenate, reconnect. Begin in the iMfolozi Wilderness, walking ancient rhino paths, breathing the scent of sage and earth. Glide through the Okavango Delta’s waterways, surrounded by birdsong and stillness. Share stories by the fire, find solitude in nature’s embrace, and feel the rhythm of the wild. Return renewed, whole, and free.
This is no retreat. It’s your return to self.
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Conscious Leadership Trails
Leadership Begins Where the Path Ends - — Okavango Delta
Step off the grid and into one of the last true wildernesses on Earth — the Okavango Delta. Here, among elephant paths, reed beds, and endless sky, Wild Life Foundation invites your organisation to experience leadership at its most elemental.
Wilderness Trails
Step into a world where time slows down, where your senses sharpen, and where the wild heart of Africa begins to beat in rhythm with your own. Our Wilderness Trails invite you to walk softly on ancient rhino paths, follow the curve of riverbeds where elephants come to drink, and feel the pulse of untamed land that is also home to buffalo, lion, and countless other creatures.
These extinguished journeys of simplicity and depth — stripped of distraction, yet rich in discovery. Imagine the crunch of dry grass underfoot, the distant call of a fish eagle echoing across the valley, the thrill of knowing you are part of the same landscape as the great herds and apex predators. Each step is an immersion, each night a communion with the stars.
iMfolozi, South Africa
In iMfolozi, South Africa’s oldest wilderness area, you’ll journey for 3, 4, or 5 nights — sometimes sleeping beneath canvas, sometimes under a blanket of stars. The land here is raw and powerful, steeped in the stories of rhino conservation and ancient human presence.
Okavango Delta, Botswana
In the Okavango Delta, your trail stretches over 6 nights — the first and last in a simple base camp, with the central four spent beneath mosquito nets, listening to the chorus of frogs and the soft splash of hippo in the waterways. It is a place where water and sky meet in shimmering light, and where each dawn brings new encounters with life on the floodplains.
A Wilderness Trail is not a safari you observe from a distance — it is an immersion, an invitation to belong. To walk here is to rediscover yourself in the rhythm of nature, in silence, in story, and in the shared circle of fellow travellers.
Ponto Malangane, Mozambique
In Ponto Malangane, Mozambique, our Ocean Wildness happens in conjunction with a dolphin research team and, if the resident pods allows, we slip into the ocean to swim alongside them. We snorkel over shallow coral reefs alive with colour, and in whale season we have the privilege of observing the migrating humpback whales — moments of wild beauty that stay with you forever.
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Are you ready to connect with the wilderness without and within?
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