EXCLUSIVE I'm a travel firm CEO who arranges African private jet safaris costing £145,000 - this is the best luxury lodge, the safest country in Africa for solo female travellers...
and how a safari can change your LIFE Deborah Calmeyer is the CEO of ultra-luxe African specialist Roar Africa She reveals a lodge that's a 'masterpiece' and why a safari is 'priceless' READ MORE: Inside a £19,000 'Lion King' safari holiday By TED THORNHILL, MAILONLINE TRAVEL EDITOR Published: 09:44, 13 November 2024 | Updated: 09:49, 13 November 2024 e-mail View comments A safari in Africa can change your life. So declares Deborah Calmeyer, the charismatic CEO of ultra-luxe African safari specialist Roar Africa during a chat with MailOnline Travel about the world of safaris and the bespoke 'beyond first class' holidays her company offers. She reveals her favourite 'seven-star' luxury lodge in Africa, the best safari country on the continent for solo female travellers, what it's like on Roar Africa's private jet safaris that cost up to $185,000/£145,000 and how a safari can change someone's world view.
Regarding this last point, South African Deborah explains: 'To me going on safari is a homecoming, [returning to] the cradle of humanity. 'When our guests leave the continent, they say the most profound things, such as "you have changed my life" and "I see the world differently now". You don't say that when you come back from Italy or Paris.
'You don't have that heart-cracking, melting connection.