Parents and their child watching an elephant from beside a safari vehicle at a sundowner stop

Our Story

Africa, experienced privately.

FIRST AS A COUPLE, NOW AS A FAMILY.

House of Wild was shaped over years spent travelling through Africa, long before we became parents.

  • Walking with the famous elephant bulls in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

  • Standing on Cataract Island, Victoria Falls

  • Sundowners in the Serengeti, Tanzania

  • Meeting the meerkats of the Makgadikgadi, Botswana.

  • Walking Safari in Pafuri, Kruger National Park

  • Quad biking on the salt pans in Makgadikgadi Botswana

  • Exploring the island life of Alphonse, Seychelles

  • Ballooning over the Masai Mara, Kenya

  • Elephant sundowners in Hwange, Zimbabwe

  • Mokoro through the Okavango Delta, Botswana

  • The great plains of Kafue, Zambia

  • Horseback in the desert, Namibia

  • Walking with rhinos 6 months pregnant, Zambia

Through my work and our travels, we experienced some of the continent's most exceptional lodges. But more than that, we observed. We spent time with owners, spoke to guests, and began to understand what truly makes a safari feel extraordinary. Not just in design, but in how it is experienced.

Over time, we found ourselves mentally curating itineraries. Not based on what was considered the best, but on what felt right for different people. Because there is no single perfect safari. Only the one that is right for you.

That perspective shifted entirely when our daughter Bradley was born.

We returned to Africa not just as travellers, but as parents. Suddenly the pace, the priorities and the questions we were asking all changed.

The details that are often overlooked became essential. A cot in the room. Thoughtful meal preparation. Trusted childcare. Flexibility in how each day unfolds.

And then there were the assumptions. That you need to wait. That young children do not belong on safari. That the experience is only designed for a certain age. We quickly learned this is not entirely true. But navigating it requires knowledge, access and careful planning.

We did not want to compromise.

We still wanted the beauty, the design and the hospitality that defines Africa at its best. We wanted to feel looked after without needing to ask. For us as adults, and for Bradley.

As I began sharing more of our travels, the questions started to come in. Can you take a baby on safari? Where would you go? Is it safe? Do we need to wait?

Families weren't unsure about wanting Africa. They simply didn't know how.

House of Wild was created in response to that. Not as a traditional travel agency, but as a more considered way to access Africa, one that is entirely shaped around your family. A way of travelling where nothing feels overwhelming, and everything feels intentional.

You don't have to wait for the right age or the right time. Just the right way to experience it.

House of Wild is not built on listings or availability. It is built on lived experience.

We've travelled Africa first as a couple, and now as a family. Experiencing the same lodges through entirely different lenses shaped everything, because a safari designed for two is not the same as one designed for a family.

We work with a small number of families each year. No volume, no templated itineraries, no attempt to make one experience fit all. We take the time to understand you properly: your experience of travel, your expectations, and your concerns, especially the ones you're not always sure how to put into words.

What matters most is not just where you go, but how supported you feel while you are there.

I'm Jemma Park, safari photographer and the mother of a small girl who has done more of Africa than most adults I know.

I know how it feels to stand in a lodge reception with a nappy bag on my shoulder and have no idea whether the next four days are going to work.

Before that, I spent seven years photographing some of the continent's most exceptional lodges. Not as a guest passing through, but from inside the rhythm of each place, alongside leading names in luxury hospitality. Mostly you learn that what makes a safari extraordinary is rarely the thing in the photographs. Some of that work was featured in The New York Times.

I've seen Africa at its most refined, and at its most raw. But none of it prepared me for doing it as a mother. I've navigated pregnancy in remote regions and travelled with a young child across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Botswana. I know what it's like to be the only person in the vehicle worrying about a nap. That's the perspective I bring to every family, and the one I would have wanted from someone else.

This is how I want my children to experience the world.

Every recommendation is grounded in respect for the land, the wildlife and the people who make these experiences possible, so little minds can take home something bigger than just their safari.

House of Wild is shaped alongside my husband Guy, my partner in travel and in life. Together we have built a life around movement, curiosity and a deep connection to Africa.

What we believe

Everything you see within House of Wild has been experienced, captured and curated by us. Nothing is borrowed. Nothing is assumed.

Tell us a little about your family, and we will begin shaping something extraordinary.

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