FIELD JOURNEYS SHAPED BY PRESENCE

CURATED SAFARIS · IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LADYBIRD JET

Africa

These journeys come from years of working and travelling throughout Africa — returning to the same landscapes, building trust, and learning how to move through wild places with care and restraint.

Each journey is curated personally and offered selectively. They are shaped by long-standing relationships with conservationists, lodge owners, guides, and local communities — people whose knowledge is rooted in place rather than performance.

The result is not a checklist of sightings. It is a way of being in the wild — slow mornings, attentive observation, meaningful encounters, and time enough to let the landscape reveal itself.

A DIFFERENT WAY OF TRAVELING

These journeys are designed for those who value depth over volume. Group sizes are small. Itineraries are flexible. The emphasis is on presence, ethical wildlife encounters, and respect for the land and the people who steward it. For many, these journeys become an extension of the art practice itself — informing how the work is seen, understood, and lived with afterward.

CONSERVANCIES WE WORK WITH

Loisaba · Sarara · Solio · Ol Pejeta · Borana · Lewa · Soysambu · Amboseli · Samburu · Serengeti · Nairobi National Park

Helicopter flight over Lake Magadi, Great Rift Valley Kenya — Deanna DeShea
Deanna DeShea and Ladybird Jet founder in front of a small aircraft on a dirt airstrip, Serengeti Tanzania

Two women, one landscape, one shared belief in what travel should be.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

Ladybird Jet African flight partner

In collaboration with Ladybird Jet, these journeys combine conservation-led itineraries with effortless, considered travel. Ladybird Jet is a woman-founded private aviation company offering bespoke charters and white-glove travel design — bringing the same values of intention and restraint to how you get there.

Safari Land Rover on open plains, Solio Conservancy Kenya — Deanna DeShea
Lenny Brown, Samburu warrior with Deanna DeShea, Loisaba Conservancy, Laikipia Kenya — Deanna DeShea

Field journeys offered with care and intention

All enquiries are reviewed personally. If you are interested in travelling with me, please submit your details below and I will be in touch.