Our Story
It started with a love affair.
Forty years ago, Anastasia Mann, a prominent figure in the global travel industry and CEO of Corniche Group, Inc., went to Africa for the first time and it changed her life. With each subsequent visit she fell more deeply in love with the African bush. Anastasia's first mobile trip was to Kenya in the 1980s. Anastasia continued to do mobile tented safaris in her early years in Africa; Anastasia safaried for 14 days in Zimbabwe with a private guide. The authentic nature of being under canvas in the bush, "sleeping close to the earth, hearing the sounds of lions at night, and hippos walking past your tent, bumping into it" and trying to peer out the netted "window" --
Their mutual love of these first mobile tented safari experiences, far from the masses & deep in the bush, became the guiding principle for them when the company came together.
Working with a hand-picked team in the U.S. and on the ground in Africa, the Company’s ethos was built on tailor-made journeys to exceptional places, featuring intimate and special properties carefully selected for each traveler. Additionally, when it makes sense, we try to encourage clients to experience at least a few nights "under canvas". The variety and options to do this range from sleeping close to the earth to elegant safari tents with 4-poster beds... Today, Anastasia’s Africa has earned countless awards and consistent recognition as one of the best boutique safari operators in the business, with deep ties to Africa and a common vision shared by all who work here: a safari should transport us far from mass tourism; it is a profound, one-of-a-kind journey created with attention and care. We treat our travelers not as clients but as friends, and nothing but the most thoughtfully planned and artfully executed journey will do.