Our Story

Our mission is Saving Wildlife, One Adventure, at a time.

So.. who are we??

Hi there! And welcome to my little corner of the adventure travel world. My name is Michelle and I am the face behind Wildly Adventures. I have been running group tours since 2017 and it all started back when I was still working full-time as a Zookeeper. I would always get people asking me how I book my travels, that I’m brave to go on my own and even wondering how I afforded to travel so much while working a minimum pay job.

Light bulb moment! Originally I started out with the name Zookeepers on Tour as I started these tours when I was still working full-time a s a zookeeper and I would arrange 1-2 tours a years using my annual holiday allowance. This soon tuned into a full time career in itself and I didn’t want to limit my tours to just zookeepers, my tours are open to all so I named my company Wildly Adventures, because that’s exactly what these tours are. The idea behind my tours was offering group tours with a focus on wildlife and more bang for your buck. But I didn’t want my tours to just be a holiday, so that’s why on all my trips I partner with small locally run conservation projects through funds donation, visiting their work, raising awareness and donation of much needed supplies. I believe that tourism is one of the greatest forms of wildlife conservation, bringing funds directly to where they are needed most.

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Our story so far….

We have had over 70 group trippers join us across 8 tours, over the past 5 years. Keep in mind that for two years of this we were all on a travel break.. lets call it. These tours included Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic republic of Congo, Kenya and Madagascar.

In this time we have generated over $35,000 in revenue through Gorilla permits. That’s money going direct to the running of Bwindi impenetrable forest national park, salary for park rangers, mountain gorilla protection and funds supporting the local communities surrounding the park.

We have supported and visited projects such as the Lake Katwe bee keepers association, who use bees as a form of human wildlife conflict mitigation around Queen Elizabeth National Park. Did you know Elephants are afraid of bees? Its true!

On all our group trips we provide our guests with wish lists from the projects we work with so that you have the opportunity to get involved by bringing much needed equipment. Examples of this include bringing kitten formula and bottles to donate to the USPCA animal shelter for orphaned kittens, this kitten formula is not available in Uganda. Or small animal transport crates that the Pangolin rescue Centre uses to rescue pangolins.

We also work with a women’s project, the Happy girls project, by visiting their craft shop at Lake Bunyonyi to do our souvenir shopping where profits go to supporting girls in the community.

New for this year we are introducing tree planting with an African Grey Parrot project. So that for each person that travels with us on a tour to any destination we plant a tree in your honour, the tress get planted in the local communities around Kibale National park, Uganda. But not just any tree, palm nut trees, a favourite of the African grey parrot to aid in their conservation. We also fund the monthly care of a dog for security and protection of the pangolins at the Pangolin rescue Centre in Uganda. So when you travel with us these are just a few of things you are supporting.

Read our Responsible Travel and Wildlife policy here

This year alone we have introduced tours to 2 new countries, Romania and Costa Rica. Along with our regular Uganda and Madagascar we are having 6 group tours for 2023.

And next year we are planning to add tours to 5 new countries! with a total of 10 group tours on offer for 2024.

Every year we plan to offer more destinations while still keeping our original tours. So if you don’t see your dream destination just yet then keep an eye out, we very well may be planning a tour there for the near future.

Along with our group tours we also offer private custom tours. So if group tours arent your thing and no matter if you are a solo traveler, couple, a family, group of friends then we would love to help you create your dream trip.

Just pop us an email to start discussing today.

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Take a look at some photo’s from past group trips:

Reviews from past group tripper’s:

Indri lemur , Andasibe National Park, Madagascar.

Michelle devised an incredible itinerary for us to see many of Madagascar’s highlights, to include so much of the country’s amazing wildlife. An absolutely fabulous 3 weeks of adventure. Michelle is passionate about Wildlife and we all shared in great excitement when we were lucky enough to spot another unique creature. I highly recommend Michelle and Wildly Adventures Travel ltd. – look no further for a great tour leader, lovely travel companion and a fabulous trip!

— Claire Turnbull, UK. Claire joined us on our 17 day Madagascan tour in October 2022.

Golden monkey tracking, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda.

I first travelled with Michelle to Uganda in 2019. Having never been to Africa before I was very nervous so travelling with a group seemed like a great option. We all very quickly became close friends and I had the holiday of a lifetime that was well worth the price. We travelled all over the country visiting as many national parks as possible where we saw a huge variety of beautiful animals in their wild habitats. The chimpanzee trek we went on is one of the most memorable experiences in my life, as was the mountain gorilla visit in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The trip to Uganda was so good that several years later I dragged my partner with me on a group tour to Madagascar with Michelle. This trip was of similar high quality and we both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves (though our buns ached from all the pot holes in the roads!). I cannot recommend Michelle and her company highly enough, worth every penny.

— Ryan Walker, UK. Ryan joined us on our 15 day Uganda and Rwanda group tour in 2019 and returned with his girlfriend, Danielle, for our 17 day Madagascan tour in October 2022.

Interested to know more about our group tours?

Visit our Group Tour page here