Keep Travelling – Your African Vacation
Keep Travelling – Your African Vacation
Podcast Description
“Are you tired of sifting through mountains of adverts and marketing pitches trying to upsell where you should spend your next 5* African vacation packages? Join veteran tourism business owner Rael Zieve as he interviews a diverse array of role players across the African tourism industry. Listen weekly in under 30minutes, from focused questions to first-hand honest responses. Thereby, building trust and giving you confidence of where you should spend your next awesome holiday.”
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes like tourism experiences, local attractions, and conservation, featuring episodes on diverse topics such as luxury lodges, golf estates, and fly fishing adventures. For instance, discussions include the amenities of Flat Dogs Camp in Zambia, the golfing culture at Erinvale, and sustainable practices at Victoria Falls Safari Lodge.
Keep Travelling offers premium, tailored journeys for the globally adventurous. Rooted in credible relationships and guided by storytelling, we connect discerning travellers with the people, places, and perspectives shaping Africa’s most meaningful experiences.
Episode Number: 80
Property / Guest Name:
Kristina Plattner
https://kambaafrica.com/
Episode Summary:
In this episode of Keep Travelling: Your African Story, Rael Zieve speaks with Kristina Plattner, Managing Director of Kamba African Rainforest Experiences, about one of Africa’s most unusual and powerful safari journeys.
This is not the classic open-plains safari many travellers already know. Kamba takes guests deep into the Congo Basin, the second-largest rainforest on earth, where safari becomes slower, quieter, wetter, wilder, and far more immersive.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- Where Kamba is located in the Republic of the Congo, and how guests travel from Brazzaville into Odzala-Kokoua National Park
- Why Lango Lodge is such a special part of the Kamba circuit, sitting beside a forest bai created by elephants
- How guests arrive by kayak, walk through rainforest, and become part of the landscape before even reaching the lodge
- What wildlife can be seen, from western lowland gorillas and forest elephants to buffalo, bongo, hyenas, parrots, butterflies, and tiny forest insects
- Why the Republic of the Congo is different from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and how Kamba helps guests feel looked after from arrival
- What travellers should know about seasons, age limits, visas, yellow fever requirements, malaria precautions, and the full all-inclusive Kamba experience
Guest Information:
Kristina Plattner is the Managing Director of Kamba African Rainforest Experiences, a collection of remote rainforest lodges based in the Republic of the Congo. In this conversation, she shares how Kamba introduces guests to Odzala-Kokoua National Park through gorilla tracking, river journeys, forest walks, wildlife viewing, and deeply immersive rainforest travel.
Key Takeaways:
- Kamba is ideal for travellers who have already experienced a classic African safari and now want something rarer, quieter, and more adventurous
- The experience is built around rainforest immersion, with gorillas, forest elephants, waterways, walking, kayaking, and small-group travel at its heart
- Kamba helps with the full Congo journey, including internal charter flights, transfers, permits, accommodation, meals, drinks, and visa support
Contact Information:
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