The Explorations Company was founded in 1989 by Nicola Shepherd as an extension of her passion for Africa, its wildlife and surrounding environment. Since then, she has evolved the business to specialise in exclusive safaris and luxury tailor made holidays to the most beautiful parts of the world, providing lasting experiences for clients and their families. With expertise that spans over 30 years, we offer truly unique journeys across four continents and in over 40 countries around the globe. From the start of our journey, philanthropy has been at the heart of all we do. We support deserving conservation and community projects and our journey continues through you. Every traveller has the opportunity to share our values, as well as reconnect and support important causes by directly experiencing them as part of their vacation or safari - places and projects where they may be directly able to help. Making these extraordinary journeys possible is a specialist team that have real life experience and in-depth knowledge of the destinations we cover. Their understanding of a country, culture, wildlife and history provide the local expertise necessary to deliver an authentic experience that is right for you.