Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share #109 A Lioness in the House and a Hyena in the Pool; ROAR AFRICA Founder, Deb Calmeyer
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
#109 A Lioness in the House and a Hyena in the Pool; ROAR AFRICA Founder, Deb Calmeyer
Today's podcast guest is the extraordinary Deborah Calmeyer.
She is the CEO and Founder of ROAR AFRICA. The company she started in New York in 2006 to answer friends’ and acquaintances’ questions about where to go in Africa and to keep her retired zoologist father in the place he was happiest, the wild, has taken on a life of its own.
We discuss:
-Surviving the 'concrete jungle of New York' after leaving the Bush of Africa
-Finding peace and restoration in the wilderness and exposing others now to these experiences, with convenience and ease
-Moving people (literally and figuratively) from the grind and harshness of daily life to joy and calm of safari
More about ROAR AFRICA:
Now an ultra-luxe safari company changing the lives of its guests through learning journeys like Into the Wild with David Whyte, and The Greatest Safari on Earth, amongst others, ROAR AFRICA showcases Deborah’s home continent with sensitivity, pride, and unmatched insider access to extraordinary African experiences.
Twenty years seesawing from North America to Southern Africa and back again, reconciling her
past with the present, and sharing Africa with curious minds, has taught Deborah one key truth: that yearning, that umbilical pull toward the stillness and peace of the wild never ceases. It’s embedded in our DNA. And without that primal access to the wild, we experience a profound loneliness of spirit.
ROAR AFRICA has received numerous awards, including Condé Nast’s 2019 - 30 Most Powerful Women in Travel, Travel & Leisure, A-List (2019-2023), Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialists (2017-2023), Robb Report’s “Best of the Best” award 2022, and Robb Report’s “Travel Master” 2023.
She has received recognition and awards as one of South Africa’s top 25 entrepreneurs (2015). In 2015 she was invited to speak by Lan Yang in Beijing on the illegal trade of wildlife, a speech viewed by 191 million viewers online.
more at https://roarafrica.com
Most People Don't | Resources
Learn additional key take-aways by listening to more of Bart Berkey's conversations with successful leaders on his weekly podcast.
Please subscribe, like & share to help others find these words of wisdom.
www.mostpeopledont.com
Any KEYNOTE SPEAKING OR LEADERSHIP TRAINING REQUESTS can be directed to [email protected]
View all episodes
By Bart Berkey
5
1414 ratings
Today's podcast guest is the extraordinary Deborah Calmeyer.
She is the CEO and Founder of ROAR AFRICA. The company she started in New York in 2006 to answer friends’ and acquaintances’ questions about where to go in Africa and to keep her retired zoologist father in the place he was happiest, the wild, has taken on a life of its own.
We discuss:
-Surviving the 'concrete jungle of New York' after leaving the Bush of Africa
-Finding peace and restoration in the wilderness and exposing others now to these experiences, with convenience and ease
-Moving people (literally and figuratively) from the grind and harshness of daily life to joy and calm of safari
More about ROAR AFRICA:
Now an ultra-luxe safari company changing the lives of its guests through learning journeys like Into the Wild with David Whyte, and The Greatest Safari on Earth, amongst others, ROAR AFRICA showcases Deborah’s home continent with sensitivity, pride, and unmatched insider access to extraordinary African experiences.
Twenty years seesawing from North America to Southern Africa and back again, reconciling her
past with the present, and sharing Africa with curious minds, has taught Deborah one key truth: that yearning, that umbilical pull toward the stillness and peace of the wild never ceases. It’s embedded in our DNA. And without that primal access to the wild, we experience a profound loneliness of spirit.
ROAR AFRICA has received numerous awards, including Condé Nast’s 2019 - 30 Most Powerful Women in Travel, Travel & Leisure, A-List (2019-2023), Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialists (2017-2023), Robb Report’s “Best of the Best” award 2022, and Robb Report’s “Travel Master” 2023.
She has received recognition and awards as one of South Africa’s top 25 entrepreneurs (2015). In 2015 she was invited to speak by Lan Yang in Beijing on the illegal trade of wildlife, a speech viewed by 191 million viewers online.
more at https://roarafrica.com
Most People Don't | Resources
Learn additional key take-aways by listening to more of Bart Berkey's conversations with successful leaders on his weekly podcast.
Please subscribe, like & share to help others find these words of wisdom.
www.mostpeopledont.com
Any KEYNOTE SPEAKING OR LEADERSHIP TRAINING REQUESTS can be directed to [email protected]
More shows like Most People Don't... But You Do!
View all
Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade
12,686 Listeners