St Lucia Safari for Kids

Your hosts Ashley and Katie run The Little Bush Baby Co. A family-run business specialising in family-friendly, child-orientated nature activities, small group safaris and shore excursions in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park and the iSimangaliso Wetland Park in the heart of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Ashley is a born and bred, laid-back South African, who is a true conservationist at heart. What he doesn’t know about life in the South African bush isn’t worth knowing! With academic, vocational, and practical qualifications all natural science-related, Ashley has a wealth of knowledge and personal experiences that he loves to share. As a dedicated family man, Ashley is passionate about ensuring his children love wildlife as much as he does so he can usually be found out and about in the bushveld or on the beach with at least one of his three children in tow. Katie is British by birth but South African by choice! Having left a successful career behind as a Specialist Child Health Nurse, Katie now spends her days running The Little Bush Baby Company’s administration whilst raising 3 semi-feral, nature-curious, children. Ashley and Katie met on one of the local Big 5 game reserves and realized then their shared dream of educating children and adults about the natural world. This is at the core of their family life, with days spent looking for wildlife on game drives, learning about the unique flora, saving disorientated dung beetles and rehoming lost geckos within their family home. Life is certainly never dull, come and find out for yourself!