Tracey Pelham, Senior Safari Consultant

From the bookings desk to the bush

Tracey Pelham is the Senior Safari Consultant at Majestic Kenya Safaris. She holds a degree in Travel and Tourism Management from the University of Nairobi and has worked in travel for more than 10 years, planning international trips and private itineraries, mostly luxury and adventure safaris.

Before joining Majestic Kenya she spent several years at Ardan Safaris, first on bookings and logistics and later in the bush camps. The office taught her park fees, flight connections and the small details that make or break a trip. Camp work taught her the other half: how guests feel after a long drive, what makes a camp memorable, and where a trip falls short of what was sold. When she suggests a lodge or a route, it comes from having been there, not from a brochure.

The trips she plans

Tracey has planned safaris across the range: game drives on the open plains, fly-in safaris and family trips that combine wildlife with the coast. A honeymoon couple, a family with young children and a photographer following the migration each get different camps, a different pace and a different guide.

She favours camps and conservancies where tourism money reaches the communities and wildlife that depend on it. She has written two guides on sustainable tourism, and her itineraries have been featured in travel magazines.

What she writes about

On the blog, Tracey uses the same numbers she uses to quote real trips: park fees she has calculated, camps she has stayed in and seasons she has watched change. Her guides cover safari costs for American and Australian travellers, trip length, the best time to go, entry rules and health planning. Her latest guides are listed below.