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Campfire by Junglore

Fixed-date wildlife expeditions of six travellers, matched on pace, photography and what they came to see. Meet the group by archetype before you commit, never by name.

Six seats. One departure date. Before you commit, we show you who else is around the campfire, by how they travel, never by name.

A group you chose, without a single introduction.

  • Tell us how you travel, A dozen quick questions, asked like a guide would ask them. Pace, camera, dawn or dusk, who you’re travelling with, what you’re hoping to see.
  • We read your archetype, You become one of six wildlife archetypes. That archetype, and a few travel traits, is all any other traveller will ever see of you.
  • Meet your campfire, Every departure shows its six seats. Request to join and the seats sharpen. Junglore checks the group fit, then you pay.

Not who you are. How you are, out there.

Every traveller on a Campfire departure is shown as one of these. Nothing else: no name, no photo, no city.

  • The Dawn Tracker, Up before the light, reading pugmarks in the dust. Lives for the big-cat moment. Steady to intense pace, Big cats.
  • The Patient Lens, Will wait three hours at a waterhole for the right light. Travels with a bean bag. Slow pace, Photography.
  • The Quiet Naturalist, Knows the drongo from the treepie. Keeps a notebook. Stops for dung beetles. Slow pace, Birding.
  • The Fireside Storyteller, First safari or fifth, brings the energy at dinner. Asks the guide everything. Steady pace, First-timers welcome.
  • The Long Walker, Wants boots on the ground. Walking safaris, mokoro, fly-camps. Every drive, every trail. Intense pace, On foot.
  • The Slow Observer, Landscapes, light and long silences. One sundowner well earned beats three sightings. Slow pace, Landscapes.

The questions

  • First things first. How do you like a day in the wild to move?
  • Is the camera the point, or along for the ride?
  • What pulls you out there? Pick everything that does.
  • The vehicle leaves before light. Where are you?
  • And after dinner?
  • How many times have you been on safari?
  • Which decade are you travelling in?
  • How should the group know you? Shown on your seat, so rooms can be shared sensibly.
  • Solo, or with someone?
  • At the lodge, would you share a room with another traveller?
  • What goes on your plate? For the kitchen, never the group.
  • Where does comfort sit for you? This one stays private too.
  • Last one. Around the fire, which languages are you happy in? Pick all of them.

Next departures

Names stay private. The way you travel doesn’t have to. We match strangers on pace, patience and what they came to see, so the vehicle feels like old friends by the second drive.

See every Campfire departure