Father of three • Tour operator • Safari guide • Wildlife photographer • All around great guy!

Phil is a third generation Kenyan who spent much of his childhood and most of his adult life in the African bush.

He has been designing safaris for over 25 years and is widely considered one of Africa’s most respected private safari guides. He has planned and guided trips for the world’s most sophisticated travelers, collaborated on a number of wildlife documentaries and series, consulted for Bear Grylls, and wrote the syllabus for Kenya’s silver level guides.

Phil very generously (and also because he didn’t want to sleep on the couch indefinitely) contributed the vast majority of photos in the Safari Portal Media Library, curating collections for every destination across Africa and beyond, and meticulously tagging each photo to make them easily searchable and usable in itineraries and proposals.

He also wrote most of the destination content for Safari Portal, pulling from his own first-hand knowledge of places to create content that is specialized, accurate, and full of expert detail.

He’s truly a gem and we are honored to call him ours.

Why I love Safari Portal:

I used to have to get Rachel to build all of my itineraries for me but now I can do it myself - even from my phone at the gym! I love that I can easily swap out photos, add custom notes, and customize the content. And I especially love how quick and easy it is to create Lookbooks and give potential guests some quick ideas of what’s possible.

As a true technophobe with two left thumbs being able to do all of this easily is really freeing and saves all of us so much time.

I am grateful to my wonderful wife Rachel for making me do this project with her.

(Disclaimer: this was not written by Rachel 🤪)