Expedition Leader Richard Visser

Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Richard Visser has always had a passion for the bush, and the great outdoors in general. When he was very young, he spent as much time in the bush as he could, exploring and discovering new places. Richard turned this intense passion and love for the bush into a career as a professional safari guide, spending ten years at various lodges and game reserves around South Africa—Amakhala Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, Kruger National Park, and Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in the Northern Cape Province in an area known as the “Green Kalahari.” Richard also worked in East Africa at Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve. Here, he spent a year training guides and building Selous Wilderness Camp on the southern banks of the Rufiji River.

Richard received a diploma in Game Ranging and Lodge Management and has earned Field Guides Association of Southern Africa’s (FGASA) Level 3 qualification, as well as two additional qualifications—Trails Guide and Specialist Birding for Arid Regions. While in Kruger National Park, Richard bought his first camera, and since then, photographing the natural world has become an insatiable passion—one that he shares with many of his guests.

Richard returned to Cape Town in 2014, and now enjoys showing visitors the surrounding areas, as well as leading privately guided safaris all over Southern and East Africa. He enjoys sharing the wonders of this breathtaking environment; from approaching Rhino on foot to crawling up to Meerkats and Pangolins, this is truly a phenomenal habitat to explore.