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Today, I\\u2019m joined by one of the most well travelled people I have ever spoken to. Geoffrey Kent is the founder, chairman and CEO of the luxury travel company, Abercrombie & Kent, and a titan of the travel industry. Before researching and recording this episode, I didn\\u2019t know that much about Geoffrey himself, and now, here in this intro, it\\u2019s hard to convey what an extraordinary life he\\u2019s led, but I\\u2019ll give it a go. 

Raised in rural Kenya, Geoffrey\\u2019s said that his whole childhood was like a safari. He tells us about living among leopards and elephants and riding horses when he\\u2019d barely even learnt to walk. And from there, during a military career where he served in Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Cyprus, Libya and Malta, he founded Abercrombie & kent - a travel company best known for inventing the photographic safari, changing wildlife travel forever with the ethos \\u201cshoot with a camera, not with a gun\\u201d. 

A born explorer, he\\u2019s credited with pioneering \\u201cexperiential travel\\u201d so along with telling us about some of the 156 countries he\\u2019s already visited, Geoffrey brings to life the experiences that he\\u2019s had along the way, and how we can best enjoy some of the world\\u2019s most beautiful countries. We don\\u2019t really touch on the fact that he\\u2019s also a world renowned polo player, he was the Captain of Windsor Park\\u2019s polo team which he played on with Prince Charles; or that he took Prince Harry to Botswana after the death of Princess Diana and sparked Prince Harry\\u2019s love of Africa. Even so, this is still a long haul feature length episode, there was so much to cover, it\\u2019s a love letter to Africa, and one that I hope you\\u2019ll really enjoy. So, here\\u2019s Geoffrey Kent. 

Destination Recap: 

• Monaco
• Florian\\xf3polis, Brazil
• Zambia
• Kenya
• Nairobi, Kenya to Cape Town, South Africa motorcycle trip 
• Masai Mara, Kenya
• The Aberdare Highlands, Kenya 
• Malindi, Kenya 
• Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England
• South Pole
• Botswana 
• Mauritius 
• Chief\'s Camp, Okavango Delta, Botswana
• Bazaruto Channel, Mozambique 
• One & Only Le Saint G\\xe9ran, Mauritius 
• Gorilla trekking, Uganda
• Diving in Palau, Philippines
• Helicopter to Base Camp, Mt Everest
• Madagascar
• Greenland
• Antarctica
• Finland
• Helicopter tour of Ethiopia
• Cocos Islands, Costa Rica
• Juba, Southern Sudan
• North West Passage Cruise 

You can follow Geoffrey on Instagram here.

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