Our Travel Specialists

Kent Redding has more than 25 years of experience as an expert on Africa travel and adventure. During his tenure living in East Africa, he guided trips through the continent’s premier parks and studied with knowledgeable naturalists. He has summited Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Meru, kayaked in Lake Malawi, dune-bashed in Namibia’s Skeleton Coast and rafted down the Zambezi River below Victoria Falls. He has explored Botswana’s Okavango Delta, trekked through some of Egypt’s vast deserts, mountain biked through African mountains and bush land and tracked gorillas and chimpanzees in multiple countries. Leveraging his safari guiding and planning experience, today he enjoys helping our clients discover these impressive places.

In 2024, he was named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top travel professionals in the United States for the sixth time. Kent has also been named to the Travel + Leisure A-List, its annual editors’ choice of the best travel advisors in the business three times, most recently in 2022. Kent is a Kenya Tourist Board Kenya Authorized Travel Specialist and a South Africa Tourism FUNDI. Additionally, Kent served on the Board of Directors of AfricAid, a non-profit providing educational opportunities for Tanzanian girls, and on the board of APTA, Rocky Mountain Region.

Sara Stark brings over 15 years planning experience to the AAC team. She studied Travel & Tourism at Ball State University. After years of event planning she transitioned over to her real love, travel planning. Sara has traveled to Africa, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand and loves creating custom itineraries to these destinations. Some of her favorite African travel memories include sighting herds of elephants in Sabi Sand, tree climbing lions in Tanzania, a pack of wild dogs in Botswana, horse riding with giraffes in Kenya, big cats such as a leopard and cheetah in the Serengeti and visiting the South African Penguins at Boulders Beach. Book time on Sara’s calendar to speak about planning a safari.

Angie Voigt has been an avid and adventurous traveler for years and any description of her enthusiasm for travel is simply an understatement! Born in South Africa and having spent her younger years living all around the world – wanderlust runs through her blood. Angie completed a Bachelor of Social Work bringing her passion for people into the mix, and she has been designing and creating soul-shifting experiences for over a decade.

Angie feels most at home in the bush and returns to her motherland yearly to be surrounded by vast horizons, the calls of native birds and the thrill of seeking out big game. Special moments have been plentiful but some of her favorites have been the adrenaline of watching a leopard hunt in the Kruger, a lion strolling under the full moon 100ft from her suite in Zambia, navigating the peaceful channels of the Delta by mokoro, a surprise lantern-lit dinner for two on the plains of the Serengeti and evenings spent in good company wining-and-dining at her favorite local restaurants in Cape Town. Book time on Angie’s calendar to speak about planning a safari.

Tracy Stevens fell in love with Africa on her first trip to Zambia and never looked back. With nearly two decades of travel planning experience, she’s designed extraordinary adventures ranging from a wedding above Victoria Falls to a world primate safari covering Borneo, Tanzania, Rwanda and Madagascar to a bar-mitzvah atop Kenya’s most sacred mountain. A born traveler, she grew up in the UK, lived in the Middle East and Europe and has spent years traveling the length and breadth of Africa, testing luxury lodges in the Kruger and fly-camping in the Serengeti under a blanket of stars.

Named as a Condé Nast Top Travel Specialist in 2020, Tracy believes that travel can be transformational: her clients’ most memorable experiences include watching a hundreds-strong elephant herd churning the waters of Botswana’s Linyanti River, wildlife-packed walking safaris in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park, trekking the charismatic chimps in Tanzania’s remote Mahale Mountains, toasting the sunset atop the ochre dunes of the Moroccan Sahara, joining a Maasai guide for coming-of-age celebrations in his home village and life-changing encounters with the iconic mountain gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda, something Tracy has done five times (so far!). She brings a wealth of knowledge and passion for Africa’s wild places to each itinerary, taking the time to understand every client’s wishes, guided by the principle that travel is the only thing we buy that makes us richer. Book time on Tracy’s calendar to speak about planning a safari.

Ciara Manning is an experienced travel planner and an avid traveler with a deep passion for Africa. She has traversed over 20 countries across this beautiful globe. Ciara’s most daring adventures were cage diving with Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa, hiking the W trek in Chile and flying co-pilot in a tiny plane over the Ngorongoro Crater. She has a deep love for wildlife and nature that has manifested itself into a passion for safaris and a newly found addiction to birding!

When she’s not trying to spot the Big 5, Ciara is enjoying the local outdoors with her dogs. Ciara is an endlessly curious explorer and looks forward to many more journeys to come in her favorite continent, Africa.

Madison Noble became interested in the world around her through her study of foreign languages. At a young age, she set out to the Middle East to study Arabic in Amman, Jordan and Marrakesh, Morocco and then worked and studied in Paris to perfect her French. She has a strong belief that travel, especially to far flung places, gives us a deeper understanding of the world and our own place in it. Madison graduated from The George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in international relations and the Arabic language. Some of her favorite travel experiences have been visiting Pura Lempuyang Luhur temple in Bali, riding on camels in the Sahara Desert and learning how to blow glass on the island of Murano, Italy.

Susan Ely brings more than 30 years of experience to Africa Adventure Consultants in various aspects of the travel industry including leisure travel, corporate travel, cruises and more. She managed the Travel and Events department at a Fortune 500 company before joining AAC in 2005. Susan has explored top destinations in Botswana, Kenya, and Tanzania. She especially enjoyed luxury camping in the Serengeti. Her travels have also taken her to Tahiti, Hawaii, numerous Caribbean islands, Germany, Greece, Italy, and a Mediterranean cruise ending up in Turkey. Susan has completed tourism certifications through the Botswana, Kenya, Qatar, South Africa, and Tanzania Tourist Boards.

Doug Langstraat brings a world of financial experience to our team. He earned his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Purdue University Global. Doug built his acumen in the banking and insurance industries, later developing controller experience in the nonprofit sector. His meticulous attention to detail and passion for numbers ensure our financial operations are in capable hands. Beyond the balance sheets, his adventurous spirit and international eye add depth to our team. He recently circumnavigated the globe visiting 17 countries along the way.