Our Travel Specialists

Kent Redding has 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 2023, he was named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top travel professionals in the United States for the fifth 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 and has also completed Asilia Academy, an accreditation given only to East African specialists. 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.

Nell Pollak has always been curious about the world around her. After graduating from the University of Colorado, she embarked on a four-month trip to Kenya in pursuit of learning about cultures very different than her own. That is when her spark for Africa ignited. While in Kenya she connected with a former classmate who started the non-profit organization Arrive in Kenya, whose mission is to help empower former street children in some of the most impoverished regions of Kenya. Since that trip, Nell has been back twice and joined the Board of Directors of the organization. Some of her most memorable memories on her last stint in East Africa were starting 2019 on Uhuru Peak on Mt. Kilimanjaro for sunrise and walking 1,088 miles over 58 grueling days across Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda – entirely on foot.

Kerri Callender lived in Tokyo, Japan in elementary school, introducing her to new people, cultures and adventures. From then on, she had the desire to visit new places and experience new things. Kerri has a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Syracuse University, a hotel management certificate from University of Nevada – Las Vegas and a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgetown University. She has lived and worked around the world in Spain, Switzerland, South Africa and the United States. Kerri has also traveled extensively, though she considers Cape Town, South Africa to be one of the world’s prettiest cities.

Brooke Dare has always had a passion to see and learn more about the world around her. From backpacking in Europe to exploring Central America she has traveled to over 15 countries across the world and can’t wait to continue experiencing new places around the globe. Brooke brings many years of experience to Africa Adventure Consultants. She graduated from University of Colorado – Denver with a degree in Business Administration and Management and has experience working in operations. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her kitties, hiking, snowboarding and of course traveling!