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.

Kent has also been named to the Travel + Leisure A-List, its annual editors’ choice of the best travel advisors in the business four times, most recently in 2025. In 2025, he was named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top travel professionals in the United States for the seventh time. Previously Kent served on the Board of Directors of Daring Girls (formerly AfricAid), a non-profit providing educational opportunities for Tanzanian girls, and 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 seeing the great migration in Tanzania, trekking gorillas in Rwanda and Uganda, viewing a pack of wild dogs and large elephant herds in Botswana, horse riding with giraffes in Kenya, climbing the Big Daddy sand dune in Namibia visiting the South African Penguins in Cape Town and cruising the Nile River in Egypt. In 2025, she was named by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top travel professionals in the United States. Book time on Sara’s calendar to speak about planning a safari.

Angie Voigt was born in South Africa and raised across continents, immersed in the world of travel from an early age. Her global upbringing sparked a lifelong passion for exploration, and today she channels that passion into crafting transformative journeys for her clients.

With a background in Social Work and 14 years of experience designing bespoke safaris and immersive travel experiences, Angie brings a rare blend of empathy, insight and adventure to every itinerary she creates. Her deep love for Africa is more than professional – it’s personal. She returns annually to reconnect with the land, the wildlife and the people that shaped her.

Whether spotting leopard in Kruger, drifting through the Okavango Delta in a mokoro, dining at her favorite local restaurants in Cape Town, trekking with mountain gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda or soaring on an off-door helicopter journey over the wild spaces of Kenya, Angie curates moments that stay with you long after you’ve returned home. Her insider knowledge, warm yet transparent approach and attention to detail make her a trusted guide for travelers seeking meaningful, soul-stirring experiences. 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.

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 riding horses in the Loisaba Conservancy in Kenya, snorkeling in the Indian Ocean and sleeping under the stars in the Wadi Rum in Jordan.

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. Prior to joining Africa Adventure Consultants in 2005, she managed the Travel and Events department at a Fortune 500 company. Susan has traveled to top destinations in Botswana, Kenya and Tanzania, with memorable experiences including luxury camping in the Serengeti and birdwatching in Botswana. Her passion for exploration extends across Europe, with visits to numerous countries, multiple cruises, as well as adventures in Ecuador, Caribbean islands and scuba diving in Tahiti.

Beth McCabe studied abroad in college, which sparked her passion for international travel. She graduated from Bradley University with a degree in Advertising and completed her Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing and Advertising Management from the University of Saint Mary. She has spent her marketing career working with international travel and education organizations helping connect people to the world at large. She has traveled to Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as many countries throughout Europe and Central America. Some of her favorite safari memories include trekking to see mountain gorillas, watching four month old lion cubs play, gliding through the Okavango Delta in a mokoro, tempting fate on the edge of Victoria Falls and spending a night in an underwater room off the coast of Pemba Island.

Christine Landry has over 30 years of finance and administration experience and holds two advanced degrees in business. Her career was spent in law firm and IT management followed by university management. She spent the last half of her career as a Director of Finance and Administration at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She hails from New Orleans where she managed both small and mid-sized law firms. Although formally retired, when she was invited to join AAC she saw it as an exciting opportunity to be part of a well-respected and progressive firm. Travel has always been her passion and every year brings a new adventure.