OUR GUIDES
Chris and Peter head up a team of local and international guides.

Our guides are professionally qualified with years of experience in the African bush. They possess a deep knowledge and love of nature as well as being passionate about Africa and it's extraodinary wildlife and colourful people. Their depth of background and experience ensure that they are capable and entertaining hosts.

CHRIS FOOT
Chris Foot, a Kenyan by birth, brings together the richness of the two worlds from his African, Kalenjiin, mother and his British father.

Raised on a farm in the Great Rift Valley and educated in Britain, where he read Environmental Biology at St. Andrews University, Scotland. He then went on to become a British barrister and an environmental lawyer in Kenya.

Registered with the Kenya Professional Safari Guide Association he is passionate about nature, a keen outdoorsman and naturalist and has been leading safaris in East Africa since his early teens. Amongst others, he is a trustee of the world renowned A Rocha (Kenya), a worldwide Christian conservation body and the Milgis Trust a community conservation project that covers much of Northern Kenyan. When not on safari Chris enjoys countryside pursuits including fly fishing, polo, paragliding and running the family farm.

PETER TWYCROSS

Educated at Oxford University, Peter Twycross has lived most of his life in Africa. Since Childhood, he has regularly experienced the bush, travelled widely, and has extensive knowledge on the gameparks of East and Southern Africa. Much of his life has been spent in cross-cultural pastoral and leadership training. He has Kenyan and South African field guide qualifications, and is passionate about introducing others to Africa, and extending their experience and knowledge of its natural wonders and people with their different cultures.

Peter is currently Chairman of the Borad for the Dynamic Business Start-up Project which trains the poor in starting and running their own businesses with minimum capital

OUR STAFF

Our safaris are hosted by capable and well qualified staff. We are meticulous in the selection of our staff. Each staff member is individually chosen on the basis of his or her skills meeting the requirements of his or her particular function on the safari. Their personalities and spirituality are an asset to our hospitality with related values of discretion, warmth and friendliness.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

It is our aim to bring you into close contact with nature and the heartbeat of the African bush and it's amazing wildlife, with minimal disturbance to and impact on the natural environment.

PEOPLE AND CONSERVATION

It is our belief that people and their wellbeing are critical to the conservation of, as well as future enjoyment and preservation of the habitats we are priviledged to encounter. To this end, Footsteps Safaris seeks to build relationships with and contribute to the communities where we venture on safaris

SECURITY

Your safety and security throughout your stay are of paramount importance to us. Through foresight, good planning and every effort being made while on safari, we assure you of attention to detail in this regard.

Recent Reviews
New York Times: Go With God By Miles Bredin

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