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EARTH AWAKENINGS
EARTH AWAKENINGS
THE AWAKENING DOESN’T HAPPEN WHERE YOU THINK IT WILL.
Not at the elephant. Not at the sunset over the Kruger. Not when you step into the Indian Ocean for the first time, or watch a pod of dolphins trace the swell at Ponta Mamoli Those moments are extraordinary. But the real awakening tends to happen somewhere in the middle. When something you weren’t expecting comes up. When you’re five days in, out of signal, and further from your ordinary life than you’ve been in years. When you meet yourself somewhere you didn’t know you needed to go. That’s what this trip is for.
South Africa & Mozambique | 12 days
November 7 - 18 2026
| Maximum 9 women
THIS IS NOT A LUXURY SAFARI WITH WELLNESS ADDED ON.
This is twelve days of intentional, immersive travel: from the highlands of Dullstroom to the remote wilderness of Greater Kruger, from the frontier conservation landscapes of Maputo National Park to the warm Indian Ocean at Ponta Mamoli
Bush, ocean and everything in between.
You’ll track elephants with frontline conservationists. You’ll surf and dive in Mozambique. You’ll sit around fires in a private game reserve with five other women who came for the same reason you did. And alongside you the entire way: Kamilla Norrman – adventure coach and certified wilderness guide.
Not to coach you. To help you hear yourself more clearly.
HOW THE COACHING WORKS.
Kamilla doesn’t run workshops. She doesn’t hand out workbooks or ask you to set intentions before breakfast.
The coaching is woven into the days themselves – into the conversations that happen naturally when you’re far from home, surrounded by wilderness, with nowhere else to be.
Before you travel, you’ll complete a short assessment (this is voluntary, but the more you share, the better Kamilla can tailor her approach). Then, as the journey unfolds, she uses what you’re experiencing as the material.
The patience of a lion at rest. The way an elephant shakes off tension and returns, calmly, to grazing. The courage it takes to sleep in a canvas tent in the African bush when the hyenas are calling and every noise sounds like it’s right outside your tent.
There is so much to learn from wild animals about how we carry and how we let go.
TWO STORIES (DETAILS CHANGED TO PROTECT PRIVACY)
One woman arrived terrified of sleeping in a canvas tent. She’d heard the elephants. She’d heard the hyenas. She was convinced she’d lie awake all night. Kamilla and Carla walked her to her tent, said good night, and trusted her.
The next morning she was radiant. She’d slept like a baby. And something had shifted — not just about the tent, but about herself. What she’d proved to herself in that one night continued to grow for the rest of the trip.
Another woman had been divorced for years and announced, cheerfully, that she wasn’t interested in men. Then one evening, in a place where nobody knew her and nobody expected anything from her, she started chatting with someone at the buffet.
She came back to the table glowing. He’s handsome, she said. Nothing more came of it. But the next morning she told Kamilla: it made me feel like a woman again. Like myself.
That’s what happens when you shed the roles for a while. When nobody knows who you’re supposed to be.
“You shed your cloaks. You are undressed. And it’s okay, because everyone shows up as they are. You are not the roles you normally play back home. And that is why it’s so empowering to go on a journey like this.”
— Kamilla Norrman, Adventure Coach & Expedition Co-host
JWP Earth Awakenings 2026 – Route Summary
7 – 18 November 2026 | South Africa & Mozambique
Small group conservation & adventure journey
- 1 Night – Johannesburg
Glendowa View Guest House
Arrival in Johannesburg, transfer to guest house, dinner, bed & breakfast. - 1 Night – Dullstroom
Big Oak Cottages
Scenic drive to Dullstroom, dinner, bed & breakfast. - 3 Nights – Mtimkulu Game Reserve
Wilderness Bush Camp
Game drives, bush walks & conservation work with Elephants Alive. - 2 Nights – Kruger National Park
Satara Camp & Lower Sabie Rest Camp
Enter Kruger via Phalaborwa Gate, wildlife viewing & transfer to meet Mabecco Tours at Skukuza Airport. - 4 Nights – Ponta Mamoli / Maputo National Park, Mozambique
Blue Waves
Surf experience, scuba diving, community visits with Peace Parks & marine activities. - 18 November 2026
Return to South Africa and fly onward to Johannesburg or Cape Town.
WHAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY DO:
WILDERNESS BUSH CAMP — GREATER KRUGER REGION
Your first nights in Africa are spent in a private game reserve – canvas structures, a viewing platform, a hammock, and the sounds of the bush as your alarm clock. This is where the decompression begins.
ELEPHANTS ALIVE — FRONTLINE CONSERVATION
Go behind the scenes with the conservation teams doing the daily work of protecting one of Africa’s most intelligent and complex species. This isn’t a show: it’s real science, real dedication, and access that most visitors never get.
SAFARI IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK
Game drives through one of Africa’s most iconic parks at a pace that lets you absorb what you’re seeing. It’s not rushed or crowded. Just the wild as it is.
DULLSTROOM HIGHLANDS
Cool air, UNESCO-adjacent landscapes, and a stillness that prepares you for the crossing east to the coast.
MAPUTO NATIONAL PARK — PEACE PARKS FOUNDATION
Cross into Mozambique and meet the Peace Parks Foundation – the organisation working to restore one of southern Africa’s most extraordinary transfrontier conservation areas. Wildlife corridors, community, and the long, patient game of conservation.
PONTA MALONGANE — OCEAN & ADVENTURE
The expedition ends at the warm Indian Ocean. Surfing and scuba diving in the open sea after days in the bush. It’s a powerful, restorative contrast, and a reminder that wild Africa doesn’t end at the treeline
Meet your expedition HOSTS
CARLA GEYSER
EXPEDITION LEADER BLUE SKY EXPEDITIONS
Since 2012, Carla has been leading purposeful journeys for women across Africa. She is a conservationist, a connector, and what one former guest describes as “like any elephant matriarch: vigilant, watchful, making sure every single one of her people is safe and seen.”
She finds the people doing work that matters. She weaves a golden thread between them – between the elephants and the vets, the ocean and the research, the wild and the women who come to meet it. And she brings you close enough to feel it.
In 2025, Carla was named winner of the JourneyWoman Woman-Owned Business Award, chosen from over 150 nominations by a panel of international judges. The award recognises a woman over 50 who has followed her passion and purpose to build a travel business in service to women. The judges described Blue Sky as “aligned with local non-profits in a way that is unique and impactful.”
“Carla has an uncanny ability to read the room. Like any elephant matriarch, she holds the herd — vigilant, watchful, making sure every single one of her people is safe and seen.”
— Cath — came on one trip, moved to Zululand
KAMILLA NORMAN
ADVENTURE COACH &
EXPEDITION CO-HOST
Kamilla Norrman is an adventure coach and expedition co-host who brings a grounded, supportive presence to every journey. With a deep passion for personal growth through travel, she creates space for women to step beyond their comfort zones while feeling safe, seen, and empowered. Her approach blends encouragement with quiet strength, helping each guest connect more deeply with themselves, the group, and the experience.
Kamilla is a Norwegian adventure coach, certified practitioner of Positive Intelligence and Havening®, and someone who has spent most of her life proving to herself (and now to others) that the unknown is something to move towards, not away from.
She came to coaching after her own journey of rediscovery. After 23 years with a long-term partner, she found herself alone, volunteering in South Africa and Botswana, at a wilderness camp where she met Carla. They understood each other immediately. The collaboration was inevitable.
She is not there to teach you anything. She is there to guide: to help you notice what you’re carrying, what the wild is showing you, and what you might want to set down before you go home.
“I’m more of a guide, a facilitator. I’m there to enhance the journey — not to teach. Whatever you need to take from it, that’s yours.”
— Kamilla Norrman
THIS TRIP IS FOR YOU IF:
- You love the idea of bush and beach in one journey
- You’re a high achiever who somehow still feels empty — and you’re ready to understand why
- You’ve lost yourself in your roles — spouse, parent, career — and want to find your way back
- You want to contribute to real conservation work, not just observe
from a distance - You’re a solo traveller who wants small-group intimacy without the single supplement sting
- The idea of surfing and tracking elephants in the same trip makes
complete sense to you - You’re open to reflection, but allergic to anything forced or performative
- You’re done with waiting for the right time
THIS TRIP IS NOT FOR YOU IF:
- You need five-star luxury at every stop (the camps are excellent; they are also wild and remote)
- You want a packed, every-minute-scheduled itinerary
- You’re not comfortable with moderate physical activity — bush walks, surfing, and scuba require a willing body
- You’d rather keep your WiFi than trade it for something better
- You want a large group experience
THE PRACTICAL BITS
thedates
November 7–18, 2026
(12 days / 11 nights)
thecountries
South Africa | Mozambique &
Kruger
thegroup
Min. 4, max. 6 women + Carla & Kamilla
yourstay
Mix of lodges, chalets and safari tents(single and sharing available
yourfitness
Moderate Comfortable in wild terrain and open to adventure
flyin/flyout
Fly into OR Tambo, JHB (7 Nov) Fly out JHB or CPT (18 Nov) Domestic flight Maputo–JHB/CPT included
URGENT DETAILS
Securing your place:
• 30% deposit due at booking
• Balance due 90 days before departure
Credit card payments: please add 3.5% processing fee.
We don’t partner guests — single accommodation available at the single rate.
A USD rate can be quoted depending on exchange rate at time of payment.
Optional add-on: extend to Cape Town after the expedition — speak to Carla for details.
Investment per person (ZAR):
R134,549.60 (single)
R129,719.60 (sharing)
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- All accommodation (11 nights)
- All ground transport
- Listed activities and conservation visits
- Group meals as specified
- National park and conservation fees
- Expedition hosts and guide
- Transformational coaching
- Conservation contributions
- Scuba equipment hire
- Domestic flight Maputo–JHB/CPT (18 Nov)
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
- International flights
- Travel insurance (mandatory)
- Personal expenses
- Drinks and snacks
- Tips
- Visas and border fees
- Optional activities
BUT WHAT ABOUT...
THE COACHING ELEMENT?
Kamilla is the first to say she’s not a coach on this trip – she’s a guide. There is no agenda, no performance expected. If something comes up (and it often does, because wild Africa has a way of loosening things you’ve been holding) she’ll be there. And she’s excellent company around the fire.
WHAT IF I’M NOT SURE I’M READY?
What’s the best thing that could happen if you went? Sit with that for a moment. When was the last time you did something you weren’t sure about? What happened? Most hesitation about a trip like this is fear of the unknown – and the unknown, it turns out, is where all of this happens.
TRAVELLING ALONE?
Every woman on this trip chose it alone. The small group size – maximum 6 – means strangers become friends quickly. And these friendships have a way of lasting.
NO WIFI?
Let your family know you’ll be off-grid for stretches. If there’s a genuine emergency, there is always a way. What we notice again and again is this: when people can’t connect online, they stop wanting to. They’re too busy being somewhere worth being.
FITNESS?
Moderate. Comfortable walking in uneven terrain and getting in and out of safari vehicles. Willing to try surfing and diving. You don’t need to be an athlete. You need to be willing.
ARE YOU BEING CALLED
Because that’s how it starts. Not with certainty. With a feeling.
Something in this page has spoken to something in you. A word, a story, a moment in your life that this might be the answer to – even if you’re not quite sure yet what the question is.
There is something in the air in places like this. Carla knows it. Kamilla knows it. The women who have come before know it.
You can know it too.
Email Carla with questions: carla@blueskysociety.co.za
Please note: this itinerary and pricing may be subject to slight changes. Some activities may be weather-dependent. Wi-Fi may be minimal or unavailable. Read terms and conditions below