Acacia-Africa's Vivian McCarthy -Overland Tours and Demographc Change -Graeme Kemlo

Africa always excites emotion when you hear people say that they are off on safari. The animals you see on safari might not have changed over the years, but times have changed according to co-founder and director of Acacia Adventure Tours, Vivian McCarthy. His business started 30 years ago, taking 20 and 30-year-olds on what was basically a backpacking overland tour of the continent that might last months. He explains to Graeme that the geopolitics and demographics have changed to include active retirees and others who cannot spend so much time away – but they also don’t necessarily want to rough it. More: acacia-africa.com Photo supplied: Vivian McCarthy beside the Nile River, Uganda near Lake Victoria