“It was the twilight of my guiding career to have a project like this. It was always my dream to be able to build one lodge and run it perfectly.” - Mike Myers

In this episode, Sean Lee-Davies speaks to Mike Myers, the managing director of Xigera Safari Lodge, about his love for Africa’s wilderness and why photography is key to conservation. The duo discusses everything from the importance of using tourism to fund wildlife conservation to building a sustainable hospitality business model.

Before working at Xigeria, an all-inclusive hotel set in the remote Moremi Game Reserve in the Okavango Delta, Myers spent decades working as a safari guide and wildlife photographer in Botswana, building deep knowledge of the region—knowledge that he’s now using to inspire guests to care about wildlife conservation.