Karin Jones

Karin Jones is Founder & CEO of Safari AweCrafters and has spent nearly four decades in African wilderness travel and responsible tourism. Since 1987 she has designed personalized, conservation-led safaris across 17 countries in East, Southern and North Africa and the Indian Ocean. She once lived in Cape Town and still spends long stretches on the continent each year, working directly with guides, lodge owners and conservation leaders.

Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure have named her a Top Travel Specialist for Africa, including Travel + Leisure's "A-List," for multiple years. She has been featured in Forbes and National Geographic Traveler. She also hosts the video podcast Conversations with Africa's Safari ChangeMakers. As a speaker, she covers conservation-focused tourism, overtourism and human-wildlife conflict. In 2024 she gave the keynote at the APTA Global Conference, titled "Rewilding African Tourism: From Consumption to Conservation."