AKA: Fox
Malcolm has enjoyed over thirty years of experience in the aviation-safari-travel world bringing a wealth of knowledge, experience, wisdom and leadership to this partnership.
Educated in Zimbabwe and the University of Surrey, he has developed a formidable network within the industry and an international following of loyal clients, colleagues and friends. Malcolm and his partner live in Victoria Falls.
AKA: Jos
John was born and raised on a farm in Zimbabwe where he developed a keen interest in nature and wildlife and has been involved in the airline, travel and logistics business for almost thirty years traveling the world arranging international fairs and events.
We are delighted to welcome him to The Malcolm Ainscough Collection where he manages our London Travel Shop.
AKA: JD
After completing the respected &Beyond field guide course, JD’s guiding career found its beginnings at Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa. From here to Sossusvlei in Namibia, onto Zambia’s Kafue National Park and then eventually on to Singita Sabi Sands, JD has a vast experience of the African landscape and safari industry. Add six years of guiding in Cape Town he has not only become a complete all-rounder, but has also fallen in love with Africa’s favourite city, from where he now bases himself.
Returning to civilization, JD completed a degree in finance before spending three years running the Wilderness Safaris Cape Town touring division. He now plans and leads safaris throughout the African continent, imparting his vast knowledge of the natural world and contagious passion for Africa’s wildlife on every guest with whom he is fortunate enough to share these wild places.
AKA: Jono
Raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, I spent most of my childhood running wild through the Matobo and Hwange National Parks, developing a deep-rooted passion for wildlife and the African bush. Over the years, I’ve mastered the art of crafting unforgettable safari experiences- blending comfortable travel, good company, and time in some of the last remaining pristine wilderness (because who doesn’t love a good excuse to dodge emails for a few days?).
When I’m not designing dream safaris, you’ll probably find me chasing birdies, either with my camera or on the golf course, where I do my best to keep my 3-handicap intact. My goal is simple: to help clients unplug from everyday life, immerse themselves in Africa’s wonders, and return home with stories worth telling for a lifetime.
Lynn is a native Californian with over 24 years’ experience in the travel industry. She has traveled extensively around the world and was introduced to Malcolm Ainscough through a client and friend while planning a privately guided African safari with him for her own family in 2017. The safari was a life-changing experience and hands down the best trip she had ever taken.
Since then, Lynn has chosen to specialize in Africa working exclusively with Malcolm’s team to plan unique Safari experiences for guests. She co-ordinates trips from the United States; assisting with Travel Insurance requirements, pre-and post-Safari excursions, and other related traveler needs. Lynn resides near San Francisco with her husband, has four children, and loves to travel…especially to Africa!
Monica Milbert Lawyer first started planning trips to Africa in 2002 with her four children, then aged 5, 7, 11 and 13. She has planned and helped design over a dozen tours across southern Africa and beyond for friends and family, enjoying safaris to Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, Tanzania (including Zanzibar), Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Prior to focusing on Africa, Monica and her family travelled extensively across Asia during their expat assignment in Japan.
With Minnesota and Chicago roots, Monica and her husband have joined the growing horde of Midwesterners in Naples, Florida, where she specializes in building custom African itineraries for groups with guests of all ages and abilities. In her former career, Monica is a Certified Public Accountant with a degree in accounting from the College of St. Benedict and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
AKA: Flash
AKA: Mudd Buffalo
Lloyd has an honours degree in geographical history and education from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and was a teacher before starting his career at Mala Mala Private Game Reserve after which he joined Wilderness Safaris where he worked as a Private Guide. He then transferred to Namibia where he was ultimately tasked with heading up the training division for their guides.
He was worked with numerous NGO’s through the continent specifically taking training to community areas and has provided a unique and effective springboard for many careers within the industry consequently becoming much loved and highly regarded. Lloyd has managed his own business very successfully for over fourteen years and now lives in London and Kwa-Zulu Natal with his wife Sue
AKA: Trout
Charlie aka “Trout” grew up in Cape Town and from an early age had strong ties to exploring the environment. Both his parents actively sought to travel and explore southern Africa with 3 kids in tow. His formative years were, as Charlie puts it, “like paging through a copy of National Geographic”.
Starting his guiding career at Mala Mala in 2006, Nic had finally begun to realize a lifelong dream of working closely with wildlife in one of Africa’s great safari destinations. The urge to further discover the continent’s wild places lead him to take up the position of Conservation Ecologist for Okavango Wilderness Safaris, where he worked closely with a government/ private sector partnership in a number of big projects including the reintroduction of Black and White rhinos back into Botswana.
Having been born, raised and educated (Zoology Honours degree) in Cape Town, Nic has always remained close to the heart of the tourism industry and loves to share the wonders of his home town with guests on safari in Africa. With a decade spent working across some of the wild areas of this great continent, Nic’s all-round ability gives guests the ultimate experience. Always with a camera in hand and being a very keen travel-writer, he loves to document and share information from the magical places of our wild Africa and leads tours to various parts of the continent most often as a naturalist. Nic is keen to further tie in conservation and tourism and get more involved with ‘safaris that have purpose’.