Wilderness Safaris has sold its stake in Wilderness Safaris Malawi to long-time partners Chris and Pam Badger, who are now the sole owners.
The Badgers joined Wilderness Safaris in Botswana in 1986. After several years running expeditions across the Okavango and Chobe ecosystems, they expanded the Wilderness model further to Malawi. In the last 20 years they have created an exceptional collection of lodges in Malawi’s most magnificent areas, from the Shire River lowlands of Liwonde National Park, to the shores of Lake Malawi and the Nyika Plateau in the north of the country. They have also demonstrated an inherent commitment to ecotourism through their extensive community and conservation work.
The new company has been rebranded Central African Wilderness Safaris. Other than the shareholding, no dramatic changes are foreseen. 
According to Keith Vincent, Wilderness Safaris CEO: “Wilderness Safaris remains a major supporter and supplier of this new company and continues to work jointly with the Badgers in implementing Children in the Wilderness programmes across the country. Likewise, the Wilderness Wildlife Trust remains a committed supporter of rhino conservation and other work being done under the umbrella of CAWS and we wish the Badgers every success in their next Malawi chapter.”
Chris Badger said: “Since 1986 we have been privileged to have worked and grown with the company and its unique group of people and places, always having a lot of fun and regarding our employment more as a quest than a job! We look forward to our shared commitments to conservation, community and service growing even stronger and to sharing some exciting new developments with our partners in 2015.”