A small group sitting together on a rocky rise in golden light, looking out over a wide river and wooded hills

When did you last feel like the truest version of yourself?

A return to yourself, held by the wild — alongside a small group of like-minded peers.

Not the version who's managing a calendar, a team, a set of targets. The one underneath that. Baobab Retreats creates the space, the permission and the setting for senior leaders to spend real, unhurried time with that person — and to leave reconnected, restored, and clear on what comes next.

In times that reward momentum, this kind of stillness matters more than ever. This is not a break from your life. It is a return to yourself within it.

Two ways to journey with us

Open programme

Small-group retreats with set dates available to book. You arrive as an individual and find yourself among like-minded peers — senior leaders carrying similar weight, asking similar questions.

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Bespoke

Designed for an intact leadership team or organisation. The same depth of work and care of setting, shaped around your people, your context and what your team is being asked to become.

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Signature retreats

Join a like-minded small group on a transformational leadership journey

Elephants moving through golden light near the river

Greater Kruger, South Africa

Sashwa River of Stars

Dates
7 – 11 March 2027
Duration
5 days · 4 nights
Group
Small group of like-minded peers

Five days on the banks of the Olifants River, where the work of reconnecting with yourself is held by the wild.  Led by Marc, Nikki & Sarah. 

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A fireside gathering beneath the trees at twilight

Greater Kruger, South Africa

Sashwa River of Stars

Dates
11 – 15 September 2027
Duration
5 days · 4 nights
Group
Small group of like-minded peers

The same signature experience located in springtime — clear light, cool mornings, fireside evenings. 

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A stone estate resting in a green Highland valley

Scottish Highlands

Alladale Wilderness Reserve

Dates
Coming soon — dates to be announced
Duration
Details to follow
Group
Small group of like-minded peers

A rewilding estate in the Scottish Highlands, for senior leaders in the northern hemisphere wanting to do this work closer to home.

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On the work

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Name to come

From the journal

All entries
A guided walk along the Olifants riverbank

Coming soon · SARAH CAMPBELL-WATTS

Wilderness as facilitator

Placeholder — on what the wild does that no room can: how walking, weather and the presence of animals change the quality of attention a person can bring to themselves.

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Photograph to comeA photograph of a Heartstyles report on a table — to be added.

Coming soon · MARC ROGATSCHNIG

Heartstyles

Placeholder — an introduction to the character-led approach we work with, and why seeing your own patterns on paper changes what you can do about them.

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A twilight fireside gathering beneath a large riverside tree

Coming soon · NIKKI WOHLMAN

Origins — remembering the self a leader stands on

Placeholder — on origins, and the part that remembering who you were before the role plays in deciding who you want to be within it.

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