Our story
We didn't set out to invent anything. Nature did the rest.
Our soil and waterways are so damaged they can no longer absorb the carbon we produce. LettsSafari is a simple answer: rewilding safari parks and gardens that repair soil and water, so trees and plants thrive naturally and wildlife comes home.
Twenty years, four chapters
From the family that brought you the Letts diary 200 years ago.
We created LettsSafari to share our approach to renewable nature. What we stumbled into in 2006 is today called smaller-scale rewilding. If enough of us do enough of it, we go a long way to fixing the climate problem.
LettsSafari is a mission-led business, not a charity: it operates sustainably while putting its energy and resources into real environmental impact — and it's transparent about the projects that don't work as well as the ones that do.
2006
An accident outside New York
We made a small wild space of grasses, wildflower, shrub, scrub and trees on a few acres. Insects arrived, then snakes, then birds and mammals. A wasteland became a wildlife haven in two years. Nobody called it rewilding yet.
2014
One hundred run-down acres near Exeter
We bought a neglected park and garden in southwest England. It was a mess. We turned it into a leading smaller-scale rewilding centre — and started writing down what actually worked.
2020
LettsSafari+ goes live
We put cameras, film and photography online so anyone could have a front-row seat, and paired it with practical guides. Subscription funding replaced grant-chasing.
Today
A network, and what's next
Seven parks in the network and hundreds of gardens inspired. Next: national safari parks as major attractions fully open to the public, starting in England.
Our founder, Philip Letts
“Safari means journey in Swahili. We hope you can journey with us — one tree, one animal, one park at a time.”
From our subscribers
Thousands of small acts, one shared result.
“I wanted to help restore nature. For the price of a cup of coffee I help plant trees and save wildlife — and I love the weekly update direct from the parks.”
“The concept is simple but brilliant. You assemble a crowd who want to make a difference, but cannot do so individually. With their collective resource, you can make that difference.”
“Rewilding removes carbon and restores wildlife. LettsSafari has figured out how to do smaller-scale rewilding so we can all get involved.”
You subscribe. We build parks. You safari.
One tree, one animal, one park at a time. Cancel whenever you like — nature keeps what you started.