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Welcome to VivienneGunning.com.
Expedition leader. Story-seeker. Photographer of the quiet and the wild.
This website is my digital campfire.
You won’t find glossy perfection here. But you will find stories shaped by dust, silence, colour, chaos, heartbreak, and wonder — shared through photographs and words gathered over a lifetime in motion.
This space is not about travel tips. It's about what travel does to you.
To travel is not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.
I am Vivienne Gunning — senior expedition leader, photographer, artist, and observer of the human spirit. For more than 25 years my professional life has unfolded in the field: on expedition routes, in remote lodges, on airstrips far from infrastructure, in places where calm judgement matters more than bravado. I don't rush Africa. I understand its rhythms, its unpredictability, and the quiet signals only experience teaches you to read.
Over the years, my work has included expedition leadership, hospitality and lodge management, aviation-related operational support, crisis coordination, and guest care at a high level of responsibility. These experiences have shaped the way I travel — and the way I guide others.
EXPEDITION LEADERSHIP 25+ years leading complex African expeditions for Bushtracks Expeditions and National Geographic. 100+ private charters across 33 countries.
AVIATION OPERATIONS ACMI and charter logistics, customs, permits, and cross-border operations in remote and high-risk settings.
ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL Specialist companioning and itinerary design for solo, senior, and mobility-considerate travellers across Africa.
PHOTOGRAPHY Professionally trained (UCT, 2025). Fine-art and travel photography — instinctive, emotionally led.
Accessible travel, when done properly, is not about limitation. It is about possibility, presence, and care — grounded in realism, empathy, and experience, not promises or assumptions.
If something here resonates, please write to me at gunningvivienne@gmail.com — I'd love to hear from you.
Follow my current work:
Instagram:
@viviegunning: https://www.instagram.com/viviegunning/
@VNGwild: https://www.instagram.com/vngwild/
Facebook:
Vivienne Gunning: https://www.facebook.com/vivienne.gunning.96/
Vivie Gunning Explorer: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AwXDQb1HY/
Expedition leader. Story-seeker. Photographer of the quiet and the wild.
This website is my digital campfire.
You won’t find glossy perfection here. But you will find stories shaped by dust, silence, colour, chaos, heartbreak, and wonder — shared through photographs and words gathered over a lifetime in motion.
This space is not about travel tips. It's about what travel does to you.
To travel is not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.
I am Vivienne Gunning — senior expedition leader, photographer, artist, and observer of the human spirit. For more than 25 years my professional life has unfolded in the field: on expedition routes, in remote lodges, on airstrips far from infrastructure, in places where calm judgement matters more than bravado. I don't rush Africa. I understand its rhythms, its unpredictability, and the quiet signals only experience teaches you to read.
Over the years, my work has included expedition leadership, hospitality and lodge management, aviation-related operational support, crisis coordination, and guest care at a high level of responsibility. These experiences have shaped the way I travel — and the way I guide others.
EXPEDITION LEADERSHIP 25+ years leading complex African expeditions for Bushtracks Expeditions and National Geographic. 100+ private charters across 33 countries.
AVIATION OPERATIONS ACMI and charter logistics, customs, permits, and cross-border operations in remote and high-risk settings.
ACCESSIBLE TRAVEL Specialist companioning and itinerary design for solo, senior, and mobility-considerate travellers across Africa.
PHOTOGRAPHY Professionally trained (UCT, 2025). Fine-art and travel photography — instinctive, emotionally led.
Accessible travel, when done properly, is not about limitation. It is about possibility, presence, and care — grounded in realism, empathy, and experience, not promises or assumptions.
If something here resonates, please write to me at gunningvivienne@gmail.com — I'd love to hear from you.
Follow my current work:
Instagram:
@viviegunning: https://www.instagram.com/viviegunning/
@VNGwild: https://www.instagram.com/vngwild/
Facebook:
Vivienne Gunning: https://www.facebook.com/vivienne.gunning.96/
Vivie Gunning Explorer: https://www.facebook.com/share/1AwXDQb1HY/
