◆ ONE FOREST. ONE MOUNTAIN. MANY CROSSINGS ◆
Place first. People second. Container always
What About the Forests? The forest is not scenery. It is the original intelligence of the offering. At Psychedelic Safari, we do not enter the land as consumers of beauty. We enter as guests, students, and temporary custodians. The route is not just a trail. It is a way of paying attention. Some people reach altered states through meditation. Some through breath, rhythm, ceremony, or dance. Some arrive there simply by walking quietly under old trees until the nervous system remembers it was never separate from the earth. This is the deeper why: to create experiences where people are not entertained by nature, but re-tuned by it.

LEAD GUIDE + FACILITATOR
Kshetra Govindasamy
Kundalini Teacher. Geographer. Fun Alchemist.
Kshetra has spent decades at the crossroads of Vedic wisdom, movement, and the land itself. A qualified Kundalini Yoga teacher trained in Vedantic philosophy and of Saivite lineage, he doesn't bring healing to people so much as create the conditions where it becomes possible. His approach is grounded in a simple idea: slowing down isn't a retreat from life, it's a prerequisite for living it.
He got here the long way. He ran a mapping firm in London, spent time doing salmon conservation work in Scotland, and responded to disasters in India and Indonesia before crossing the Himalayas by motorbike. South Africa eventually pulled him back. He completed a Master's in Geography on his return. A formal name for something he'd been doing his whole life: paying close attention to place.
He works out of Cape Town now, guiding everything from half-day immersions in the Newlands forest to multi-day overnight retreats across the Western Cape. Through Psychedelic Safari he works with people at the edges of the city's festival and ceremony scene, before they go in and after they come out.
““You are the medicine. The forest helps you remember.””
CO-FOUNDER + OPERATIONS
David Fox-Powell
David is based in Los Angeles. He left graduate school in geological engineering when the pull toward understanding people (and how they heal) became hard to ignore. That path led him into years of fascial bodywork, and then, after burning out, into a career building software infrastructure. Same foundations-first instinct, different mountain.
South Africa has been his home away from home since he first visited in 2006. He came back in March 2026 for an ibogaine journey in the Western Cape and left with a different relationship to the place entirely. He came home knowing what preparation, support, and integration look like when they're done right, and what most of the internet gets wrong. Psychedelic Safari is the resource he wished existed before he got on the plane.
He handles the technical and operational side of the practice: the platform, the content pipeline, and the connective tissue between Kshetra's on-the-ground expertise and the people searching for it from Los Angeles, London, or wherever they're trying to find their way from.
◆ Screening First
Screening First
We take time to understand what you're looking for before suggesting anything. Not everything is right for everyone.
◆ Small Groups Only
Small to medium groups
Quality of container matters more than throughput.
◆ Integration Included
Integration Included
The journey doesn't end at the trailhead. We stay with you through the days after, offering remote support if needed.