Travel that Touches Your Soul

The top leaders in meaningful and transformational travel tell the stories behind the journeys.Travel That Touches Your Soul explores global experiences that help people feel alive and connected with life.Hosted by Karen Cleveland in conversations with thoughtful travel leaders, guides, and change makers from around the world, each sharing profound moments they or their guests have experienced while inviting you in to share the experience. Conversations of Connection. Connection with animals. Connection with people and cultures. Connection with land. And ultimately, connection with ourselves.These are not surface level travel stories. They are conversations about why certain places call to us, how encounters with wildlife or unfamiliar cultures can soften us, strengthen us, or redirect our lives. Many guests lead meaningful journeys themselves. Others have been transformed by travel in ways they never expected.Karen brings a unique perspective as a safari host, spiritual teacher,

Travel that Touches Your Soul is a society podcast hosted by Karen Cleveland, with 13 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Karen Cleveland hosts Travel that Touches Your Soul, a society show with 13 episodes published.

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  Episode #13

  Tourism is Saving the Tigers: with Vishal Singh of Royal Expeditions

  Sep 6, 202622 minS1

  Twenty years ago, India's tigers were disappearing. Today they are roaring back — and one of the people who helped make that happen is here to tell you exactly how responsible travel became one of the tiger's greatest allies. Welcome to Travel That Touches Your Soul podcast and video channel, where I bring you the leaders around the world that help create meaningful travel and help you fulfill your heart's desires. I'm Karen Cleveland, and today's guest is Vishal Singh. Vishal is the managing director of Royal Expeditions and India director of TOFT — Travel Operators for Tigers — the organization behind the ethical certification program reshaping wildlife tourism across India. For more than 25 years, Vishal has worked as a conservationist, helping drive one of the greatest comeback stories in modern wildlife history. Under his watch, parks like Ranthambore have grown from 11 tigers to more than 85. He is also the creator of Bike for Tigers, a 180-kilometer charity cycle ride through the jungle corridor between two of central India's tiger reserves. This is a conversation about tigers, tigernomics, and why the future of wildlife depends on the communities living right beside it. Guest Bio Vishal Singh is the managing director of Royal Expeditions and India director of TOFT, Travel Operators for Tigers — Asia's premier tiger conservation organization. Raised on a tea plantation surrounded by forest, Vishal grew up watching habitat disappear and decided early that tourism, done right, was the most powerful tool available for saving wildlife. Over more than 25 years he has built ethical certification programs for eco lodges, launched forest guardian initiatives that put local people at the center of conservation, conducted landmark research showing that communities near tiger parks are four times better off economically than those without them, and helped oversee a tiger population recovery that has more than doubled numbers across India's national parks. He is also the founder of Bike for Tigers, a 180-kilometer charity ride through the jungle corridors of central India. Host Bio Karen Cleveland is the creator and host of Travel That Touches Your Soul. She is a safari host, spiritual teacher, and animal communicator devoted to helping people reconnect with what matters most through meaningful travel. Her work centers on connection with animals, land, culture, and inner truth, and the quiet inner knowing that says, this is the kind of life I came here to live. Royal Expeditions www.royalexpeditions.com www.indiatigersafari.com Join Karen on Safari — February 2027 Bookings and passport details needed by mid September, more information: https://soulful.travel/tigers-taj-mahal-palaces/ or karen @ soulful.travel Join our email community to receive notice of upcoming trips, new podcasts, and find out the "Top Travels of 2026 to Soothe Your Soul" https://mailchi.mp/soulful/travels or https://soulful.travel Be sure to Subscribe and review the podcast! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/travel-that-touches-your-soul/id1865822112 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IMDYh43NAVhKXXfoUUNls iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-travel-that-touches-your-315490361/ Facebook: Karen https://www.facebook.com/karentcleveland Travel that Touches Your Soul https://www.facebook.com/RevKarenCleveland/ Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/safarisandsacredjourneys/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfultravelchannel

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  Episode #12

  Safari, Soul & Transformation: Wildlife Wisdom with Geovannah Tanzania Adventures

  Aug 18, 202644 minS1

  Title: Safari, Soul & Transformation: Wildlife Wisdom with Salvador Anney of Geovannah Tanzania Adventures What if a safari could do more than take your breath away — what if it could wake your soul back up? Today's guest has guided over 2,000 safaris across Africa, summited Mount Kilimanjaro 86 times, and built a company rooted in the belief that Tanzania doesn't just change your itinerary. It changes your life. Salvador is the founder of Geovannah Tanzania Adventures — a safari and travel company that weaves together wildlife expertise, spiritual depth, and genuine community impact into every journey. Raised between Maasai and Datoga traditions, Salvador discovered his connection with animals long before he ever set foot in a university. He is a wildlife photographer, wilderness first responder, reflective theologist, and one of the most extraordinary guides working in Africa today. When his guests go home, they don't just have photos. They have a new relationship with life itself. Guest Bio Salvador Anney is the founder of Geovannah Tanzania Adventures and one of Africa's most experienced safari guides, with over 2,000 safaris led across the continent and 86 successful summits of Mount Kilimanjaro. Born into a family bridging Maasai and Datoga heritage, Salvador grew up alongside animals — learning their languages, behaviors, and social structures long before his formal studies in wildlife ecology at university, which included a year of field research in the Serengeti. He is a wildlife photographer, wilderness first responder, and reflective theologist whose deep spiritual grounding shapes every experience he creates. Beyond the safari, Salvador has built Geovannah into a force for lasting change through the Geovannah Foundation, which supports children's education and health in rural Tanzania, and an ongoing initiative delivering oxygen concentrators to remote communities. His Tripadvisor reviews are 100% five stars — and his guests consistently say the same thing: they left changed. Host Bio Karen Cleveland is the creator and host of Travel That Touches Your Soul. She is a safari host, spiritual teacher, and animal communicator devoted to helping people reconnect with what matters most through meaningful travel. Her work centers on connection with animals, land, culture, and inner truth, and the quiet inner knowing that says, this is the kind of life I came here to live. Episode Topics and Timestamps Travel that nurtures the earth, empowers communities, and reawakens the wild within you (00:00) Welcome and introduction — Karen introduces Salvador Anney and Geovannah Tanzania Adventures (00:18) Growing up between Maasai and Datoga traditions — and why animals became his best friends (01:30) A year in the Serengeti — studying wildlife ecology and drawing lifelong parallels to the animals of his childhood (03:30) How Salvador reads animals in real time — alert calls, family hierarchies, and the lion pride's hunting strategy explained (06:00) Watching predators take prey — what Salvador feels, and why he sees beauty even in nature's hardest moments (14:00) Karen's gorilla encounter in Uganda and what Salvador believes animals are truly communicating (16:30) Why animals teach us more about love, endurance, and gratitude than most humans do (19:00) Why Salvador founded Geovannah — and what he witnessed that made him take the risk (22:00) The meaning behind the name Geovannah — Hebrew, theological, and deeply tied to the Tanzanian savanna (25:00) The Geovannah Foundation — the "Day in the Life" village experience and 13 children currently supported (28:00) Oxygen concentrators for rural Tanzania and the vision for Geovannah Healthcare (32:00) What guests fear before their safari — and what they say when they come home (35:00) Tanzania: the second most naturally beautiful country in the world after Brazil (39:00) The one animal Salvador would never want to meet alone in the dark — and it's not a lion (40:00) How to reach Salvador and book with Geovannah Tanzania Adventures (42:00) Geovannah Tanzania Adventures www.geovannahtanzaniaadventures.com info@geovannahtanzaniaadventures.com WhatsApp: +1 (773) 885-1504 Free Tanzania Planning Guide available on the website Join our email community to receive notice of upcoming trips, new podcasts, and find out the "Top Travels of 2026 to Soothe Your Soul" https://mailchi.mp/soulful/travels or https://soulful.travel Be sure to Subscribe and review the podcast! Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/travel-that-touches-your-soul/id1865822112 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0IMDYh43NAVhKXXfoUUNls iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-travel-that-touches-your-315490361/ Facebook: Karen https://www.facebook.com/karentcleveland Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/safarisandsacredjourneys/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@soulfultravelchannel

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  Episode #11

  From the Mat to the World: Soul Nourishing Adventure Travel with The Travel Yogi

  Mar 17, 202622 minS1

  <p>What if your next trip left you feeling more energized than when you left home — nourished instead of depleted, present instead of checked out? That's not a fantasy. That's exactly what today's guest designs for travelers all over the world.</p><p>Kilty is a yoga educator from Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi who traded a career in civil and environmental engineering for a life on the mat — and eventually, a life on the road. She now works with The Travel Yogi, the original yoga adventure travel company, helping design and lead immersive small-group journeys that weave together movement, culture...

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  Episode #10

  Pickleball, Purpose & Travel With Heart: How Melinda Alcosser Is Changing Lives Around the World

  Mar 15, 202623 minS1

  <p>What happens when you combine one of the fastest-growing sports in the world with a deep commitment to community, connection, and conscious travel? You get something unlike anything you've seen before. Today's guest has taken pickleball far beyond the court — into schools in the Dominican Republic and headed all around the world.</p><p>Melinda helps heart-centered people and communities design travel experiences that support their journey of connecting, honoring, caring for self, one another, and this sacred home we call Earth. From pickleball adventures and women's retreats to regenerative family travel and youth-focused journeys, everything Melinda creates is in...

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  Episode #9

  How to Find the Real Italy: Small Villages, Big Connections with Elizabeth Heath of Villaggio Tours

  Mar 14, 202627 minS1

  <p>Have you ever seen photos or videos of tiny Italian villages — the laughter, the food, the friendship — and wondered how to find that for yourself? Today's guest did exactly that, and she now lives it every day. Elizabeth Heath moved from Florida to a hilltop village of 200 people in Umbria, Italy, and after 15 years immersed in the culture, she created Villaggio Tours — small-group immersive experiences where strangers become friends, grandmothers teach you to make pasta, and going-away dinners end in happy tears.</p><p>Welcome to Travel That Touches Your Soul podcast and video channel, where I bring you the pe...

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