#832: The Return of The Lion Tracker — Boyd Varty on The Wild Man Within, Nature’s Hidden Wisdom, and How to Feel Fully Alive

#832:狮子追踪者的归来——博伊德·瓦蒂谈《心中的野人》,自然的隐藏智慧以及如何感受到完全的活着

The Tim Ferriss Show

2025-10-23

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Boyd Varty is the founder of Track Your Life, which offers a limited number of premium retreats in South Africa’s bushveld, and author of one of my favorite books, The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life. As a fourth-generation custodian of Londolozi Game Reserve, Boyd grew up with lions, leopards, snakes, and elephants and has spent his life in apprenticeship to the natural world. He is also the host of the Track Your Life podcast. This episode is brought to you by: Our Place’s Titanium Always Pan® Pro using nonstick technology that’s coating-free and made without PFAS, otherwise known as “Forever Chemicals”: https://fromourplace.com/tim (use code TIM at checkout) Gusto simple and easy payroll, HR, and benefits platform used by 400,000+ businesses: https://gusto.com/tim (three months free) Wealthfront high-yield cash account: https://Wealthfront.com/Tim (Start earning 3.75% Annual Percentage Yield (APY) from program banks on your short-term cash. For a limited time, Wealthfront is offering new clients an additional 0.65% boost over the base rate for three months, meaning you can get 4.40% APY, limited to $150,000 in deposits. Terms & Conditions apply. The base 3.75% APY on cash deposits as of 09/26/25 is representative, subject to change, and requires no minimum. Tim Ferriss, who’s not a client, receives cash compensation from Wealthfront Brokerage LLC for advertising and holds a non-controlling equity interest in the corporate parent of Wealthfront Brokerage. See full disclosures here. * For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast. For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday. For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts. Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books. Follow Tim: Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss  Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss Facebook: facebook.com/timferriss  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  • Well, hello boys and girls, ladies and germs.

  • This is Tim Ferriss.

  • Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferriss Show.

  • And my guest today is an all-time favorite.

  • A lot of people come up to me and say, my God, that episode with Boyd Vardy.

  • WTF, that was amazing.

  • And he's back.

  • and you don't need the context of the first episode,

  • but you should check it out if you have the chance.

  • Boyd Vardy is the founder of Track Your Life,

  • which offers a limited number of premium retreats in South Africa's Buschfeld and author of one of my favorite books of the last few years.

  • It's an easy, fast read, The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life.

  • As a fourth generation custodian of Londelosi Game Reserve, Boyd grew up with lions,

  • leopards, snakes, and elephants and has spent his life in apprenticeship to the natural world.

  • His story is are effing bananas.

  • And we have a whole bunch of new stories.

  • Example given, lunch the baboon.

  • Oh, you'll hear all about that.

  • And much more, he is a lion tracker storyteller and literacy and wildlife activist.

  • At the intersection of his two greatest passions, tracking and personal transformation,