Prince Harryis back in one of his favorite places.
The Duke of Sussex traveled to Africa in his role as President of African Parks, a non-profit conservation group that manages national parks across the continent, PEOPLE confirms.
During his visit, Harry, 37, is “welcoming and co-hosting a group of U.S. officials, conservationists and philanthropists as they tour protected wildlife and nature areas,” a spokesperson for for the Duke of Sussex tells PEOPLE.
He began working with African Parks in 2016 and became President of the organization in the following year. In 2015, Harry spent three months working on number of projects supporting wildlife and local communities in Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa and Botswana. He also spent time in Malawi in 2016 serving as part of the 500 Elephants project, one of the largest and most significant elephant translocations in conservation history.
Prince Harry visiting Africa in 2019.Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage
Africa is a place close toPrince Harry’s heart — he’s even called it his “second home” — and he has visited the continent on many occasions beginning as a young boy. During aUnited Nations speechin New York as part of Nelson Mandela Day last month,Prince Harryshared how Africa connected him to two important women in his life: his wife, Meghan, and his mother, Princess Diana.
Prince Harry visits Botswana in 2019.Dominic Lipinski - Pool /Getty
“For most of my life, it has been my lifeline, a place where I found peace and healing time and time again,“Prince Harrysaid. “It’s where I felt closest to my mother and sought solace after she died, and where I knew I had found a soulmate in my wife.”
Meghan, 40, andPrince Harryhave traveled to Africa together several times, including a visit to Botswana early in their relationship in the summer of 2016 — after just two dates over two consecutive days in London.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in South Africa.COURTNEY AFRICA/AFP via Getty Images
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Meghan andPrince Harryhad a royal tour of Africa in fall 2019, bringing along their son Archie. During the trip,Prince Harryvisited the neighborhoodwhere Princess Diana famously walked through an active landmine area in Angola during a 1997 visit.
source: people.com
