One on One with Lonely Planet Author Alan Murphy
Alan Murphy has been travel writing for 15 years, working for Lonely Planet and other travel publishers. He has co-authored many guidebooks on southern Africa - the region...
One on One with Mary Fitzpatrick
For the past two decades, Mary Fitzpatrick has worked as an Africa-based travel writer. She has written extensively for Lonely Planet (including authoring and co-authoring Lonely Planet’s Tanzania, East Africa and Southern Africa guidebooks), as well as for various newspapers and magazines...
One on One with Mike Unwin
Mike Unwin is a freelance writer, specialising in travel, natural history and Africa. His books include Southern African Wildlife, Swaziland and 100 Bizarre Animals (all Bradt).
10 Questions for Kim Wildman
Kim Wildman is a travel writer who authored and updated over 15 guidebooks, including Lonely Planet's South Africa and Bradt's Tanzania guides. We have 10 questions for her:
One on One with Melissa Shales
Melissa Shales arrived in Africa when she was just four years old, introduced to the bush by a mother with a passion for giraffes. At that stage she thought that rabbits were infinitely more exciting than elephants…
One on One with Tim Bewer
After university Tim worked as a legislative assistant before quitting capitol life to backpack around West Africa. During this trip both his love affair with Africa (he has since visited 27 countries over the course of nine trips) and the idea of becoming a travel writer/photographer was hatched.
One on One with Lizzie Williams
Originally from London, Lizzie Williams has lived in Africa since 1995. Starting out as a tour leader on overland safaris and now a guidebook writer based in Cape Town, she spends considerable time visiting Africa's wild places.
One on One with Brian Jackman
Brian Jackman is a freelance journalist and author with a lifelong passion for travel and wildlife. For 20 years he worked for The Sunday Times, during which time he was voted Travel Writer of the Year in 1982. In that same year he also won the Wildscreen '82 award for the best commentary script, Osprey, at the first International Wildlife and Television Festival in Bristol…
One on One with Anthony Ham
Anthony brings vast African experience, both as a writer and as a traveller, to his position on Safari Bookings expert panel. He has visited 21 African countries and has written about most of them for newspapers and magazines around the world, including Africa Geographic, Travel Africa and Wild Travel.
One on One with Ariadne van Zandbergen
Ariadne Van Zandbergen is a professional (freelance) wildlife and travel photographer. Over time she visited more than 30 countries in Africa and has travelled and photographed almost every part of Africa. Ariadne's work features in travel books, brochures, numerous magazines, and other publications