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Anthony Ham

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Country:
Australia Australia
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75 Reviews
Website:
www.anthonyham.com

Anthony has been travelling around Africa for more than a decade, and his love affair with Africa began on his first trip to Niger when he fell irretrievably in love with the people and landscapes of the Sahel and Sahara. Since then, he has returned many times, visiting every Sahelian and Saharan country as he seeks out stories about the people and wildlife of West and North Africa. In recent years he has broadened his horizons into more traditional wildlife haunts, exploring Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and South Africa. Often travelling in the company of local guides, he also loves nothing better than setting off on his own into the wilderness, especially in Southern Africa.

A writer and photographer, he writes guidebooks about Africa and elsewhere for Lonely Planet, including Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana & Namibia, Ethiopia, Madagascar, and Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles, as well as writing and photographing for magazines and newspapers around the world, among them Travel Africa and Africa Geographic. He counts among his passions conservation, wildlife and indigenous peoples and above all he is drawn to the wild places of the earth. As such he loves nothing better than finding a remote corner of the Kalahari, Okavango Delta or Sahara and settling in for a night around the campfire under the stars. He is currently researching and writing a book on lions. When he’s not in Africa, Anthony divides his time between Madrid and Melbourne where he lives with his wife and two daughters.

Expert Reviews 75 – Written by Anthony Ham

Botswana Botswana
  • Botswana country review
    5/5

    Botswana: Desert & Delta

  • Central Kalahari Game Reserve
    4/5

    The Heart of the Kalahari

  • Chobe National Park
    5/5

    Chobe: Elephant Kingdoms

  • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    4/5

    The Best of the Kalahari

  • Khutse Game Reserve
    3/5

    Khutse: The Other Kalahari

  • Linyanti Concession
    4/5

    Home of Elephant and Wild Dog

  • Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
    3/5

    The World’s Largest Salt Pans

  • Moremi Game Reserve
    5/5

    The Okavango’s Park

  • Northern Tuli Game Reserve
    4/5

    Botswana’s Forgotten Corner

  • Nxai Pan National Park
    4/5

    Nxai Pans: The Elusive Horizon

  • Okavango Delta
    5/5

    The Okavango Delta: Africa’s Watery Heart

Kenya Kenya
  • Kenya country review
    5/5

    Kenya: Home of the East African Safari

  • Aberdare National Park
    3/5

    Aberdare: Forest Kingdom

  • Amboseli National Park
    4/5

    Amboseli: In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro

  • Borana Conservancy
    4/5

    An Elite Laikipia Reserve

  • Buffalo Springs National Reserve
    4/5

    Buffalo Springs: Samburu Without the Crowds

  • Chyulu Hills National Park
    2/5

    Chyulu Hills: Green Hills of Africa

  • Hell’s Gate National Park
    3/5

    Hell’s Gate: Canyons and Gorges

  • Laikipia Plateau
    4/5

    Laikipia: The Future of Kenyan Conservation

  • Lake Bogoria National Reserve
    2/5

    Lake Bogoria: The Flamingo’s New Home?

  • Lake Nakuru National Park
    4/5

    Lake Nakuru: Flamingos and the Big Four

  • Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
    4/5

    Lewa: Laikipia’s Showpiece Conservancy

  • Loisaba Conservancy
    4/5

    Classic Laikipia Conservancy

  • Mara North Conservancy
    5/5

    The Best of the Mara

  • Meru National Park
    4/5

    Meru: Kenya’s Forgotten Park

  • Nairobi National Park
    3/5

    Kenya’s Capital Park

  • Ol Pejeta Conservancy
    4/5

    Ol Pejeta: Laikipia’s Most Accessible Big Five

  • Samburu National Reserve
    4/5

    The Best of Kenya’s North

  • Shaba National Reserve
    3/5

    The Quiet Wilderness

  • Solio Ranch
    3/5

    Solio: Ranch of the Rhinos

  • Tsavo East National Park
    4/5

    Tsavo East: Home of the Red Elephants

  • Tsavo West National Park
    4/5

    Tsavo West – Kenya’s Southern Wilderness

Madagascar Madagascar
  • Madagascar country review
    4/5

    Madagascar: Land of Lemurs

  • Andohahela National Park
    4/5

    Southern Madagascar’s Best-Kept Secret

  • Ankarafantsika National Park
    3/5

    Madagascar’s Last Dry Deciduous Forest

  • Bemaraha National Park
    4/5

    Other-Worldly Landscapes and Lemurs

  • Berenty Private Reserve
    2/5

    Ring-Tailed Lemurs and Tamarind Forests

  • Cap Sainte Marie Special Reserve
    2/5

    Madagascar’s Land’s End

  • Isalo National Park
    4/5

    The Grand Canyon of Madagascar

  • Kirindy Forest
    4/5

    Madagascar’s Home of the Fossa

  • Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park
    3/5

    A Forest Oasis Rich in Birdlife

Mauritius Mauritius
  • Mauritius country review
    4/5

    Mauritius: Bringing birds back from the brink

Namibia Namibia
  • Namibia country review
    5/5

    Namibia: Wildlife & Landscapes

  • Bwabwata National Park
    4/5

    Bwabwata: The Zambezi Region’s Heartland

  • Damaraland
    4/5

    Damaraland: Wild Beauty

  • Etosha National Park
    5/5

    Etosha: Namibia’s Premier Park

  • Kaokoland
    4/5

    Kaokoland

  • Khaudum National Park
    4/5

    Khaudum: Predators in the Wilderness

  • Mudumu National Park
    2/5

    Zambezi Region’s Weak Link

  • Namib-Naukluft National Park
    4/5

    Namib-Naukluft: The World’s Most Beautiful Desert?

  • Nkasa Rupara National Park
    4/5

    Nkasa Rupara: Echoes of Linyanti

  • Skeleton Coast National Park
    4/5

    Skeleton Coast: Sand Dunes Meet the Sea

  • Tsau //Khaeb National Park
    3/5

    Tsau //Khaeb: Forbidden Frontiers

  • Waterberg Plateau Park
    3/5

    Waterberg: Wildlife & Walking

  • Zambezi Region
    4/5

    The Zambezi Region: Wildlife’s Next Frontier

Seychelles Seychelles
  • Seychelles country review
    4/5

    Seychelles: Giant tortoises and beautiful birds

South Africa South Africa
  • South Africa country review
    5/5

    South Africa: World-class Safaris

  • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    4/5

    The Best of the Kalahari

  • Kruger National Park
    5/5

    Kruger: South Africa’s Most Prolific Park

  • Madikwe Game Reserve
    4/5

    Madikwe: An Exclusive Big-Five Safari

  • MalaMala Private Game Reserve
    4/5

    MalaMala: The Legend of Leopards

  • Manyeleti Game Reserve
    3/5

    Manyeleti: Private Kruger Safaris

  • Marakele National Park
    4/5

    Marakele: Wildlife & Landscapes

  • Pilanesberg Game Reserve
    4/5

    Pilanesberg: Busy & Beautiful

  • Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve
    4/5

    Sabi Sand: Kruger’s Leopard Heartland

  • Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
    4/5

    Timbavati: Echoes of Kruger

Tanzania Tanzania
  • Tanzania country review
    5/5

    Tanzania: The Great Abundance

  • Arusha National Park
    3/5

    Arusha’s backyard

  • Lake Manyara National Park
    4/5

    Lake Manyara: Lions in Trees

  • Ngorongoro Crater
    5/5

    Ngorongoro: The Lost World

  • Nyerere National Park
    4/5

    Wildlife-rich wilderness

  • Serengeti National Park
    5/5

    Serengeti: A Wildlife Spectacular

  • Tarangire National Park
    4/5

    Tarangire: Elephants & Baobabs

Zambia Zambia
  • Liuwa Plain National Park
    3/5

    Liuwa Plain: Zambia’s Wild West

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe country review
    4/5

    Zimbabwe: The Next Big Thing in Safaris

  • Hwange National Park
    4/5

    Where Lions and Elephants Do Battle

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