Expert

Anthony Ham

Member of the SafariBookings Expert Panel

Country:: Australia
Expert Reviews:: 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 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 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 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 country review

4/5
Mauritius: Bringing birds back from the brink

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