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Kim Wildman
Member of the SafariBookings Expert Panel
- Country:
- Australia
- Expert Reviews:
- 41 Reviews
- Website:
- www.wildwritingandphotography.com
A professional travel writer and photographer, Kim Wildman has spent the better part of the last ten years traversing the African continent from end to end as fulltime travel writer, guidebook author and sometime academic. During this time she has authored and updated more than 15 guidebooks including Lonely Planet's South Africa - Lesotho & Swaziland and West Africa, Bradt's Tanzania, Ghana and Ethiopia and Struik New Holland's Offbeat South Africa. Her feature articles have appeared in Travel Africa, abouTime, Planet Africa, Australian Women's Health, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, MSN Travel New Zealand and Voyageur. Kim was recently voted one of Tripbase's 100 Favourite Travel Writers in the world.
Expert Reviews 41 – Written by Kim Wildman
- Botswana country review
Where the wild things are
- Chobe National Park
Elephants and even more elephants!
- Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
Beautiful nothingness
- Moremi Game Reserve
Small in size, big on heart
- Okavango Delta
Oasis in the desert
- Nairobi National Park
Out of Nairobi
- Namibia country review
From the sublime to the surreal
- Etosha National Park
Where the wild things are
- Namib-Naukluft National Park
Of deserts, dunes and dust
- South Africa country review
Wild Africa tamed
- Addo Elephant National Park
Elephants, elephants & more elephants
- Camdeboo National Park
Sunsets and scenery
- Golden Gate Highlands National Park
All that shines is gold
- Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve
Rhino rapture
- Ithala Game Reserve
Luxury safari destination at a fraction of the cost
- Karoo National Park
The Karoo renewed
- Kruger National Park
Big Five delight
- Mountain Zebra National Park
A mountain of zebras
- Phinda Private Game Reserve
Big cat country
- Pilanesberg Game Reserve
Glitz, glamour and the Big Five
- Shamwari Private Game Reserve
Indulgent game viewing
- Spioenkop Game Reserve
Game viewing meets battlefields
- Tembe Elephant Park
Walk of the elephants
- Timbavati Private Nature Reserve
The home of the white lion
- uMkhuze Game Reserve
Mellow uMkhuze
- Tanzania country review
On the prowl
- Arusha National Park
Dancing flaming pink flamingos
- Lake Manyara National Park
Lions in Trees
- Mikumi National Park
A road runs through it
- Ngorongoro Crater
Nature’s Own Eden
- Nyerere National Park
Running wild
- Ruaha National Park
Into the Wild
- Serengeti National Park
The greatest (natural) show on earth
- Tarangire National Park
An elephant’s tale
- Zambia country review
Untamed Africa
- Lower Zambezi National Park
Hungry hippos
- Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park
The smoke which thunders
- Chizarira National Park
Into the Wild
- Hwange National Park
An Elephant’s Tail
- Mana Pools National Park
Grunting Hippos
- Zambezi National Park
The Park Upriver
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