Kim Wildman
Member of the SafariBookings Expert Panel
- Country:
Australia
- Expert Reviews:
- 44 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 44 – Written by Kim Wildman
Botswana
- Botswana country review 5/5
Where the wild things are
- Chobe National Park 5/5
Elephants and even more elephants!
- Makgadikgadi Pans National Park 4/5
Beautiful nothingness
- Moremi Game Reserve 4/5
Small in size, big on heart
- Okavango Delta 4/5
Oasis in the desert
Kenya
- Kenya country review 5/5
Out of Africa
- Nairobi National Park 3/5
Out of Nairobi
Namibia
- Namibia country review 4/5
From the sublime to the surreal
- Etosha National Park 4/5
Where the wild things are
- Namib-Naukluft National Park 4/5
Of deserts, dunes and dust
South Africa
- South Africa country review 4/5
Wild Africa tamed
- Addo Elephant National Park 4/5
Elephants, elephants & more elephants
- Camdeboo National Park 3/5
Sunsets and scenery
- Golden Gate Highlands National Park 3/5
All that shines is gold
- Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve 3/5
Rhino rapture
- Ithala Game Reserve 3/5
Luxury safari destination at a fraction of the cost
- Karoo National Park 3/5
The Karoo renewed
- Kruger National Park 4/5
Big Five delight
- Mkhuze Game Reserve 3/5
Mellow Mkhuze
- Mountain Zebra National Park 3/5
A mountain of zebras
- Phinda Game Reserve 4/5
Big cat country
- Pilanesberg Game Reserve 3/5
Glitz, glamour and the Big Five
- Shamwari Game Reserve 3/5
Indulgent game viewing
- Spioenkop Game Reserve 2/5
Game viewing meets battlefields
- Tembe Elephant Park 4/5
Walk of the elephants
- Timbavati Nature Reserve 3/5
The home of the white lion
Tanzania
- Tanzania country review 5/5
On the prowl
- Arusha National Park 3/5
Dancing flaming pink flamingos
- Lake Manyara National Park 4/5
Lions in trees
- Mikumi National Park 3/5
A road runs through it
- Mkomazi National Park 2/5
It’s all in the scenery
- Ngorongoro Crater 4/5
Nature’s own Eden
- Ruaha National Park 4/5
Into the wild
- Selous Game Reserve 4/5
Running wild
- Serengeti National Park 5/5
The greatest (natural) show on earth
- Tarangire National Park 4/5
An elephant’s tale
Zambia
- Zambia country review 5/5
Untamed Africa
- Lower Zambezi National Park 5/5
Hungry hippos
- Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park 4/5
The smoke which thunders
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe country review 4/5
A sleeping giant
- Chizarira National Park 4/5
Into the wild
- Hwange National Park 4/5
An elephant’s tail
- Mana Pools National Park 5/5
Hungry hippos
- Zambezi National Park 3/5
The park up river
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