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Mike Unwin

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47 Reviews

Mike Unwin is a prize-winning freelance writer and photographer who spent eight years living and working in southern Africa. Author of the Bradt Guide to Southern African Wildlife and 100 Bizarre Animals, he writes regularly about African wildlife and safaris for The Independent, Wanderlust, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa and Africa Geographic, among numerous other publications, and is editor of Travel Zambia magazine. Mike has spent much of his life visiting many of Africa's most important reserves and conservation areas, and his responsibilities have included group leader for the Swaziland Bird Club, regional recorder for the South Africa Frog Atlas Project and education volunteer for the South Luanwga Conservation Society. Among Mike's awards are BBC Wildlife Magazine Travel Writer of the Year 2000 and British Guild of Travel Writers Best Overseas Feature 2008. Now based in the UK, he continues to travel to Africa whenever possible - and still dreams of one day seeing a pangolin.

Expert Reviews 47 – Written by Mike Unwin

Botswana Botswana
  • Botswana country review
    5/5

    Desert and delta

  • Chobe National Park
    4/5

    Elephant central

  • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    5/5

    Hunters among the dunes

  • Makgadikgadi Pans National Park
    4/5

    Don’t pass the salt

  • Moremi Game Reserve
    5/5

    Delta hub

  • Okavango Delta
    5/5

    Wetland wonders

Kenya Kenya
  • Kenya country review
    5/5

    The home of safari

  • Lake Nakuru National Park
    3/5

    Pretty in pink

  • Masai Mara National Reserve
    5/5

    Safari central

  • Meru National Park
    4/5

    Born Free born again

  • Samburu National Reserve
    4/5

    Dry-country delights

  • Shaba National Reserve
    4/5

    Joy and solitude

  • Shimba Hills National Reserve
    3/5

    Hilltop retreat

Namibia Namibia
  • Namibia country review
    5/5

    Harsh beauty

  • Damaraland
    4/5

    On the rocks

  • Etosha National Park
    5/5

    White dust and waterholes

  • Namib-Naukluft National Park
    4/5

    Desert delights

  • Waterberg Plateau Park
    4/5

    Lost world in miniature

  • Zambezi Region
    3/5

    A watery exception

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

    A world in one country

  • Augrabies Falls National Park
    3/5

    Rocks and waterfalls

  • Golden Gate Highlands National Park
    3/5

    Mountain trails

  • Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve
    4/5

    Rhino retreat

  • Ithala Game Reserve
    3/5

    Zululand variety

  • Karoo National Park
    3/5

    A glimpse of the past

  • Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
    5/5

    Hunters among the dunes

  • Kruger National Park
    5/5

    Safaris for everyone

  • Pilanesberg Game Reserve
    3/5

    Crater creation

  • uMkhuze Game Reserve
    5/5

    Hide and seek

Tanzania Tanzania
  • Tanzania country review
    5/5

    Endless space

  • Lake Manyara National Park
    3/5

    Lake of elephants

  • Ngorongoro Crater
    4/5

    Crowded crater, empty highlands

  • Ruaha National Park
    5/5

    Ruaha National Park

  • Saadani National Park
    3/5

    Bush and beach in one

  • Serengeti National Park
    5/5

    Endless space

Uganda Uganda
  • Uganda country review
    4/5

    Two worlds in one

  • Kibale National Park
    4/5

    Primate central

  • Murchison Falls National Park
    4/5

    A river runs through it

Zambia Zambia
  • Zambia country review
    5/5

    Safaris for aficionados

  • Kafue National Park
    4/5

    Sleeping giant

  • Lower Zambezi National Park
    4/5

    Easy Zambezi

  • North Luangwa National Park
    4/5

    Northern wilderness

  • South Luangwa National Park
    5/5

    How green is my valley?

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe country review
    4/5

    Struggling paradise

  • Hwange National Park
    4/5

    Elephant Playground

  • Mana Pools National Park
    5/5

    River wild

  • Matobo National Park
    3/5

    Bald is Beautiful

  • Zambezi National Park
    2/5

    Above the falls

Most Popular Blog Posts – Written by Mike Unwin

  • 5 Fascinating Facts About the Ostrich
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  • 5 Fascinating Facts About the Eland
  • 5 Fascinating Facts About the African Rock Python

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Australia AU
41 Reviews

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Anthony Ham
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67 Reviews

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South Africa ZA
163 Reviews

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Brian Jackman
United Kingdom UK
47 Reviews

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Christopher Clark
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Christopher Clark
United Kingdom UK
44 Reviews

Christopher is a British travel writer and has contributed to various Fodor's guidebooks and a range of travel magazines.

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Emma Gregg
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Emma Gregg
United Kingdom UK
82 Reviews

Emma is an award-winning travel writer for Rough Guides, National Geographic Traveller, Travel Africa magazine and The Independent.

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Gemma Pitcher
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Gemma Pitcher
Australia AU
20 Reviews

Gemma authored several Lonely Planet guidebooks, including the guides to Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa.

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Harriet Nimmo
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Harriet Nimmo
South Africa ZA
48 Reviews

Harriet is a zoologist with more than 20 years’ experience. She has the privilege of working with the world’s top wildlife photographers and photo-guides.

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Heather Richardson
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Heather Richardson
South Africa ZA
13 Reviews

Heather is a British travel / conservation journalist, and has written for publications and broadcasters such as the BBC, Departures, the Telegraph and the Sunday Times.

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James Bainbridge
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James Bainbridge
United Kingdom UK
25 Reviews

James is a travel writer and author of many Lonely Planet guides, including senior author of the guide to South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland.

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Kim Wildman
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Kim Wildman
Australia AU
42 Reviews

Kim is a travel writer who authored and updated over 15 guidebooks, including Lonely Planet's South Africa and Bradt's Tanzania guides.

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Lizzie Williams
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Lizzie Williams
South Africa ZA
96 Reviews

Lizzie is a reputed guidebook writer and author of the Footprint guides to South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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Lucy Corne
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Lucy Corne
United Kingdom UK
27 Reviews

Lucy is travel writer for a range of publications, including Lonely Planet's guides to Africa, Southern Africa and South Africa.

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Mark Eveleigh
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Mark Eveleigh
United Kingdom UK
43 Reviews

Mark is a travel writer who grew up in Africa and has written over 700 titles for CNN Traveller, Travel Africa, BBC Wildlife and others.

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Mary Fitzpatrick
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Mary Fitzpatrick
United States US
24 Reviews

Mary is an acclaimed travel writer and author of many Lonely Planet guidebooks, including South Africa, Tanzania, East Africa and Africa.

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Nana Luckham
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Nana Luckham
United Kingdom UK
17 Reviews

Nana is a travel writer and author of multiple guidebooks, including the Lonely Planet guides to Africa, Zambia & Malawi and South Africa.

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Paul Murray
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Paul Murray
United Kingdom UK
13 Reviews

Paul is a travel writer, author of the Bradt guidebook to Zimbabwe and is closely involved in promoting tourism to Zimbabwe.

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Philip Briggs
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Philip Briggs
South Africa ZA
155 Reviews

Philip is an acclaimed travel writer and author of many guidebooks, including the Bradt guides to Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa.

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Stephen Cunliffe
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Stephen Cunliffe
South Africa ZA
101 Reviews

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Sue Watt
United Kingdom UK
46 Reviews

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› Full Bio & Reviews
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