Our trips are frequently featured by the press, and we also regularly organise trips for high-quality journalists who choose us to arrange their travel to Africa. A few of these articles are online, and some of these are listed here. Click on the titles below to see the articles.

Rwanda: The hairy 31-stone beast of a bloke my wife fell in love with

, by Jeremy Thompson
The Daily Mail – 22 March 2009
Jeremy Thompson is Sky News's Africa Correspondent, and this was a special trip for his wife's 50th birthday. They visited the Gorillas in Rwanda, seeing how the country continues to move of from the troubles of its past; then flew to Tanzania, to visit the Serengeti under Canvas camp, and the Ngorongoro Crater Lodge. Quite a trip, and Jeremy's account includes some interesting insights, as you'd expect.

Zimbabwe: A beautiful land in need of a change of fortune

, by Jeremy Laurance
The Independent – 28 February 2009
It is over ten years since the travel section of The Independent carried any feature on Zimbabwe. To change this, we arranged a trip for Jeremy Lawrence, so he could see for himself what was happening. He visited Victoria Falls and Hwange– and came back understanding that tourism is vital for Zimbabwe's wildlife and its ordinary people.

Rocky Point, Namibia

, by Allan Jenkins
The Observer – 1 February 2009
In this short piece the Observer's editor, Allan Jenkins, recounts a part of his trip to Damaraland and the Skeleton Coast – including his efforts at fishing – which we helped to organise!

The smart guide to Zanzibar

, by Chris Haslam
Sunday Times – September 2008
We planned and organised a trip to Zanzibar for one of the Sunday Times' team, Chris Haslam – and here he gives a useful overview of the island.

Hippo therapy

, by Roger Bray
Scotland On Sunday – 22 June 2008
We sent Roger on a walking safari in South Luangwa – staying at Tafika and Chikoko camps. This is his tale.

Lessons from Africa

, by Evalyn Bemis
Horse Connection magazine – December 2007
Evalyn is one of our travellers based in the US; she visited Zambia and Botswana with us on a holiday – and then wrote this piece about the experience.

Trunk and disorderly

, by Jill Main
The Sunday Mirror – 30 September 2007
Jill travelled around Namibia with us, learning that getting away from it all on a fly-drive 'couldn't have been easier' – as well as why how to keep very quiet when you're in the middle of a heard of elephants. It's an excellent companion piece to Tom's, mentioned below, written after they travelled together with us to Namibia.

Road to nowhere

, by Tom Robbins
The Observer – 16 September 2007
We sent Tom Robbins, the Observer's Deputy Travel Editor, on an epic 2,000-mile fly-drive across the Namib Desert to Swakopmund and Etosha. His superb piece paints an excellent picture of the whole experience – and he includes stops at Windhoek's Olive Grove, the Naukluft's Zebra River Lodge and Kulala Wilderness Camp - and in Etosha National Park. Don't miss this piece if you're thinking of a self-drive trip to Namibia!

Red wine and rainbows on the Cape

, by Bel Mooney
Daily Mail – August 2007
Bel travelled to the Cape with us, and has returned with a personal overview of a trip to Cape Town and along the Garden Route.

Namibia: Kalahari with kids

, by William Gray
The Sunday Times – 3 June 2007
We sent Will Gray and his young family to Namibia's Northern Kalahari, to Tsumkwe and the remote Nhoma Village, to spend time with a group of hunter-gatherer people: the San/Bushmen. It's a very rather alternative family holiday – but can't be beaten for insights into what seems to be a vanishing way of living.

Wet and wild

, by Mark Hodson
The Sunday Times – 18 March 2007
We sent Mark Hodson out to Zambia's Luangwa Valley during the 'emerald season' – when the rain is falling, the grass is high and the park is, in some ways, at its most amazing.
His trip consisted of a river safari with Remote Africa Safaris based at Tafika, and a stay at Robin Pope's excellent Nkwali Camp.

Namibia: Having a sand blast

, by Ed Caesar
The Independent – 25 November 2006
Expert Africa helped award-winning journalist Ed Caesar to get the best out of Swakopmund and its adventurous activities – whilst staying at the idiosyncratic Sam's Giardino

Salvation safari to Zambia

, by Times editor, Cath Urquhart
The Times – 10 June 2006
Jo Pope, a Responsible Tourism Award winner last year, tells Cath Urquhart what it takes.

Here be monsters

, by Brian Schofield
The Sunday Times – 9 April 2006
We sent Brian Schofield out to Tanzania's Mafia Island for its great colony of huge fruit bats and some seriously deserted beaches. He found some whale sharks – and the small, environmentally-sensitive lodges of Pole Pole and Chole Mjini.

When it rains it roars in the Kalahari

, by Brian Jackman
The Sunday Times – 2 April 2006
Brian Jackman journeyed with us into the heart of the Kalahari during the heaviest rainy season for many years - visiting the Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Deception Valley Lodge, the Boteti River area and Meno a Kwena tented camp, as well as Jack's Camp, on the great Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.

Falls paradise

, by Anthony Sattin
The Sunday Times – 20 Nov 2005 - here reproduced
We arranged for Anthony Sattin to canoe down the Zambezi River to Victoria Falls, following in the paddle-strokes of David Livingstone – and seeing much on the way.

Going to the wild dogs

, by Chris McIntyre
The Independent – 16 July 2005
Chris McIntyre (MD of Expert Africa) took a break from writing guidebooks to pen this piece for the Independent, which takes a closer look at Botswana's Okavango Delta - including visits to Jao Camp and Lebala, in the Kwando area.

The hottest walk on earth

, by Ian Belcher
The Guardian – 12 March 2005
We challenged Ian Belcher to take a seriously tough walk through Namibia's great Fish River Canyon. It's one of Africa's toughest hikes, and he rose to the challenge – along with Mark Stratton (see the article below!).

When the going gets tough...

, by Mark Stratton
Travel Africa magazine
We also sent Mark Stratton on the same tough hike – see Ian Belcher's piece, above – and here's his account of the progress through Namibia's great Fish River Canyon; read with the above article for a great comparison!

Making tracks

, by Juliet Clough
The Independent – 27 Nov 2004
We sent Juliet Clough on a walk through South Luangwa National Park – staying at Tafika, Chikoko and Crocodile camps.

Close encounters

, by Will Hide
The Guardian – 7 Feb 2004
Will Hide travelled with us to Zambia's Luangwa Valley, where he enjoyed some close encounters of the furry kind from Tafika, Chikoko, Crocodile and Mwaleshi Bushcamps – and left us with a piece that gives an excellent feel for the Luangwa Valley and a trip there.

Down in the Valley

, by Giles Foden
The Guardian – 11 Sept 1999
Giles Foden visits Chiawa Camp, in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park's, and Robin Pope's Nsefu Camp, in South Luangwa National Park.


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