Our trips are frequently featured by the press. Many of the best journalists contact us when they need help and advice on Africa, some also ask us to arrange travel trips to Africa. A few of the resultant articles are online, and some of these are listed here. Click on the titles below:

The expert selection: Alternative African Safaris

, by Chris McIntyre
The Financial Times – 1 July 2011
Expert Africa's MD, Chris McIntyre, was asked to write a little about five favourite offbeat safaris – and here they are!

You should see some of the guests – they've got very sharp teeth

, by Jeremy Laurance
The Independent – 8 May 2011
In this well-written piece, Jeremy Laurance uses a spare week after working in Nairobi to explore Southern Tanzania. He spots a variety of game in Ruaha National Park while enjoying the luxury of Mwagusi Safari Camp and makes a stop at the peaceful beachside lodge Ras Kutani.

Cocktails amid the cloud forests

, by Antonia Windsor
Financial Times – 29 April 2011
While exploring Rwanda's forests and lakes, Antonia Windsor sees how new high-end lodges with low environmental impact are encouraging more people to visit this intriguing country and see its thousand hills for themselves. On this trip she stayed at Sabinyo Silverback Lodge, Nyungwe Forest Lodge and at Lake Kivu's Serena Hotel.

Selous Game Reserve: A safari above all others

, by Harriet O'Brien
The Independent – 29 January 2011
Harriet O'Brien writes for many top publications. She visited the Selous with Expert Africa in order to seek out the giraffe which are famously numerous in this area. This detailed and beautifully written article gives a great sense of the park, and type of experience that's possible there. On this trip, she stayed at Lake Manze Camp, Impala Fly-camp and Sand Rivers.

The 10 best safaris in Africa

, by Graham Boynton, Lucia van der Poste, Lisa Grainger, Brain Jackman & Chris McIntyre
The Telegraph – 13 Aug 2010
For this 'Top 10' piece, the Telegraph's Zimbabwean-born travel editor, Graham Boynton, asked five Old Africa hands to shortlist their top safaris. Expert Africa's own Chris McIntyre was honoured to be included in what was a 'roll call' of the UK's most experienced writers on travel in Africa. Chris wrote about Mundulea, in Namibia, and a trip to the Gorillas in Rwanda.

Rhino-spotting on a fly-drive safari

, by Gill Charlton
The Telegraph – 27 July 2010
Gill's a very experienced travel journalist, but she's never driven around Namibia before. Here she explores the country with a friend and paints a very engaging picture of the trip, including a rare leopard sighting at Erongo Wilderness, rhino-tracking at Desert Rhino Camp and a fascinating stay at Mundulea.

Girls gone wild in Namibia

, by Gill Charlton
The National (of UAE)– 27 Nov 2009
Here's a different piece about the same trip – which also makes fascinating reading.

A Zambian safari in the sky

, by Matt Carroll
The Guardian – 9 Aug 2009
We now realise that Matt isn't that keen on the previous safaris that he's done – but then he's never travelled with Expert Africa before! In this one, he concentrated his short piece on a microlight safari, based out of Tafika, in Zambia's South Luangwa Park. The online version comes with a short video about the flights, although you have to watch an advert first before the microlight video plays!

Doing absolutely nothing in Malawi

, by Will Hide
The Times – 18 July 2009
Will is a very relaxed observer as he wanders around some of Lake Malawi's main highlights, including the island lodge of Kaya Mawa camp, and slightly simpler charms of Mumbo Island. Madonna fans - click this way …

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.

Okavango - Gone to the Birds

, by John Malathronas
Travel Africa – Summer 2008
We arranged a trip to the Okavango Delta – including Xigera and Little Vumbura – majoring on the Delta's amazing birdlife.

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.

Going bush

, by William Gray
Wanderlust – November 2006
Another piece (See 'Kalahari with kids', above) by Will about his family trip to one of Namibia's bushman communities in the Northern Kalahari; it's particularly interesting to be able to read a different piece by the same author on the same trip, with a slightly different perspective and style.

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.

Essential Africa: Namibia

, by Chris McIntyre
Travel Africa Magazine – Edition 34: Spring 2006
This edition Expert Africa's Chris McIntyre gives an overview of the best attractions for the visitor to Namibia.

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.

Essential Africa: Botswana

, by Chris McIntyre
Travel Africa Magazine – Edition 31: Summer 2005
Chris McIntyre, Expert Africa's MD, takes an overview of Botswana's attractions

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 and Doug McKinlay (see the articles 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 articles mentioned above and below article for great comparisons!

A long walk through the canyon in Namibia

, by Doug McKinley
The Times – 30 April 2005
It's rare for us to send three journalists together on a trip, but a hike down the Fish River Canyon was a big undertaking! Here's Doug McKinley account of the same tough hike through Namibia's great Fish River Canyon.

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.

Watch the birdie

, by Stephanie Debere
The Independent – 23 May 2004
Stephanie Debere travelled to the Bangweulu Wetlands with Chris McIntyre, of Expert Africa – to learn about the area, and in search of the rare shoebill stork. They returned having had a great experience of an amazing area – but sadly with no decent photographs of these very strange and elusive birds!

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
Now famous as the author of “The Last King of Scotland”, Giles Foden visits Chiawa Camp, in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park's, and Robin Pope's Nsefu Camp, in South Luangwa National Park.

Shiwa Ng'andu – Zambia's Stately English Home

, by Chris McIntyre
Travel Africa Magazine – Edition 4: Summer 1998
Chris McIntyre backpacks to Shiwa Ng'andu and discovers the place's amazing history – several years before it was taken over by Charlie & Jo Harvey – the start of its resurrection!

Park Life

, by Chris McIntyre
Wanderlust Magazine – March 1998
Before tour operating took up most of his waking hours, Expert Africa's MD, Chris McIntyre, used to write on Africa for magazines as well as guidebooks. Here's his broad overview of Southern Africa's best national parks and the game found therein.

Kafue National Park – The Best Laid Plains

, by Chris McIntyre
Travel Africa Magazine – Edition 1: Autumn 1997
Chris takes a close look at the Busanga Plains, in Zambia's Kafue National Park. It's interesting to contrast the park then and now – as things have changed quite a lot!


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