Meet the team

The Expert Team

We believe that to get the best from a trip to Africa, you need impartial advice from people who know Africa well, have actually been to the places where you are thinking of travelling and can advise you from first-hand experience – like our team!

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Tom Morris

Destination manager:
Namibia

Specialist countries:

Namibia Zimbabwe

I first travelled to Africa in 2009, initially to Zambia with my family, before joining a school rugby tour in South Africa. On this trip I enjoyed many uniquely African experiences including whitewater rafting on the Zambezi below the Victoria Falls, having lunch on Livingstone Island, climbing Table Mountain and visiting Robben Island.

On this trip I was bitten by the travel bug and, whilst I have travelled to many destinations since, Africa remains special. The combination of wilderness, adventure and wildlife ensures that I keep returning. In 2011 I visited Kenya on another family safari to Laikipia and the Masai Mara. I enjoyed my time in the Mara so much that two weeks later I was back on a plane to work at Cottar’s 1920’s Safari Camp for a month.

Whilst at university studying physics I became involved in an independent project to raise money and build a school in the Chikolongo region of Malawi. I was lucky enough to visit the school in 2012 and continue to be involved in the project. After graduation I spent six months in the French Alps on a Ski season followed by an extensive two-month self-drive trip around southern Africa in a beaten up old Land Rover.

Following these travels I spent a year working on special effects in the the film industry before the itch for Africa persuaded me to move to the travel industry and Expert Africa in 2015. Since joining I have throughly enjoyed getting to know our Namibia programme and I continue to travel extensively - both with work and independently.

Tom's most recent Africa trips

Namibia

Southern Namibia, Fish River Canyon, Luderitz, Windhoek

Apr-2018

16 nights

“I was excited to return to Namibia for this trip. We arrived after some late rains, which saw the end of a four-year drought, turning many areas lush and green - a significant contrast to the parched land I'm more used to. Personal highlights included the day trip into Fish River Canyon, walking on the Klein-Aus Vista reserve and the boat trip to Halifax Island. Four years after my first visit to the south, the dramatic scenery was just as spectacular as I remembered.”

Zimbabwe

Victoria Falls, Hwange National Park, Matobo National Park

Nov-2017

14 nights

“Having only previously visited Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, I was excited to explore the country in more detail and better understand one of Africa's original safari destinations. Despite Mugabe's ousting and the rains arriving, neither political events nor the weather overshadowed an excellent trip. Tracking a rhino mother and calf on foot in the Matopos, watching a coalition of cheetah brothers hunt and bungee jumping off Victoria Falls bridge were personal highlights!”

Botswana

Maun, Okavango Delta Safari Reserves

Sep-2017

14 nights

“This was my second Bradt guide research trip of the year and my first proper foray into the Okavango Delta. Josh and I enjoyed a range of accommodations from backpackers lodges in Maun to some of the Delta's most opulent camps. However, as is often the way, it was the wildlife that stole the show. Sundowners in the company of an inquisitive elephant, seeing 7 different leopards in 24hrs and trying to keep up with the Delta's largest pack of wild dog are certainly going to be hard experiences to beat!”

Tom's guidebook work

Botswana - 5th edition

Bradt Travel Guides

Major contributor

2018

For this book I spent four weeks in country on two different trips to help research and update the planning and preparation, Maun, Okavango Delta - Private reserves, Okavango Panhandle, Kalahari's Salt Pans and Central Kalahari chapters.