Chris McIntyre

Chris McIntyre went to Africa in 1987, after reading physics at Queen’s College, Oxford. He taught with VSO in Zimbabwe for almost three years and travelled extensively, before co-authoring the UK’s first guide to Namibia and Botswana for Bradt Travel Guides. He now writes the Bradt guides to Namibia, Botswana and Zambia, and updates them with months of travel and research every year. Chris is also the managing director of Expert Africa – a leading African tour operator. When not travelling, he works with his specialist teamto organise individual trips and honeymoons to southern and eastern Africa – including the islands of Zanzibar and Mafia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and occasionally writes and photographs for the media. Based in West London, he lives with his wife, Susan McIntyre.