Meet the guide – Garth Hovell
I am delighted to be featured in the forthcoming Spring Summer 2019 edition of Abercrombie & Kent’s Sundown magazine. FOR 25 YEARS, A&K’S GARTH HOVELL HAS BEEN ONE OF AFRICA’S [...]
What camera should I buy my children for safari?
As a core part of my work is family safari I am often asked by parents what camera they should buy for their children. My answer is almost always the same, don’t! At least [...]
Wanderlust Safari Guide of the Year 2018
Thank you all for your votes! It is very exciting to have been awarded the Safari Guide of the Year 2018 Award following the ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society. Jointly hosted by Wanderlust [...]
Uyuni Salt Flats
The Uyuni Salt Flats or the Salar de Uyuni as they are known locally are accessible from La Paz, Boliva as well as from the Atacama Desert in Chile. At an altitude of 3,656 [...]
Wanderlust World Guide Awards – 2018
I am delighted to announce that last night at the Royal Geographical Society, London I was awarded the Wanderlust Safari Guide of the Year Award 2018/19. The judging was based on the testimonials submitted, [...]
Peruvian Amazon Adventure
The Peruvian Amazon is an area of mind blowing proportions and diversities. The sheer volume of just about everything is quite incredible; 2,700 square miles, 80 different biospheres, 1,100 tributaries. It is impossible to [...]
Wanderlust Guide of the Year Finalist
2018 is proving very exciting for me at Private Guide Worldwide and I am thoroughly enjoying my work for Abercrombie & Kent Chairman’s Club as well as others. I am excited to announce my [...]
Antilophia Journal
In our partnership with Antilophia, I was so pleased to be asked to contribute to their Journal with a Q&A on what it is like to be a Private Guide. The link is attached [...]
How the Torres del Paine was formed
On previous trips to Patagonia as well as in my preparation for this last trip 2018, I found it hard to get credible information and so thought I’d put a little something together to [...]
Patagonia, Chile January 2018
I have returned home with a feeling of triumphant euphoria having found a big cat I have tried so many times to see before, the puma. My previous unsuccessful attempts were in the Rockies [...]