Ian’s love affair with Africa began more than 20 years ago. Since then, he has explored 39 of the continent’s 54 nations, visiting many on more than one occasion. He’s racked up over two years of travel in Africa, traversing its highways, byways, and national parks largely solo and by public forms of transport.
Ian is a 2013 National Geographic Traveller travel writing competition runner-up, while his blog guides have been studied at A level English. An experienced Africa travel writer, he has an in-depth knowledge of Africa’s top destinations, history, culture, and geography, as well as of Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Thanks in part to a good level of conversational French, his portfolio includes writing on Sierra Leone (Travel Magazine, Africa Geographic, JRNY), Egypt (101Holidays, Weather2travel), South Africa (The Crazy Tourist), Gabon (Bradt’s Roam Alone), Tunisia (101Holidays), Cameroon (Adventure Travel), Morocco (Mr Hudson Explores, 101Holidays), Comoros (The i), Mauritius (Mr Hudson Explores), Saint Helena (Tonic), and the Maldives (Mr Hudson Explores).
Although Ian specialises in Africa coverage, he is a skilled all-round travel writer and content writer focussing on travel. As such, Ian has written about everywhere from Bangladesh and the Inner Hebrides of Scotland to downtown Chicago and the ski slopes of Chamonix for the likes of City AM, Voyagers Voice, GoCity, The Londonist, Furama, Rendezvous en France, TNT, Bookmundi, The Holiday Magazine, and Environment Journal, for which his writing was nominated for Travel Blog Post of the Year at the British Guild of Travel Writers Members’ Excellence Awards 2023.
