Expert

Christopher Clark

Member of the SafariBookings Expert Panel

Country:: United Kingdom
Expert Reviews:: 45 Reviews
Website:: www.cawclark.com

Christopher Clark is a roving British journalist, documentary filmmaker and author based between Cape Town, South Africa and rural France. He has reported from 16 African countries for a range of publications and broadcasters including Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN Travel, the Guardian, Lonely Planet, Monocle, Rough Guides and the Washington Post, covering everything from South African elections to a great ape rewilding project deep in the Congo Basin. He has also updated a number of Fodor's guidebooks from across the region and occasionally moonlights as a communications consultant for the World Health Organization through their regional African headquarters in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. He published his first book, a work of narrative non-fiction about the unsolved killing of a South African political activist, in May 2022.

Expert Reviews 45 – Written by Christopher Clark

Botswana

Botswana country review

4/5
Botswana: Land of desert and giants
Chobe National Park

5/5
Land of the giants
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

4/5
Big cat country
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

4/5
The desolate beauty of the seemingly-endless salt pans
Moremi Game Reserve

5/5
Where the Delta thins and the big game thickens
Nxai Pan National Park

4/5
Salt pans and endless sky
Okavango Delta

5/5
The rare jewel in Botswana’s safari crown

Kenya

Kenya country review

4/5
East African safari stalwart
Lake Nakuru National Park

4/5
Kenya’s flamingo and rhino capital
Lake Turkana

4/5
The Jade Sea: an oasis in the desert
Masai Mara National Reserve

3/5
Safari on speed

Namibia

Namibia country review

5/5
Sand, salt pans and stars: Southern Africa’s wild west
Bwabwata National Park

4/5
The new jewel in Namibia’s conservation crown
Damaraland

4/5
The desert elephants of Damaraland
Etosha National Park

4/5
Big game galore at Namibia’s flagship park
Kaokoland

4/5
Black rhinos, desert elephants and time travel in Kaokaland
Khaudum National Park

3/5
Getting lost in Namibia’s wildest national park
Namib-Naukluft National Park

4/5
A desert dream
Nkasa Rupara National Park

3/5
A secluded swampland detour in the Zambezi Region (Caprivi Strip)
Waterberg Plateau Park

3/5
History and hiking at beautiful Waterberg
Zambezi Region

4/5
An incongruously verdant oasis

South Africa

South Africa country review

4/5
Big 5 for Beginners
Addo Elephant National Park

3/5
Elephants and more elephants in Addo
Augrabies Falls National Park

3/5
Waterfalls and arid wilderness
Golden Gate Highlands National Park

3/5
The foothills of the mighty Drakensberg
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

4/5
Big cat country
Kwandwe Private Game Reserve

3/5
Big 5 in the Eastern Cape’s Frontier Country
Madikwe Game Reserve

4/5
Elephants, wild dogs and lions at luxurious Madikwe
Marakele National Park

4/5
An underexplored gem in Limpopo
Pilanesberg Game Reserve

3/5
Big 5 on a plate, close to Johannesburg
Shamwari Private Game Reserve

4/5
A slick conservation triumph
Waterberg Biosphere Reserve

4/5
Big 5 and beautiful landscapes close to Jo’Burg

Tanzania

Tanzania country review

5/5
The capital of safari in word and deed
Arusha National Park

3/5
Accessible and under-rated park watched over by Mt Meru
Lake Manyara National Park

3/5
Pretty in Pink
Ngorongoro Crater

5/5
Tanzania’s Garden of Eden
Serengeti National Park

5/5
Endless Plains & Lions Galore
Tarangire National Park

4/5
A lesser-known gem on Tanzania’s Northern Circuit

Zambia

Zambia country review

5/5
Unadulterated Africa
Kafue National Park

4/5
A neglected African giant
Kasanka National Park

3/5
Home of the world’s biggest mammal migration
Liuwa Plain National Park

4/5
Zambia’s Wild West
Lower Zambezi National Park

4/5
On the banks of the mighty Zambezi
Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park

4/5
A staggering natural wonder and some easy Zambezi game viewing
South Luangwa National Park

5/5
The Valley of the Leopard