Expert

Harriet Nimmo

Member of the SafariBookings Expert Panel

Country:: South Africa
Expert Reviews:: 58 Reviews

Harriet is a zoologist with more than 20 years’ experience working in conservation communications. She has the privilege of working with the world’s top wildlife photographers and photo-guides, through her time as CEO of Wildscreen and now as the founder of the Wild Shots wildlife photography conference in South Africa. Harriet first visited Africa in 1989, and since then she has travelled extensively throughout eastern and southern Africa, including Ethiopia, Madagascar, Zaire (as was) as well as Chad. All her travel has been wildlife focused, and she has visited the majority of Africa’s national parks – most of them at least twice, at different times of year. Harriet’s travel experiences have been varied – from self-driving with a tent, to overland truck, mobile safaris as well as top-end luxury lodges. She loves hiking and is slowly working her way through South Africa’s multi-day, slackpacking trails. Her love of Africa led her to finally jump ship, leaving the UK to relocate to South Africa in 2011. She now lives in a small bush town in Limpopo, where she works for two conservation NGO’s, helping save elephants and rhino, as well as running Wild Shots in her spare time.

Expert Reviews 58 – Written by Harriet Nimmo

Botswana

Botswana country review

5/5
Africa at its most wild
Central Kalahari Game Reserve

3/5
Wild Arid Heartland
Chobe National Park

4/5
Stunning River Frontage – but Can Get Very Busy with Tourist Traffic
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

4/5
Kalahari Wild
Kwando Concession

5/5
Wild Botswana
Linyanti Concession

4/5
Beautiful Waterfront Setting
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park

3/5
A Vast Nothingness
Mashatu Game Reserve

4/5
Land of Giants
Moremi Game Reserve

4/5
Wild Botswana
Nxai Pan National Park

3/5
Salt Pans & Silence
Okavango Delta

5/5
The Jewel in Botswana’s Crown

Eswatini

Malolotja Nature Reserve

3/5
Wild And Beautiful Hiking

Ethiopia

Ethiopia country review

4/5
Extraordinary, Epic and Endemics!
Bale Mountains National Park

3/5
THE place to see the Ethiopian Wolf

Kenya

Kenya country review

4/5
The Quintessential ‘Out of Africa’ Safari Destination, but…
Amboseli National Park

4/5
Elephants!
Kakamega Forest

4/5
Forest Birding Mecca!
Loisaba Conservancy

4/5
Stunning ‘Out of Africa’ Views
Mara Triangle

5/5
Less frenetic than Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve

4/5
Avoid the Masses
Samburu National Reserve

4/5
An Arid Jewel
Tsavo East National Park

3/5
Dusty Red Elephants

Malawi

Malawi country review

3/5
More Than Just a Lake
Liwonde National Park

3/5
Birder’s Paradise
Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve

2/5
Undergoing Great Transformation
Nyika National Park

3/5
Like Scotland – With Zebras!

Namibia

Namibia country review

4/5
So many different types of desert!
Damaraland

3/5
Shimmering desert elephants and black rhino
Etosha National Park

4/5
The big white pan

Rwanda

Rwanda country review

4/5
Africa’s Phoenix Rising
Akagera National Park

3/5
Conservation Success Story
Nyungwe National Park

3/5
Magnificent Rainforest
Volcanoes National Park

3/5
Bucket List Destination

South Africa

South Africa country review

4/5
A great country for your first ever safari.
Camdeboo National Park

2/5
Stunning scenery
Golden Gate Highlands National Park

3/5
Scenery and hiking.
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

4/5
Kalahari Wild
Manyeleti Game Reserve

4/5
Undiscovered Kruger gem
Mapungubwe National Park

3/5
A cultural treasure.
Mountain Zebra National Park

3/5
Rolling grasslands and the elusive aardwolf.
Sabi Sand Private Game Reserve

4/5
Leopard City
Tembe Elephant Park

2/5
Elephants and special birds
Thornybush Game Reserve

4/5
Great First-time Safari Destination
Timbavati Private Nature Reserve

4/5
Pretty much guaranteed Big Five
uMkhuze Game Reserve

2/5
Wet season – wildlife hides

Tanzania

Tanzania country review

5/5
The Serengeti and so much more.
Katavi National Park

3/5
Cavorting hippos
Mahale Mountains National Park

4/5
Like being in the middle of a Jane Goodall documentary.
Ngorongoro Crater

5/5
Top of the Bucket List
Ruaha National Park

4/5
Baobabs & Elephants
Serengeti National Park

5/5
Lion King Country