Chris McIntyre (expertafrica.com) 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 writing his first guidebook (Bradt’s guide to Namibia and Botswana) in 1990. He has since written Bradt’s Namibia guide as well as co-authoring (with his wife, Susie) Bradt’s guides to Botswana, Zanzibar and Zambia and (with Philip Briggs) Bradt’s guides to Tanzania. Alongside keeping these guidebooks up to date, McIntyre is managing director of Expert Africa. This specialist tour operator organises high-quality trips for individual travellers throughout Africa, including offering a wide range of trips to Namibia. McIntyre maintains keen interests in development and conservation, acting as advisor to various NGOs. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, McIntyre lives in Surrey with his wife and co-author Susie and their two children; together they regularly travel to Africa to update guidebooks.