Experts in the field
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Featured Field Leader
SAFARI LEADER & PHOTOGRAPHER
Lex Hes
Lex began his career working at the then-unknown Sabi Sand Game Reserve bordering on Kruger National Park. There he would wander into the surrounding bush with his notebook and binoculars to record everything he saw, from flowers and trees to lions, elephants, and buffalo. Lex began to develop a guiding style that revolved around having fun and connecting people to the wilderness – while also giving clients a great learning experience and showing them incredible wildlife. At this time he also volunteered for the Mammal Research Institute ...-
LUXURY TRAVEL DIRECTOR
Amber Medkiff
Amber has been loving life as a travel director for nearly 30 years. She thrives on uncovering the more remote destinations fewer travelers have se…
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Marine Biologist
Brad Climpson
Professional Expedition Leader Brad Climpson has lived and worked in tropical Australia for the last 25 years. He earned a Bachelor of Science degr…
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SAFARI GUIDE
Chris Stamper
Chris began his career as a professional safari guide in South Africa 21 years ago. There, in its game-rich areas, he’s had the privilege of guidin…
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NATURALIST
Dan Olsen
Dan has had a lifelong fascination with marine animals and a seafaring life, having worked as a guide and naturalist his entire adult life. He bega…
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SOCIAL Anthropologist
Dr. Shirley Campbell
Growing up just east of San Francisco, Shirley was already a curious ‘traveller’, exploring local landscapes during her formative years. Finding bo…
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World traveler & cultural interpreter
Gary Wintz
Gary Wintz graduated cum laude from Duns Scotus College in Michigan with a degree in philosophy. He has spent most of the past 40 years outside the…
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Field leader
Kelsey Simmons
Kelsey has traveled to all seven continents and over 90 countries as a field leader since beginning her career in expedition travel in 2013. She ha…
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Naturalist
Kristin Wornson
Kristin’s love of beauty and wild things—and of wild adventure—continues to follow her in all that she pursues. With a degree in biology from Iowa …
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Conservation biologist & wildlife author
Mark Brazil
Mark is a frequent leader of small, land-based, wildlife-focused expeditions in Africa, South America, South Asia, and East Asia. He’s a regular le…
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NATURALIST
Rich Pagen
Rich first became enthralled by the wonders of the natural world around the tide pools and forests of his native New York. Since then, he has embar…
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NATURALIST
Sam Riley
An award-winning filmmaker, wildlife photographer, scuba instructor, birder, and all-around naturalist, Sam’s passion for the living world knows no…
