Meet Siyabona Africa's Award Winning Travel Writers





Carrie Hampton...

... freelance travel writer, photojournalist, safari specialist is a contributing writer on many of the Siyabona Travel websites.

'With so much choice of accommodation in more than eighty safari regions, it is extremely hard to know what and where to choose...' but she does an outstanding job. Having personally visited over 90 safari lodges, and have written guidebooks, coffee table books and articles on the subject, she never tires of going on safari.

To see Carrie's major contribution on safari lodges through out Africa, you can visit http://www.travelwriter.co.za/

Jacques Marais...


... professional photographer and writer at large for a range of travel, airline and outdoor publications in Southern Africa. He specialises in features on adventure travel, action sport and eco destinations. Photography has been his hobby since he first discovered his mother's Box Brownie...we would be interested to see the pictures.

Many of features appear in our Travel Articles category, with his photography. So when you are reading up on your prospective destination...it could well be Jacques who was there to report.

Jeremy Jowell...

... spends a lot of his time on holiday... In fact most of his time. All of his time, if we have to be honest. This is why he is able to supply us with so much information and imagery about Botswana and Namibia and all around South Africa. His published magazine documentaries also appear in our Travel Article category on many of our Travel Sites.

Laurianne Claase...

... is a freelance writer and photojournalist based in Cape Town. She supported her life-long travel habit by chamber-maiding in a Scottish hotel, making beds and breakfast on a live-aboard diving boat in the Red Sea and teaching English in Taiwan before deciding that travel writing would be a means to the same end.

Laurianne promotes Southern Africa as a destination through word and picture in a variety of print and online media. Her work has been featured in an array of national and international glossies such as Marie Claire (SA) and Conde Nast Traveller, UK. Online, she has compiled and contributed to travel guidebooks as well as to popular international e-zines and is Africa editor for the award-winning FineTravel.com

Gemma Pitcher...

... is an experienced freelance travel writer and consultant, having published numerous books and articles based around Sub Saharan Africa. She has spent much of her time over the last ten years travelling in the region, writing several coffee table books as well as travel guides for Lonely Planet.

Her book Zanzibar Style was voted one of the Top 20 Travel Books of the Year by the Times in 2001. She has also organised numerous luxury holidays to East Africa as part of her freelance tour operating activities.