Onboard Experts

Adam is a British-born zoologist who has lived and worked in northern Australia since 1997. Before arriving in Darwin, Adam studied zoology including a Ph.D. looking at th...

Adrain Finnerty is a versatile musician and educator, as well as an experienced teacher, lecturer, composer, conductor, pianist, organist and music historian. His lectures...

Agnès grew up in the French Alps and quickly became interested by exploring nature. Also conscious of the need of its protection and conservation, Agnès stud...

Adda Hobbs was born in Warsaw and caught the travel bug after deciding to take a six month work placement onboard the cruise ships working in the Purser's department. Thos...

Alain Bidart received his PhD in Fluid Mechanics from the University of Bordeaux and worked as researcher, then he has decided to devote himself to his passion for Polar R...

Initially trained as a biologist Alan spent several years after university working in fish farming and learnt to dive, naturally enough, in a fish tank on the West coast o...

Alan Mason NDT. F.Inst.G. Dip.Hort. M.CI. Hort. is one of the most experienced and best qualified garden designers and consultants in Europe. He is a founder member of The...

Albert is an animal ecologist in The Netherlands. He wrote his PhD on management of farmland birds. He studied farmland birds and marsh birds in Holland and in Africa, and...

Dr Alexander Watson is an ecologist who has a special interest in birds and mammals .He currently works for the non-government organisation ‘World Wide Fund for Natu...

Alexandra Edwards has been carrying out archaeological fieldwork and ethnographic studies in Rapa Nui (a.k.a. Easter Island) and French Polynesia for the past 12 years. Sh...

Immediately after school, which I attended until my graduation of the High Technical School for Tourism – Modul – in Vienna (where I was born), I started studi...

Alison is a geologist – or more correctly an igneous petrologist interested in rocks and tectonic processes worldwide. Born and raised in the South Island of New Zea...

Born in Salzburg/Austria Andrea has worked four years as Project Manager organizing events and incentive projects across the world: from Dragon boat competitions in Shangh...

Andrea brings over 20 years’ experience in Tourism, Hotel Business and onboard luxury cruise ships. Andrea started her career in the Cruise Industry as Tour Leader &...

Andrew is Canadian and resides in Vancouver British Columbia “the most beautiful city in the world” according to him. His varied naturalist, guiding and photog...

Born in the beautiful county of Somerset, Angie moved to London when she joined the world of banking in The City, which proved to be an excellent career in the financial w...

Ann Clements read History of Art and English at Manchester University, then worked for the Whitworth Art Gallery, and later for the Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art....

Anne-Marie Harrison was born and brought up in Paris but has subsequently lived in many different countries. Originally a linguist, she adapted to the many changes brought...

Ann was born and brought up in Cardiff. At school she loved geography and learning about the world and its people.  Her father’s business took the family to Jer...

Anna is a geographer and wildlife conservationist, who is particularly fascinated with marine mammals.  After finishing her undergraduate degree in Geography and Envi...

When Annette visited Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard in 2007 for the first time, she immediately fell in love with the wide landscapes and unique flora and fauna. She has ret...

Anthony Reid is a Professor of Southeast Asian history, trained in history in Wellington (New Zealand) and Cambridge. He is today again based as emeritus professor at the ...

Anthony was educated at Harrow, the Eurocentro in Florence and Magdelen College, Oxford. He has worked for Sotheby’s for 34 years, as Auctioneer, Picture Expert and ...

Ever since graduating from Cambridge University, Arthur had shown a tremendous interest in cultural history both in Europe and Asia. He has lived and travelled widely in A...

Grown up in North Germany, her first contact to tourism dates back to the end 1980’s, when she was guiding Bavarian groups on coach tours to England and France. Late...

After reading archaeology at Southampton University, Bill trained as a boat-builder nearby on the River Itchen. For the next 10 years, he worked as coxswain, fleet/equipme...

Bob Smolik is a veteran diplomat who has represented the United States at embassies throughout Europe and at international organizations such as the United Nations, NATO, ...

Brenda is from Lancashire and has worked in the travel and tourism industry for over thirty years in operations, as a Tour Manager and Cruise Director. She was for many ye...

Born in Scotland, Brian graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in Geology. 

His first role was diamond exploration in Zaire, with a lot of time spent...

Anne has had a life-long interest in history and the religions of the world. This led to studying both topics for her first Degree and later for her Doctorate. She spent s...

Served in Royal Navy 1962-2001, spent ten years in the film and television industry and is now a fulltime journalist and author.   When not on the Camino in Spai...

Caroline is a regular contributor to the UK premier royalty magazine 'Majesty' and she has also written for 'The Daily Telegraph'. She was one of the specially commissione...

Caroline, who is based in Bournemouth, has been working in travel most of her life. After several years as a Chief Purser for Swan Hellenic sh...

Cassie has spent almost all her life travelling in one form or another. Born to parents with Kenyan routes who had a great love of travelling,...

I was born in Kingston, Surrey. When I was 13 my parents nearly moved my brother, sister and I to New Zealand….we ended up in Cornwall instead….not quite as ...

A Noble Caledonia veteran, Cesar started in the head office at NCL in 1998.  After a number of years learning the administrations of the travel trade and talking to r...

Chantal was born in Suffolk very near the sea and now lives in Northumberland where her husband farms. Chantal has been associated with Noble Caledonia since the company&n...

Chris Bailey read history at Cambridge specialising in modern European history and then joined the coal industry where he was involved in restructuring and privatisation. ...

Chris Harbard is a well-known British ornithologist and conservationist. He has travelled the world in search of birds, from his first trip abroad to Austria to far flung ...

Chris currently lives in Leeds West Yorkshire, before joining Noble Caledonia Chris served 8 years as a Royal Marine commando and more recently as a private security contr...

Chris’s love of drama and the stage at an early age led him to Bristol to tread the boards. His wanderlust then took him to Algeria, where he remained for two years,...

Chris Croxson completed a distinguished business career in finance and IT with Unilever PLC and Bacardi-Martini Ltd. and then studied for his Master’s degree in Mari...

Christopher P. Baker earned degrees in geography at University College London and Latin American Studies at Liverpool University. Since 1980 he has lived in California and...

Dr. Allum is an archaeologist and anthropologist. Since the 1980’s she has worked in Latin America excavating Maya ruins in the tropical forests of Central America, ...

Colin grew up on the west coast of Canada and developed a love for the sea at an early age, sailing and scuba diving the local waters off Vancouver Island. He spent 10 yea...

Colin Jones is an accredited lecturer with the Royal Horticultural Society and flower judge for the Surrey Guild of Horticultural Judges. For 35 years a Film Editor and Di...

Colin is a freelance marine biologist and photographer, with a strong interest in underwater photography.  Originally from the north of Scotland, he now lives in Sout...

Conrad Weston is a Second Generation costarrican.  Conrad has been involved in ecotourism since 1986 in South and Central America mainly. Diving has been a family tra...

Craig is a marine professional, dive instructor, marine biologist & ship’s captain and studied Zoology at James Cook University, Cairns. For over twelve years he...

Crystal was raised on the eastern coast of South-Africa in a family that makes a living from the sea. Today she is working as a Dive Master, RIB driver, Watersports and Su...

Margaret Anstee served the United Nations for over four decades, rising to the rank of Under-Secretary General in 1987. During her career she lived in fifteen different co...

Damien is a British national, who is now based in Dinan, Brittany, France, where he is able to pursue his interest in the rich maritime history of the region. 

Damon’s personal aim in life is to combine his loves of nature and travel into a career, and experience as much nature and wildlife on our planet as he can. His prof...

Daniel is a travel writer, naturalist, photographer and tour lecturer who specialises in the exotic Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. Based near London, he visits Madagas...

Daniel Stavert is a naturalist, historian and outdoor guide from the Blue Mountains, Australia. Working in Australia, Antarctica and now in the Hebrides, he combines a lov...

In 2003 Danny grew tired of earning a living building databases and living in central London and since then he’s worked as a photographer, diver, travel writer and b...

Born in Poland and lives in Australia, Darek has had rich exposure to culture, travel and wildlife and has worked in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, the animal research ind...

In 1968 David went to Germany initially for three months to work in the wine cellars of H Sichel Söhne, Mainz to gain work experience abr...

Dave grew up in the forests of central New York State in the USA, and developed an interest in the great outdoors at an early age.  After earning a degree in Industri...

Denise Heywood is a lecturer, author, journalist and photographer. She has lived in France, America and, most recently, Cambodia, where she worked as a journalist for thre...

Born in Moscow, Russia, Dmitri studied biology at Moscow State University (MSU) where he completed his Ph.D. in Zoology and then continued his work in MSU’s Laborato...

Born and bred in Melbourne I have always had a love of the outdoors and adventure. Getting out into the wilderness, exploring new places and meeting people from different ...

Alan began his career teaching the history of art at Indiana and Princeton Universities . Returning to Britain in 1970, he became Assistant Keeper in the Royal Armouries i...

Born in the UK, Alex studied earth sciences at the University of Cambridge, attending the same college as famous explorer and scientist Edward Wilson. His research history...

Candace Weddle is an Assistant Professor of Art History at Anderson University, South Carolina. She holds a Ph.D. in classical Art History from the University of Southern ...

A native of Scotland, after graduating from the University of Glasgow Chris was employed by the British Antarctic Survey and spent two and a half years in Antarctica as a ...

Dan Jones holds a PhD (School of History, University of East Anglia), an MA (Institute of Historical Research University of London) and Diploma in Archaeology (Institute o...

Dr. Daria Nikitina is a geology professor at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA. Daria was born in Moscow, Russia where she resided with her family until 1994, s...

Dr David Cordingly was Keeper of Pictures at the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. He read history at Oxford, has a doctorate from Sussex University, and has written ...

David Price Williams has a first degree from the University of Wales in Ancient Near Eastern languages (Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic etc.), with a subsidiary in Attic and Koine...

Dr. Broun came to Canada from Scotland in 1967. He has a B.A. from McGill and a Ph.D. from Princeton, both in art history. For fifteen years he worked at the Art Gallery o...

Born and raised in the mountains of southern Bavaria, Franz has long been surrounded by rocks and ice. While studying geology, glaciology, and climatology, Franz engaged i...

Dr Ian R. Stone has degrees in history, mathematics and geology. He served in the Army after first graduation and became particularly interested in the Crimean War, a much...

Ingrid is a whale biologist who completed her doctorate studying orca-whales (killer whales). She is the only person to study these animals in the South Pacific and bases ...

Kate originally trained as an agricultural scientist at Oxford, where she took a doctorate in 1985.  More recently she has been a visiting lecturer in ...

After undergraduate studies majoring in Botany, Merel completed her PhD in Ecology and Evolution in 2002, specializing in rare beaked whales (...

Michael Scott Michael is an Assistant Professor in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, author of several books on ancient Greek and Roman society, a...

Dr Nicholas Cranfield FSA was educated in Italy, England and the USA and worked as an international banker before becoming an academic, who has worked largely on 16th and ...

Richard Parkinson was trained at Oxford, and after holding a teaching positions and a junior research fellowship, he joined the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan at th...

Dr Richard Thomas has had a career in International Development working as an academic, a consultant and as a long term (1991-2010) staff member of the UK’s Departme...

Sophie Mills is currently Chair and Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville where she has taught since 1994. She was born in London educated...

Dr Sue Thomas lives in the beautiful countryside of Thomas Hardy's Wessex. She developed a keen interest in gardening from the age of five and won her first horticultural ...

Susan was born and brought up in North East England. After obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Exeter and a Doctoral degree from the...

Dr Toby Musgrave is one of the UK's leading authorities in garden history and design. With a degree in horticulture and a Ph.D. in garden history, since 1994 Toby has emba...

A freelance journalist, Dr. Christine Reinke-Kunze has travelled the planet on behalf of ARD and the “Consortium of Public-Law Broadcasting Institutions of the ...

A well-known, author and photographer specialising in nature, Dr. Eckhart Pott has numerous publications in biology, nature, environmental protection, and nature photograp...

Ever since 1992, Dr Hans-Joachim Spitzenberger has led many expeditions to Antarctica. As a member of various research projects, this passionate photographer will share hi...

Elaine was born and brought up in Newcastle upon Tyne and still maintains a strong connection with the area, although she has now lived in the South of England for many ye...

Born and raised outside of St Petersburg, near the Baltic Sea, in the ancient city of Novgorod, founded by the Vikings. Educated in Moscow where she majored in History, Fo...

Elena Spiro has worked with Noble Caledonia for many years and is extremely knowledgeable, bringing so much to any visit to St Petersburg because of her enthusiasm, great ...

Liz Charter is a good all-round naturalist with a passion for wild plants. Her 35-year career as a professional ecologist and conservationist has taken her to many beautif...

Elizabeth Pierce grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota in the U.S. Despite her landlocked origins, she first travelled to Scandinavia during college to study. After college sh...

Emily grew up in the southeastern United States, and has always had an eye for travel. Within the last five years, she has fed her hunger for exploration with expeditions ...

Emma (Emmarentia) Hansen was born and raised in the stunning Lowveld area of Mpumalanga, South Africa, very close to Kruger National Park. Growing up on a farm, wildlife, ...

Erin Britton grew up in the Kimberley region and in the Northern Territory exploring remote and wild places. She studied environmental science at Charles Darwin University...

Ernie Rea is one of BBC Radio 4’s leading broadcasters. He has had a long and distinguished career with the BBC as a producer, editor, Head of Department, and now fr...

In 1977 Ewen Southby-Tailyour was ordered to form a new detachment of Royal Marines for a year’s service in the Falkland Islands. The Royal Marines' duties in the Is...

Frances studied ancient civilisations at Durham University, where she obtained an Honours degree in Egyptology with Coptic Studies. Prior to graduation, she took part in e...

Francis Cornish, formerly a diplomat, has spent many years in Southeast Asia and the Far East, working in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei (as High Commissioner) and Hong Kong ...

Gary served in the Royal Marines Commandos for 22years. Originally from Portsmouth, he now lives in Plymouth.

Born in 1940 in Quetta, former British India. Educated at Cheltenham College, the Sorbonne and St Edmund Hall Oxford (Politics Philosophy and Economics). He is an honorary...

Following degrees in Classics and in Egyptian Art and Archaeology from University College London, he joined the staff of the British Museum in 1973. He was the Principal L...

After graduating in Latin and Ancient History at Exeter University and a career in BBC Television, Gillian became deeply involved in archaeology. As an author, historian, ...

Graham Bell is a well-known British ornithologist. He was a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee for 14 years and of the Royal Society for the Protection of Bird...

Guy Esparon was born in the Seychelles and migrated to Australia in 1971, where he spent 30 years living between many of Australia’s cities and the outback. However,...

For the past twelve years Hannah has divided her time between working on expedition cruise ships as a wildlife guide, zodiac driver and expedition leader and creating artw...

He studied Classics and Ancient History at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he obtained a First. He also received a Masters in architectural history from the Cour...

Helen Poole studied history and archaeology at Bristol University before further studies in archaeology at Durham and Leicester Universities. She excavated on several site...

Hendrika was born in Yorkshire, of Anglo-Dutch parentage, and now lives in Hampshire.  Her first career in medical rehabilitation was followed by a BA Hons with the O...

Henry Blofeld is an English sports journalist whose rich, plummy tones are known and loved worldwide thanks to his extensive cricket commentary career on both television a...

Henry Davis lectured in International & European Studies at the Birkbeck College (University of London) and is Convener of International & European Studies at the ...

Hilary Bradt founded Bradt Travel Guides, the award-winning publishing company in 1974. Two years later she travelled the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo, and ma...

Hugh Wybrew was born in Ilford. During the National Service in the royal Air Force I, he spent most of the two years learning Russian. At Oxford Hugh read the theology at ...

Humphrey Burton read music and history at Cambridge and joined the BBC in 1955 as a studio manager specializing in music programs and was later appointed the first Head of...

Ian Bullock is a British biologist who lives in St.Davids, Pembrokeshire, on the south-western seaboard of Wales. Since 1978 he has specialised in seabird surveys, habitat...

Imogen Corrigan served for twenty years in the British Army, retiring in the rank of Major. In 2004 she graduated from the University of Kent with a 1st Class Honours degr...

Born in London and raised in Sussex, Imogen's love of travelling grew out of learning French from an early age and travelling through Europe on family summer holidays.&nbs...

Isabel was born on a farm in rural inland Portugal and from a young age she would love to  go out exploring with her grandfather’s flock of sheep...

While Jackie had worked internationally with major drinks brands, such as Johnnie Walker and Hennessy, wine became a consuming interest when in the 1980s she and her husba...

James is a geotourism professional; with a degree in geology, and a masters in oceanography, and runs his own geotourism company. His passion is to explain scenery, geolog...

James William Stuart Thomson is named for the first and only all-steel sailing schooner constructed in Canada. The James William, built by J. W. Carmichael, three-masted a...

Jamie spends some of his time as a fisheries consultant, researcher and marine life educator, including writing for several magazines. He spends most of the year, though, ...

A Nova Scotian “Bluenose”, Jane Sproull Thomson grew up by the sea, learning to swim perforce when her dad threw her off the family sailboat. Until recently sh...

Jane was born and raised in Australia. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science and then a Master of Environmental Studies. She worked for...

Janette Merilion is a well known horticultural lecturer and historian with a successful garden design business based in central Lincolnshire. After a career in marketing o...

Jannie, a native South African, grew up on a farm in the beautiful Mpumalanga Province. After obtaining a degree in Advertising and Public Relations, Jannie traveled exten...

Jarda was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and resides in South Africa. In neither country she spends too much time as she has been working full time on ships for the la...

Jayne is based in the North West of England and went to sea in 1999. Since then she has worked world wide as a Tour Manager on board cruise ships and river cruises. She ha...

Jean-Pierre Els is a qualified Padi Divemaster and Category C vessel skipper who is passionately in love with the ocean and the outdoors. He is now working as a Divemaster...

Jen was born in London but spent most of her childhood climbing the mountains of the Lake District learning vital skills such as map reading, ...

Jeremy Black is a prolific historian with specialties in world military history, the history of tourism, and both the eighteenth and twentieth Century. Educated at Cambrid...

Jeremy Lewis worked in publishing for twenty-plus years before becoming a freelance writer in 1989. He has published three volumes of memoirs, and...

Jill Billington became a garden designer thirty years ago and is now a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers. Her practice has included small and large domestic garden...

Joanna worked for many years in the European Ceramic Department at Sotheby’s in London where she became head of British Ceramics. She has lectured extensively throug...

John Bly is an antiques dealer in a family business founded in 1891. From a background of sailors, horse traders, American Civil War soldiers, priests and architects ...

Callum Thomson was brought up in the British Isles and spent his youth as a crofter, lobster fisherman, expert ditch digger and dairy farm manager before emulating his Hig...

John was born and raised in central England, where he developed his love of nature, boats, folk music and travel. He studied botany at the University of London and later o...

John Kernan has been working in the expedition cruise industry for the past 25 years as a lecturer, naturalist, Zodiac driver, and expedition leader. He has led trips to a...

Born in Inverness, John Love graduated in zoology at Aberdeen University. In 1975 he went to live on the Isle of Rum where he managed a highly successful project to reintr...

John Robson is Map Librarian at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Robson has travelled extensively in his career, working in the U.K., Australia, Papua New...

John Sparks, born in Colchester, is a zoologist and naturalist with a special interest in birds. After graduating at Queen Mary College, University of London, he became a ...

Jonathan will be a familiar voice to listeners to BBC Radio 4's 'From Our Own Correspondent', for which he has reported from around the globe. He first visited the Middle ...

Joe started birdwatching at the age of 7, and left home to work as a warden and researcher on nature reserves as soon as was legally allowable. He soon developed a passion...

Judith has worked in the Travel Industry for 40+ years in many countries and for different companies.  Having escorted coach tours for 25 years, all over Europe, UK, ...

Judith was born and brought up in rural Buckinghamshire, and after initially toying with the idea of a career in the Law, decided that travel was more exciting.  Afte...

For the past 17 years Julia Korn has been Senior Researcher at the National Pushkin Museum in St. Petersburg and has published articles on Russian literature, history and ...

Born on the west coast of Sweden, travel and adventure has always been the compass of Karin’s life. Her itchy feet have taken her to a variety of different places ar...

Kate Garnons Williams read Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Bristol before going on to write her M.A. thesis on the Comedies of the 5th century dramati...

Kathryn Robinson is an anthropologist of Asia and the Pacific, now Professor Emerita in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian ...

South Africa’s favourite gardener, Keith Kirsten, exudes energy and has an electrifying personality. The Keith Kirsten “brand” is synonymous with excelle...

An enthusiastic naturalist with a passion for wildlife enthusiast, Kevin has been a keen birdwatcher since childhood and he has worked on cruise ships from Antarctica to t...

Inspired by her experiences growing up in Japan, Norway and England, Kit van Wagner has been steadily working her way around the globe, sharing her infatuation with life i...

Kristin Jameson along with her two sisters, Andrea and Tara, are the ninth generation direct descendants of John Jameson, whose name is now synonymous with Irish whiskey. ...

Kristine is a true example of how it is never too late to find the job of your life. She was born and raised on the Belgian Coast and spend most of her professional life w...

An experienced naturalist and field biologist, Lars began his career where he grew up in the Danish Wadden Sea, a major crossroads for Arctic migrants where shorebirds and...

Lea McQuillan is a marine biologist who has a keen interest in birds and mammal. She currently works in on the summer months on Great Barrier Reef and in the winter months...

Lesley has lived and gardened abroad in such diverse countries as Malaysia, Holland as well as North Carolina and Oklahoma before finally returning to England in the 1980&...

An avid traveler and wildlife enthusiast, Liz's passion for exploring new environments, wildlife and cultures has taken her throughout the 7 continents of the world. She h...

We are delighted to be joined by London Festival Opera on many of our tours and cruises. We have long been associated with London Festival Opera and each year our music th...

Inspired by the natural world and her love of travel, Lori Gross has spent over 15 years sharing her knowledge of marine and environmental science with others through expe...

Professor Ludmilla is a graduate with honours from Rostov State University and received her first doctorate there in history in 1982. She attained her second doctorate in ...

Lydia Bauman is a Polish born artist and art historian. Educated at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (BA in Fine Art) and Court auld Institute of Art, London (MA in A...

After studying History at Cambridge University Peter Williams spent more than 30 years in the British Army. As an Infantryman he carried out ceremonial duties in London, s...

Major General Stephen Carr-Smith served throughout much of the Cold War in Europe and then with NATO . On leaving the Army, he worked for a company providing security and ...

Commissioned from The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1962, Gordon Corrigan was an officer of the Royal Gurkha Rifles before retiring from the Army in 1998. He served ...

Born in Europe, Marieke grew up among the foothills of the Swiss Alps, learning to cross glaciers before she could tie her own shoelaces. Developing her adventurous spirit...

Marjorie hails from Barrow-in-Furness in South West Cumbria. Barrow is renowned for building fine Ships, Submarines and is currently contracted for the build of Trident Su...

Mark Corby is a lecturer, tour leader & broadcaster of many years experience. His particular area of interest is the Classical World of Greece & Rome, with a speci...

Known as ‘Tracey’ - Originally an actress. Later became a Tour Manager - taking tours all over the world for forty years.

Many years leading land tours...

Mike was born in South London, and from an early age wanted to join the Military, at 16 Mike joined the Royal Marines and served for 27 years retiring as a Warrant Officer...

An all round naturalist and a photographer since his teens, Mick’s particular passion is for sea birds and marine mammals. Originally from Dublin, he has lived in Pe...

Born in Blackburn, UK (1947) and educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and London University (BA Hons in German and French), Lancaster University (MA in Comparative C...

Michael Michieli is a Gardens Consultant for the Royal Horticultural Society garden holidays. His particular area of expertise is Mediterranean plants and, as the previous...

A Chicago native, Mike earned both his B.S. in biology and an M.S. degree in Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution at the University of Illinois. Since then he has spent 10 yea...

Author and Journalist Michael Nicholson is one of the world’s most travelled and decorated foreign correspondents. He has been reporting for ITN for over forty years...

Mike Andrews was educated at Stowe and Cambridge, and has been involved with film, writing and photography for 50 years - specialising in travel, science and wildlife.&nbs...

Nadia grew up in the Australian Outback and is a true child of nature. Her early life spent outdoors in the rugged Kimberly region of Australia and later near Perth, insti...

Natalie has had a fascination with history ever since she was given a book on Tutankhamun at the age of five. However, her interest was not limited to ancient history and,...

Neil has been at sea since 2001, a year after he graduated in Pure Maths from the University of Manchester. Working for Fred. Olsen, Celebrity, Saga and Voyages to An...

Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Neil’s obsession with ships and the sea began with being given his own boat at age 3. During his teens he travelled exten...

Neil studied the then communist world at university in the late 1960s. He has been fortunate to visit China as early as 1971, but had already started to visit both parts o...

Nicholas Merchant’s career has mirrored his abiding interest in Antiques. He has worked for some of the major Auction Houses in London as well as running his own boo...

Nicholas Reed is both an archaeologist and an art historian. He took his first degree in Greats at Oxford, and then acquired research degrees on ancient history from Manch...

Nicholas Southey was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has lived most of his life in various parts of the country. He is currently based in Pretoria, where he teache...

Nicki D’Souza grew up in the beautiful region of Bavaria in Germany. After obtaining a degree in languages as translator and interpreter, Nicki travelled extensively...

Nigel McGilchrist was a scholar at both Winchester College and at Oxford University. He has lived and worked in the Mediterranean area – Italy, Greece and Turkey &nd...

Nigel is an experienced tour leader, author and publisher with a lifelong interest in birds and wildlife. Over the past three decades he has l...

Notburga who likes to be called Burgi started travelling shortly after she left the tourism school in Salzburg (Austria).Aged 21 she went to London to improve her English ...

Olga holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology specializing in peoples and cultures of Central America and the Caribbean. She started her graduate career at the fabled site of Tikal i...

Olga Stone was born in Crimea, Ukraine. She graduated from the Odessa Conservatoire with distinction in piano, piano accompaniment and the teaching of music. After leaving...

Olle was born in Sweden and is currently lives there. Formerly a teacher, he left the profession in order to write, photograph, play jazz and travel. He has travelled exte...

Adrian started his epic journey of travelling at the age of 19 where he spent 4 months discovering Turkey and lived in a cave in Cappadocia for a while. To date Adrian has...

Coming from South Africa, Pam is a marine scientist, PADI dive instructor, zodiac skipper and sailor, and has worked in and on the ocean just about every day for the past ...

Pär was born and raised in a baker family in Alingsas Sweden. Travel, wildlife and nature has always been a big part of his life. After his military service as Mounta...

Patricia has been travelling & living abroad since childhood owing to her father being a pilot & then she married a man who always used his profession as a pa...

Educated at Oxford University and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Patrick has a degree in history. He has written several history books and has just expanded into fi...

Paul Green was born in Guildford, Surrey. The family moved to Somerset when he was 5. Paul has always been keen on all aspects of natural history, especially plants. He cu...

Paul Harris graduated from Aberdeen University with an MA in Politics and International Relations and currently works as a writer, lecturer and as a consultant on politica...

Peter Bellwood grew up in Leicester, studied archaeology at Cambridge University (King’s College) and emigrated to New Zealand to undert...

Peter Clement grew up on a sheep ranch in the Falkland Islands and received his formal education in Somerset, England. In 1969, he traveled to Australia and began work in ...

Peter has lived in London and has worked in the travel industry for many years.
He first went to sea as an entertainer and after 6 months working on a Russian cruise...

With his father in military service, Peter Ward grew up in different places throughout England, Germany and the Far East. Graduating in English Literature and Religious St...

 Economist, historian, author, acknowledged authority on Horatio Nelson and organiser of major commemorative events, Peter chairs three organisations: The 1805 Club, ...

Phanor H Montoya-Maya is a marine biologist, diving instructor and Coral guru hailing from Colombia. His love for all things oceanic emerged after sighting his first giant...

Phil Airey started his career in the travel industry in the early 70’s when, after working in the vineyards near Bordeaux he discovered the joys of meeting different...

Studied singing and piano at the Royal Academy of Music.  As a professional opera singer he made his solo debut with Glyndebourne Festival Opera and was a principle w...

Born on April 9 1966 in the tiny and quite village La Morra, in the Italian countryside. Piero soon set out to know more of the world. In 1987 he joined the army elite mou...

Pierre is an all round naturalist who trained as an oceanographer and marine biologist and has more than forty years of experience in the field. He lives in Hout Bay, near...

Born in Belgium, Pierre moved to Zaire (the former Belgian Congo) with his family in 1978. They lived just outside Kinshasa, the capital city and he attended the Belgian S...

Pieter Shipster comes from a well-travelled Anglo-Dutch military family and he has had a varied career. After taking a degree in the history of the Near and Middle East at...

Brian is the Emeritus Professor of Geology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and currently holds adjunct professorial positions in the Universities of Manchester and...

Geoffrey Alan Hosking is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union and formerly Leverhulme Research Professor of Russian History at the School of Slavonic and East Europe...

Professor Johnson is the author and co-author of several books and a number of articles on US foreign policy, international human rights, India’s foreign policy and ...

Martyn Rady is Professor of Central European History at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, a part of University College London. He has written books on Germ...

A native of Scotland, Professor James Floyd, has recently retired as District Geologist after 36 years with the British Geological Survey (NERC) in Edinburgh.  He now...

Professor Carole Hillenbrand OBE FBA FRSE is Professor Emerita of Islamic History at Edinburgh University and is now Professor of Islamic Hist...

Gareth Morgan has been researching and teaching about wine since 2001 and is an expert on the classic wine regions of Europe, especially Borde...

Professor Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski graduated in History from Cambridge, before obtaining his doctorate from Oxford. He taught European history at Oxford and Queen&rs...

Professor Robert Hillenbrand FBA has long-standing research interests in the Islamic art of North Africa and Spain. An Emeritus Professor...

Ragnar is a native of Iceland. He graduated from the University of Iceland in 1981 with Icelandic studies as his main subject and German as by-subject. He speaks English, ...

Rainer considers himself European, born in Germany, living in the South of France and working for a British Company.

His mother claims that his first word was...

Ray is a wildlife lecturer, author, photographer and naturalist. He enjoys sharing his experiences so much that he now leads groups of naturalists, researchers and eco-tou...

John Lippiett had a 36 year career in the Royal Navy serving in a large number of ships from aircraft carriers to minesweepers and deployed to all of the world’s ope...

Judith has lived and worked in many countries including the USA, Indonesia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Japan. Her early work as a Management Training specialist for ...

Richard grew up with a love of water, snorkeling and SCUBA diving from an early age. After an interim period of racing cars in Australia, culminating in a State Championsh...

Richard is a geography teacher who lives in rural Somerset, England. He enjoyed a three year post in the remote Tristan da Cunha school during which he acted as a mountain...

A childhood interest in biology led Rick into a ten year career working as a marine biologist for the British Antarctic Survey. He spent five winters and eight summers on ...

Brad Rhees, a resident of Colorado, studied in Business Administration and began working in the Human Resources field but after 5 years realized that his destiny was not t...

Dr Rob Lambert is a multi-disciplinary academic at the University of Nottingham, working in environmental history and tourism & the environment. He holds a MA (Hons) i...

Rodica brings over 40 years of experience in the industry of travelling. She worked initially on the Black Sea Coast as a receptionist at the end of 1960s. Then in 1972, a...

Rodney Greenberg graduated with honours at the Music Faculty of Manchester University, specialising in Piano and Composition. His music has been performed at the Wigmore H...

Roger was born in Warrington, Lancashire. He was educated in Warrington and Altrincham. He then joined the Police Force and served his 2 year probationary period in Kirkby...

Roger Lovegrove is a native of Devon, born in 1935. Initially a school teacher, he taught physical education in Sussex and Mid Wales for twelve years before joining the st...

Roger Mills is best known as the Director and Series Producer of the Michael Palin Travel Documentaries. Of the Seven series, from "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1989)...

Roger’s interest in wine dates from when, whilst working for Stowells of Chelsea, he helped in broadening the company’s portfolio. This led to extensive travel...

Raised in the flat northern part of The Netherlands, Ronald has a profound love for wide barren landscapes. Doing fieldwork for the Marine Biology department at the Univer...

Ros lived in Cairo and Luxor for 15 years. She worked for the Egypt Exploration Society in Cairo and arranged tours around the various foreign and British digs in Egypt. S...

With a passion for travelling, Rosemary decided to make her career in the travel industry, starting as an Air Stewardess and moving on to work as a resort manager and Tour...

Rosemary is a former nursery owner and daughter of the late George Hyde, who was a hybridist of azaleas and rhododendrons.  Many of his award winning hybrid plants ca...

Richard Chartres is currently Bishop of London and Dean of HM Chapels Royal. Before ordination he taught Ancient History in the International School in Seville. More recen...

After purchasing a 4wd vehicle for his first car, Rustys life of camping and adventure began. This then evolved into a paying job where Rusty ...

Sally’s background is nursing, she worked for many years specialising in Accident and Emergency Medicine in a London Hospital. Sally joined Medicines Sans Frontieres...

Samuel lives in the Alpes Moutain in the middle of the wild nature. As a child he learned about the birds, mammals, flowers and wildlife. Later he worked as volunteer with...

Born and raised in Sweden, Linnea spent every summer sailing with her family and quickly developed a love for the ocean. She has studied in Canada and Germany and holds a ...

Sezgin Patterson was born in Cyprus and after her initial education on the Island she came to England to further her studies. She graduated from the City University in Lon...

Hailing originally from Yorkshire, Sheila developed a passion for travel early in her career and, after spending seven years living in Belgium, working as a local guide, s...

We will be joined onboard by Sherban Lupu, one of the world's leading performers of Romanian composer and virtuoso George Enescu's music. Romanian-born, Lup...

Simon Boyes began watching birds in England at the age of 12, and has rarely put his binoculars down since. He has a degree in Classics from Oxford University (useful for ...

Simon shares the same family name as the illustrious 18th century explorer, Captain James Cook. In addition to seeing many of the places visited by Cook, Simon has travell...

Simon Doughty was commissioned into The Life Guards in 1976, retiring from the Army in 2009 in the rank of colonel. During his military career he travelled widely and serv...

Emerita at State University of New YorkSipra Bose Johnson is Associate Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is the autho...

Michael Burton had a 37 year long career in the Diplomatic Service, and played a prominent part in the closing stages of the Cold War. As the last British Minister in Berl...

Sir Roger Tomkys read Classics at Balliol College, Oxford and entered the Foreign Office in 1960. After Arabic Language training in Lebanon his first diplomatic posting wa...

The former COO of an American market research company, Stephen is the award-winning author of 25 books about British, American, French, Australian, and Roman history. It i...

Classical archaeologist (London and Cambridge) TV career as reporter/presenter/producer including launch and next decade of UK’s innovative Channel 4. Broadcast 800 ...

Stephen was inspired from a very early age by a family legacy left behind by his grandfather, Julian A. Weston who was probably the person who knew more about Cocos Island...

Growing up among dramatic landscapes of World Heritage Cradle Mountain in Tasmania well fostered Steve’s innate passion for pure, untouched wilderness. His particula...

Stuart’s home is in Durban, South Africa. He grew up literally in the wilds of Africa and has a good knowledge of the indigenous people and regions of many African c...

Sue Flood is a professional and award-winning wildlife and travel photographer.  Sue has been working in the Polar regions since 1998, although her work increasingly ...

Sue has been creating wildlife, landscape and travel photos for 20+ years, traveling to over 80 countries on all 7 continents.  She has combined this passion with an ...

Susan grew up in Harrogate, Yorkshire and then left the UK aged 18 to pursue a life of travel and adventure. For 5 years Susan travelled extensively in Europe, Asia and So...

Susan Stampe was born in Kent and when she was sixteen her father was posted to Milan, Italy on business.  Susan and her mother followed shortly and Susan finished he...

Ted grew up in Surrey, in the heart of London’s commuter belt, and has been working to escape into the wilds ever since. Most of his hol...

Tessa is from the UK, however, for the last 12 years she has called France her home. After a number of years based in Provence and the Cote d'Azur, she now lives in Britta...

Thomas Nilsen lives in the Norwegian border town of Kirkenes near Russia’s Kola Peninsula. He is editor of BarentsObserver.com, covering Europe’s northernmost ...

Grown up in North Germany, his first contact to tourism dates back to the mid 1980’s, when he was guiding youth groups between the twin towns of Yvetot (Normandy), L...

Born in Constanta, Romania, Ticu began his career in the travel industry at young age guiding short tours in the Black Sea in his summer holidays. This led to longer tours...

Tim Earl has his roots in Guernsey where he still writes a column for the Guernsey Press. He was a staff journalist on the newspaper for more than 20 years during which ti...

Tom is a self-confessed nature geek. His passion was sparked from an early age by being read Gerald Durrell stories at bed time and watching too many wildlife documentarie...

Tom Holland is the author of Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History and was shortlisted for the Samuel Joh...

Tony has spent many years living and travelling through the length and breadth of Europe, in the course of an extensive career in travel and tourism, including over a year...

Valerie Grove has been a Fleet Street journalist for nearly 50 years -- writing interviews and reviews for the Evening Standard 1968-86, the S...

Victoria has always been fascinated by the cooler places on our planet and has been travelling in Northern Europe, the Arctic and Antarctica regularly for the past 15 year...

With dual French and Swedish nationality, Viveka started travelling at an early age. She has lived more than seventeen years abroad in countries such as France, Italy, Ind...

Wayne Brown has worked for small ship expedition cruises for over 19 years. Wayne is a marine biologist with a degree in ecology and environmental biology from the Univers...

Wendy trained as a classical ballet dancer and teacher at the University of Cape Town. After dancing professionally for ten years, she taught at the same university before...

Will is a passionate geologist, glaciologist, naturalist and lover of the great outdoors! When he is not hugging rocks, or delivering thought provoking geology presentatio...

Growing up in the North Yorkshire town of Skipton surrounded by the countryside Will has always appreciated being outdoors and enjoys a whole array of adventurous activiti...