Ep 33: CAMPfire Tales with Lloyd Camp

About this episode

Lloyd Camp shares his experiences and insights from guiding safaris in Africa and his journey as a writer.

‘Lloyd was bitten by Africa and grew up with her dust on his feet and her breath in his lungs.’ Lloyd was born and raised in the wild and dynamic KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Like many South Africans, he has since chosen to base himself in the quieter, more peaceful suburbs of Twickenham. Despite this, Lloyd still spends much of his time in Africa, either embarking on his own adventures or guiding others through the African wilderness. They’re not fed. They’re not bred. They’re not tame. They’re just there. And we drop in and we’re amongst them. And it’s the most wonderful thing. Having travelled with Lloyd in South Africa, and ironically through Andrew’s home town before any of us knew he existed, Lloyd was then instrumental in Andrew and I getting to together here in London. Now all as close friends, we were keen to give you an experience of the inspirational man behind three incredible books Africa Bites , Confessions of an African Safari Guide and his newly released Paddling the Dragon. You will get to hear about how he found his way to guiding, how he’s seen tourism in Africa change, why writing is such a big part of his life and the emotions he has when he’s out in the…

People in this episode

Host: Soulhub

Guest: Lloyd Camp

Topics covered

• African wilderness
• safari guiding
• tourism in Africa
• writing
• personal experiences

Keywords

• safari
• Africa
• wilderness
• tourism
• writing
• adventure
• KwaZulu-Natal

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Africa Bites, Confessions of an African Safari Guide, Paddling the Dragon

Places: KwaZulu-Natal, Twickenham, South Africa, London

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