Ian Michler

Roles: Subject, Special Guest

Ian Michler is a safari operator, specialist wilderness guide, consultant and environmental photojournalist. He has lived and worked across Africa for the last 25 years. His feature articles, diaries and blogs documenting the major conservation challenges facing Africa, and especially those on predator breeding and trophy hunting are well known to readers of a number of award winning publications and magazines. He is an ecotourism consultant for both private and government sectors, and currently channels his conservation work through The Conservation Action Trust.

Ian is also a member of the International League of Conservation Writers, and is author of seven natural history and travel books on various African countries. Prior to his life in the wilderness, Ian was a partner in one of South Africa’s leading stockbroking firms. He is a co-founder and owner of Invent Africa Safaris, a specialist safari company that runs trips to 15 countries across the continent, and is a director of Eden to Addo, a successful regional corridor conservation initiative.