Levison Wood
Author, Explorer & Photographer
United Kingdom
Award-winning author, explorer and photographer, Levison Wood is an elected Fellow of both the Royal Geographical Society and The Explorers Club. Levison's passion for adventure has taken him to more than 100 countries; to date, he has published nine travel books, including Walking the Nile and Walking the Americas, which were both Sunday Times bestsellers. Wood has also carved a place in the world of documentaries as the starring presenter of several highly acclaimed travel series; his latest series—Walking with Elephants—recounts a trek across Botswana following a herd of migrating elephants to the Okavango Delta. Levison is a passionate conservationist and became an ambassador in 2013 for Tusk—a UK-based nonprofit working to initiate and fund wildlife conservation programs across African to tackle illegal wildlife trading, habitat loss and human-wildlife conflict.