Inspiring Travel Writing from John Warburton-Lee
John Warburton-Lee is a writer and professional photographer specializing in travel to remote areas. Author of two travel books, Roof of Africa and Roof of the Americas, and regular freelance contributor to a broad range of magazines, (including Conde Nast Traveller, Tatler, Harpers & Queen, Escape Routes, Geographical, Wexas Traveller, High Life) he first travelled to Africa aged 17. Since then he has travelled to many wild areas independently, on expedition and on commission for magazines.
Articles by John Warburton-Lee
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On the Trail of the Boer War
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John Warburton-Lee
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South Africa
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Gauteng
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Johannesburg
South Africa 8th October 1899. Following a period of steadily deteriorating relations between the British colonial authorities in the Cape and the Boer Republics matters have come to a head. As a result of the Boers’ well justified fears of British...
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God’s Highway
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John Warburton-Lee
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Zimbabwe
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Zambezi National Park Region
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Victoria Falls
For 2,560 kilometres the glittering surface of the Zambezi River threads its way through the interior of southern Africa towards its ultimate demise in the Indian Ocean. It respects neither mighty physical barriers nor arbitrary political frontiers...
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Bazaruto Archipelago
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John Warburton-Lee
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Mozambique
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Bazaruto Archipelago
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Bazaruto
Forget the hassle of persistent vendors on Kenya’s beaches or the commercialism of South Africa, for the perfect post safari wind-down Mozambique’s Bazaruto archipelago offers aquamarine waters, pure white sand beaches and uninterrupted...
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The Skier’s Nightmare
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John Warburton-Lee
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Switzerland
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Swiss Alps
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St Moritz
You face the frequent ski fanatic’s dilemma: all year long you fantasise about adrenalin pumping runs with mogul fields to die for, while your partner, frankly, doesn’t. Once again you find yourself trying to talk them into a winter holiday in your...
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Walking in the High Atlas
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John Warburton-Lee
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Morocco
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Marrakech Region
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Marrakech
The early morning sun picked out the ragged line of the High Atlas Mountains in the distance. Thirty miles away, the lofty peaks appeared sugar coated under their mantle of winter snow. The High Atlas present a formidable barrier between the dusty...
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Before You Die: Sleep Out Under an African Sky
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John Warburton-Lee
Sleep out under an African sky, listening to the distant roar of lions.
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Before You Die: Travel the Tenere
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John Warburton-Lee
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Egypt
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Sahara
Africa, Sahara: Travel the Tenere, a remote region of the central Sahara, with a Tuareg guide to open your eyes to true desert life. John Warburton-Lee
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From on the road in Peru
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John Warburton-Lee
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Peru
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Southern Andes
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Arequipa
DAY 1: Arequipa.After 1000 kms of following the Pan-American Highway from Lima through Peru’s wild and desolate coastal desert, I have reached the country’s second city, Arequipa. Lying in the shadow of two huge snow-capped volcanoes, Chachani and...
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Patagonia
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John Warburton-Lee
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Chile
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Patagonia
In a landscape sculpted by wind and ice, the Towers of Paine stand proud: blades of granite soaring six thousand feet into the Patagonian sky. There is wild and then there is Patagonia. This spectacularly remote region, tucked away at the foot of...
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The Towers of Paine
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John Warburton-Lee
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Chile
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Patagonia
In a landscape sculpted by wind and ice, the Towers of Paine stand proud: blades of granite soaring six thousand feet into the Patagonian sky. Swathes of ice reach around the base of the massif before petering out at the edge of turquoise lakes....