LATEST BOOK

AFRICA - A LOVE AFFAIR WITH A CONTINENT

Kingsley’s 5th book, ‘Africa – A Love Affair with a Continent’ spans 30 years of the Kingsley Holgate team’s travels to every country in Africa, including all of her island states. Packed with never-before-told stories taken from Kingsley’s pile of dog-eared expedition journals and laced with Kingsley’s legendary humour, each chapter is a stand-alone story of a life of adventure – the excitement, escapades, humanitarian work and characters met along the way, with beautifully detailed descriptions of Africa’s wildlife, wild places and fascinating people – and the downright scary moments when things go wrong, from a croc chomping the inflatable boat, to child soldiers high on cocaine.

Published in 2018, it sold out within months and has become a treasured collector’s item.

REVIEWS OF ‘AFRICA – A LOVE AFFAIR WITH A CONTINENT’

‘No-one I know has done more African miles in a Land Rover than Kingsley Holgate, which is why he has been able to unearth these incredible true tales from the beautiful continent. This book will teach you more about Africa than Google or the Lonely Planet.’
Patrick Cruywagen, Land Rover Monthly UK

‘Life has lots of simple pleasures — the warm sun on your back or a cool sea breeze in your hair – or the fact that there are still larger-than-life characters around such as Kingsley Holgate. To call him an explorer or humanitarian doesn’t do true justice to the man. Kingsley is an absolute force of nature; he brings exuberance, energy, enthusiasm and undiluted vivacity to everything he does.

This new book is a collection of his expeditions and adventures that are unique to Africa. You will not find such wonderful tales of, and insights into, this magical land anywhere else. You will be transported to a fireside under the megawatt stars of an African night with a maestro storyteller entrancing you with words so vivid that they are forever etched on your brain. The extraordinary characters, the gripping anecdotes, the edge-of-seat adventures and the superb humanitarian work each expedition brings is a magnificent testimony to a richly-lived life, where being bored is an alien and unforgivable concept.’
Graham Spence, co-author of the best-seller The Elephant Whisperer

OTHER BOOKS BY KINGSLEY

CAPE TO CAIRO

One Family's Adventures Along the Waterways of Africa

From the storm-tossed seas of Cape Point to the mouth of the legendary Nile River, the timeless waterways of Africa have provided many an adventurer with a challenge. Cape to Cairo chronicles the epic journey of Kingsley Holgate and his band of pilgrims across Africa as they venture along the length of the continent’s watery veins.

AFRICA

Dispatches From the Outside Edge

Driven by his passion for exploration and a deep love of Africa, Kingsley Holgate sets off yet again with his loyal team on a quest to circumnavigate the outside edge of Africa in an epic 64,327-kilometre, 33-country and 449-day odyssey.

AFRICA

In The Footsteps Of The Great Explorers

Always game to venture where many before him have feared to tread, Kingsley and his entourage set out to honour the tough, courageous early explorers of the African continent. These are tales of such daring, courage and endurance that it’s impossible for readers to tire of the Holgate family’s high adventures.

CAPRICORN

Following The Invisible Line

The journal of adventurer Kingsley Holgate, who with his wife Gill, their son Ross and a variety of different expedition members, journeyed around the world along the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through ten countries on three continents and the island of Madagascar.