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About me:
Leon was born and raised in South Africa and is a THETA/FGASA (Level 3) and SKS National Birding Specialist Guide. He was introduced to the pleasures of bird-watching by his grandfather and has been looking at birds through binoculars as long as he can remember. After school he studied for a Postgraduate B Soc Sc Degree in Geography / Environmental Science at the University of Natal and then began his guiding career in the private lodge safari industry, spending around 6 years guiding in the Sabi Sands, Kapama Game Reserve and Addo Elephant National Park, where he developed a special fondness for African mammals and the predators in particular. After leaving the safari industry he spent time working in London and then as a camp counselor at a summer camp in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA, where he gave lessons on birding, tracking and bush craft and fly fishing, before doing an epic Amtrak train trip across the USA. Leon joined Lawson's as a freelance guide in September 2005 and then joined up full-time as a partner in the business in March 2007. He is also a widely-published freelance photo-journalist, writing about birding and travel in general, and is the current editor of BirdLife Lowveld's (formerly the Lowveld Bird Club) quarterly publication, The Hornbill. He enjoys mountain biking, DIY projects and gym, and lives in Nelspruit with his wife and two children.
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www.lawsons-africa.co.za
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