Chris Breen - Director

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Chris was lucky enough to visit Zambia on a number of occasions in the early 1980's and it was this that entrenched within him a love of wildlife, wilderness, photography and travel. Chris managed two small bush camps in the heart of South Luangwa National Park and after prising himself away returned to the UK to work in one of the UK's leading travel agencies tailor-making round-the-world holidays.

The draw of wildlife was too much and after leading numerous trips for another UK tour operator he has since established Wildlife Worldwide in conjunction with David Mills in 1993 and in 1998 jointly set up Walks Worldwide with David Mills and Mike Wynne. Chris has travelled through South and Central America, much of North America, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific however his greatest love is for East and Southern Africa, which he knows in depth and returns to frequently.

Mike Wynne - Director

Having worked as a teacher in the early 80's, Mike took a 'career break' and began leading tours in Morocco. The attraction of leading opportunities enabled him to gain vast experience of trekking and travelling to the four corners of the world, with a special affiliation for Morocco, where he designed many of the original treks, so many travellers trek today.

He launched Walks Worldwide in 1998, operating and leading private walking trips and a selection of school groups around the world each year. Now he spends much of his time managing all aspects of the business from our spacious head offices in the heart of Ingleton.

Mike has keenly developed the Family and Schools Expedition business, and as a traveller, father and an ex-teacher is well qualified to do so and, despite family and office commitments, still dons his boots with a group in tow.

Nick Joynes - Manager

Nick spent six years working in news, music and documentary television production, before his yearning for new horizons lead him through Africa, where he trekked through the great National Parks, worked on a Swazi Game Reserve and fell in love with Namibia. He then continued to travel through Australasia before reaching the jungles of South East Asia and returning to the UK in 2001 when he redirected his career into the Travel Industry.

Specialising in youth travel, Nick spent two years working for an expedition company, developing itineraries that took him to Belize, Namibia, Venezuela and Zambia, before joining the Worldwide Group in 2005 where he has since added Morocco, Iceland and several eastern European destinations to his professional first hand country knowledge.

Nick is constantly in search of new travel opportunities that can be developed into meaningful adventures for young people and his passion for discovery and learning through overseas travel continues to be his main impetus for travelling.

Sarah Harper - Development Manager

Sarah has had a passion for travel and for the natural environment from a young age and spent a lot of her childhood poring over atlases, watching wildlife documentaries and foraging in rock pools in Devon and Cornwall. After spending some time volunteering on wildlife and community projects in Belize, she went on to study Zoology at University and followed that with a Masters degree in Biodiversity and Conservation. Upon finishing her studies, Sarah worked with various agencies to research and monitor threatened British fish and bumblebee species, during which time she also supervised a biology field trip to Southern Spain and taught arthropod taxonomy.

Following an inspiring trip to Africa, which took her through Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, she returned to the UK to work for a gap year company specializing in wildlife placements to Southern Africa. Sarah believes that combining travel and education is a fantastic way to inspire young people to make a difference in their world..

Camilla Bayford - Operations Assistant

Camilla's childhood dream was to be an explorer and raft from the source of the Amazon River to the sea, so when at school she was offered the chance to join an expedition to Brazil she jumped at the chance and has never looked back. Since then she has volunteered and travelled extensively in Latin America exploring countries including Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. By making use of university holidays she was also able to visit China and Southeast Asia whilst studying Geology and later again when studying her Masters degree in Geophysical Hazards.

Camilla was able to apply this vast knowledge to become a Geography Teacher for a secondary school where she also helped run the Duke of Edinburgh Award. It was during this time that she saw the most development in her students and so became more determined to provide opportunities for outdoor learning with young people. Having successfully achieved her Mountain Leader Award Camilla joined a three month expedition to Costa Rica and Nicaragua, where she lead trekking groups of young people and project managed community and environmental projects.

Having been a teacher, expedition leader and participant Camilla's experiences have convinced her of the positive effects that experiencing challenging environments and different cultures can have on young people.

Kirsty Brien - Technical Advisor

Kirsty has been a keen traveller since the age of 16 when she headed out to the Norwegian arctic. Having found her love for adventure travel in these cold climates, Kirsty then travelled to Canada where she spent a year in the Rocky Mountains driving snowmobiles and exploring the landscape on foot. Upon returning to the UK she completed her Summer Mountain Leader Award, Single Pitch Award and Mountain Bike Leader Award, she has trained in Winter Mountain Leader skills and successfully completed her International Mountain Leader Award in 2008.

Kirsty has lectured at Hull University in Sports & Adventure Management, has been a full-time UK Outdoor instructor for a UK school and various outdoor centres and has been leading overseas expeditions since 2002. She has worked for several UK travel companies and taken groups to destinations as diverse as Mongolia, Namibia the Himalayas, Morocco, Ecuador, Peru, Iceland and Tanzania. Her current personal goal is to summit the highest peak in every European county (there's more than you think!) and when not travelling she is a keen runner, climber, surfer, gardener and walker of her dog!