Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas was born in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1950. At age 17 he joined the Department of National Parks & Wildlife Management as a cadet game ranger. Following 6 years service he left the department and became a founder member of the Selous Scouts counter insurgency unit. After 3 years as an operational combat NCO, he transferred to the unit's Training Wing as a counterinsurgency instructor. Upon leaving the Rhodesian Army he turned to a full time professional hunting and safari guiding career. Kevin has guided safaris across most of southern Africa, and in 1993 he began to write for various African & UK hunting magazines, in addition he has authored three books, with a fourth being a work in progress. At the end of 2013 he retired from the safari industry and he and his wife Brenda relocated to the UK. They currently live on their 60' narrowboat where Kevin continues to write, and pursue his photography hobby.