Simon Reeve is an adventurer and bestselling author who has travelled extensively through more than 110 countries, across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most dangerous and remote regions of the world. He is the presenter of the acclaimed BBC TV series Indian Ocean and has circled the planet three times for the BBC TV series Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. On his travels Simon has braved frontline conflict, hunted with the Bushmen of the Kalahari, survived malaria, walked through minefields, been taught to fish by the President of Moldova, adopted by former headhunters, and detained for spying by the KGB.
His TV adventures have been broadcast in dozens of countries, enthralling millions. He Is a New York Times bestselling author, and has been awarded a One World Broadcasting Trust award for an "outstanding contribution to greater world understanding" and the Ness Award by the Royal Geographical Society.