Ysbrand Brouwers

Founder and artistic director of Wildlife Art Promotion, (WAP) since 1978 and Artists for Nature Foundation, (ANF) since 1990. With ANF he has organised 13 conservation projects in 16 years world wide, resulted in numerous exhibitions in Europe and the USA .. 11 project books including a popular book on India called Tigers and 4 project videos have been published and released ever since. ANF has worked together with over 130 artists from more than 25 countries in collaboration with organisations like WWF, Bird life International, The Wildlife Trust, Clean Water Alliance, Glasgow Museums and Galleries, And Bosques Sin Fronteras. http://www.artistsfornature.com /. He is keen birder, photographer, art collector gardener, and a cook who tries to subsist from the land as much as he can.

Dr. Manuela Seifert

Is Biologist grew up in South America and lived for a long time in Switzerland . There she studied biology and was trained as a field ornithologist and excursion guide. From 1992 until 2000 she directed a Conservation and Environmental Education Centre near the Nature Park Monfragüe, Extremadura/Spain. She has been guiding trips to South and Central America , Europe , Africa and India since 1985. Since 2000 she is scientific director of ANF, and head of the ANF environmental education program. http://www.artistsfornature.com / .

Vivek M Sharma

Naturalist and a passionate tiger conservationist, he heads the ANF tiger conservation Program in Kanha & Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves which involves working with local schools to generate wildlife awareness. Actively involved in in-depth monitoring of Tiger movements in Kanha & Bandhavgarh , Vivek interacts constantly with traditional cattle herders and villagers in order to find methods of reducing conflict between Tiger and people. His photographic work has been published in BBC wildlife publications ( www.tigergallery.org ). He has survived many close encounters with tigers - my encounters in the wild . Vivek will share his passion for wildlife and his experiences of living in Tiger Reserve.

Jennifer Buxton

After painting portraits in Miniature for thirty years, Jennifer returned to her first love and today concentrates on larger portraits of animals, especially Tigers. A voracious reader of any book on the Indian jungles from an early age and painting any tiger she found in Zoos on her travels, she managed at last to go to India in the hope of seeing a tiger in his true habitat. A stroke of luck, she and her husband Vic were sent to Vivek Sharma at Bandhavgarh. His first discourse on the behaviour of wild tigers started a learning process which has turned a academic knowledge into a gradually increasing, deeper understanding of the way some tigers live and behave amongst themselves. Ma ny sightings have been close encounters with few other visitors around. She has become fascinated by the different characters of the tigers at Bandhavgarh and her paintings are inspired by her memories of special moments which she has shared with Vivek and Rekha in the jungle she loves. Prints of her paintings are sold in aid of children in villages close to the Tiger Reserve. Jennifer talks publicly to interested groups and clubs and sells prints on these occasions. Supplies of these prints are available at the Tigerexpedition's offices. Jennifer shares with Vivek his passion for the tigers and forests of India and hopes to help to save both from the encroachments of business interests and from the threat of poaching. The jungles are too important as the sources of rivers of the Indian subcontinent and without the tiger the jungles would be lost in the future and water supplies would be threatened. Jennifer is glad to help Vivek and Rekha in their mission to save both jungle and tiger. Jennifer email is - jennifer@tigerexpeditions.com.  

Rich Thomas & Cheryl Herrington

Part time photographer Rich and his partner Cheryl are passionate about wildlife and travel. They are based in the UK, have travelled extensively and in recent years have spent many weeks in India in search of and watching Indian wildlife. During these trips Rich & Cheryl have made many friends and have had many wonderful and intimate sightings of one of the world's most beautiful animals, the Royal Bengal Tiger. Although it may seem that they have become addicted to watching tigers they will tell you that India and its wildlife has much more to offer. On their escorted trips Rich & Cheryl will share their experiences and knowledge of India , its wildlife, culture and cuisine with their guests. Rich will also offer photographic hints and tips and is always happy to show some of his images. Rich has an ever growing library of photographic images some of which you can see on his web-site, and is currently working on a book project on Bandhavgarh.

Sandip Chaudhuri

The only 'amateur naturalist' in our team Sandip has always been fascinated by the wild from a very young age. As head of Tigerexpedition projects he oversees the workings of the group from Calcutta and is closely associated with Vivek and Rekha in all projects undertaken by the organisation, he does bring the 'corporate-professional' touch to an organisation devoted to the conservation of the wild. Born and brought up in the tea estates of North Bengal he has observed wild life at close quarters from a very young age and has the unique experience of having played with a Leopard cub as a child, tearfully having to give it up to a zoo in India . Having grown up with 23 chickens, 6 rabbits, 4 swans, 3 ducks, 8 cows, one goat, a tortoise and 3 dogs Sandip's wild streak has never left him. A Marketing & Communication specialist by profession, Sandip is fiercely passionate about conservation of the Indian forests and is intensely passionate about the Big four in India - Tigers, Rhinos, Elephants and the Asiatic Lion Over the years Sandip has visited most of the National Parks in the country with Bandhavgarh, Kanha and Nagerhole (Kabini) being his favourite. His most cherished moments have been when 3 elephants (2 adults + a calf) charged their vehicle at Nagerhole National Park; having spent a whole hour watching a tigress and her 3 cubs play at a waterhole at Bandhavgarh and following another tigress and her two cubs for a full 3 hours at the same aforementioned Park. A keen amateur photographer Sandip today has written numerous articles and speaks at various forums on the importance of conservation of the Indian jungles and its animals, especially the Royal Bengal Tiger. Tigers are his 'pet' subject and he can carry on speaking to you about them hours on end.