This year we're welcoming the tourist boards of two brilliant big cat destinations as sponsors of our festival. Zambia Tourism's purpose is to raise awareness of Zambia's many attractions - including its plethora of big cats!

This year we're welcoming the tourist boards of two brilliant big cat destinations as sponsors of our festival. The first, Tourism Uganda, shows us why there's far more to the country's wildlife than gorillas. 

Returning to sponsor our Big Cat Festival for a second year, the Cheetah Conservation Fund will be sharing insights into their work protecting cheetahs at our panel discussion alongside their patron HRH Princess Michael of Kent. 

We're really pleased to be joined at the Big Cat Festival by Tania Esteban who has worked on natural history documentaries at the BBC, including Big Cats. Tania will be tellng us how to get into wildlife film-making in the Education Centre, and giving us tales from behind the scenes at a Big Cat Shoot onstage in the Ondaatje Theatre.

AfriCat (which stands for a free cat) is a research, education and conservation charity based in Namibia. They loved our first Big Cat event so much they just had to become sponsors for 2019!

Our inaugural Photographer of the Month is Paul Goldstein, who'll be sharing even more of his snaps at the Big Cat Festival on 13 April!

Nothing raises the pulse quite like seeing a big cat stalking through the grass. Exodus – lead sponsor of Bradt’s Big Cat Festival  has been creating small group big cat adventures for over 45 years. Here they share six of their favourite tours for spotting big cats.

2018 saw the publication of John Rendall and Derek Cattani's Christian the Lion: The Illustrated Legacy. At this years Big Cat Festival they'll be talking to Adrian Phillips about Christian's story, and will introduce us to some of the never before seen photos available in the book.