Author profile

Sophie Ibbotson is an explorer, writer, and development consultant specialising in emerging destinations and post-conflict zones. She read Oriental Studies at Clare College, Cambridge, and has a particular interest in Central Asia, where she has worked since 2008. She is the founder of tourism and cultural heritage consultancy firm Maximum Exposure; a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University’s Changing Character of War Centre; and Chairman of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. Ibbotson is also the author of six Bradt travel guides, and has written for publications such as Wanderlust, National Geographic, and The Telegraph.