Meet Sam Bradley

Sam Bradley is Finance and Operations Director at Cookson Adventures. Growing up in South Africa, he gained guiding qualifications early and led trips throughout Southern Africa. His adventures have included close wildlife encounters in Botswana, solo paragliding flights and scuba diving with ragged-tooth sharks.

Sam has also written extensively about travel for publications including Wanderlust, The Sunday Times in South Africa, Family Traveller and Tempus Magazine. He joined Cookson Adventures in 2018 and has helped deliver ambitious private journeys including family adventures in Bhutan, conservation trips in Kenya and private-lodge escapes in Norway.

For Destination Unlocked, Sam shares his experience of flying from Cape Town into inland Antarctica, staying at Ultima Oasis Camp, visiting emperor penguins and exploring extraordinary blue ice caves.