Our People
  • Our Team

    Steppes Travel is made by the people who work here. Incredible holidays are made possible because of their vast travel experience and the great enthusiasm they bring to their work.

  • Our Tour Experts

    We carefully select our experts based on their knowledge, companionship and influence, ensuring that you can travel with the most knowledgeable leaders in the field.

  • Heroes and Heroines

    The people who lead the way when it comes to those things which matter to us: exploration, the environment, women’s empowerment and education.

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John Pickrell

My Expertise

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John is an award-winning science journalist and one of the world’s top fossil and palaeontology writers, who regularly contributes to publications including New Scientist, National Geographic, Nature and Scientific American. He is the former editor of Australian Geographic magazine and author of several popular science books, including Flying Dinosaurs and Weird Dinosaurs.

John has led dinosaur tours around the world, and when not writing can be found on fossil digs in Australia, Argentina and Mongolia. He studied biology at London’s Imperial College and has an MSc in taxonomy and biodiversity from the Natural History Museum.

Why Choose Steppes?

Our knowledge and expertise set us apart. So too our curiosity. It is this that drives us to create a journey that is really bespoke to you, all the while ensuring we travel and operate sustainably.

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