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My passion for wildlife
began early

I used to smuggle roadkill into the house despite my mother's preference for flowers.

 

Jane Wilson-Howarth mother, physician, author and zoologist, is an authority on travel health. She has lived in the East for long enough to be able to say diarrhoea in nine Asian languages. So far five novels (four for children) and five of her non-fiction books have been published as well as around 300 articles on travel and health plus tales published in several anthologies.
Read more.

  • A Glimpse of Eternal Snows

  • How to Shit Around the World

  • Staying Healthy When You Travel

  • Snowfed Waters

  • Himalayan Kidnap

  • Lemurs of the Lost World

  • Your Child Abroad: a travel health guide

  • Chasing the Tiger

  • Madagascar Misadventure

  • 50 Camels and She's Yours

  • Himalayan Hostages

  • Himalayan Hideout

  • Himalayan Heist
 

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    How to Shit Around the World

    From sanitizing unhealthy water to evading disaster when consuming exotic foods, avoiding dehydration, keeping good hygiene on the road, and things you need to know about immunization, there's nothing Dr. Wilson-Howarth is afraid to discuss. A practical guide for travelers with a curious appetite, How to Shit Around the World delivers on more than just a clever title.

    Forbes magazine

    Staying Healthy When You Travel

    This book, being physically fit and properly insured will go a long way to ensuring a safe return home.

    The Independent

    Chasing the Tiger

    This is another romping Himalayan adventure. This time the boys, and their long-suffering friend Bim, end up in the high Himalayas where they encounter a family of hungry bears and even a snow leopard and much more astonishing wildlife as they wander, lost, amongst the crags and deep into terrorist territory.