For a decade, Ian Bartlett worked where Africa’s rivers kill people.

As a licensed professional crocodile hunter, Bartlett was called in when man-eating crocodiles terrorised villages along the rivers of southern Africa. These were not sport hunts. They were dangerous-game control operations, carried out at night, at close range, where a single mistake could mean death.

This is a true hunting memoir, told by the man who did the work.

Memoirs of a Real Crocodile Hunter is a first-hand account of crocodile hunting in Africa, drawing listeners deep into the wild river systems of Malawi and the wider southern African region. Bartlett describes real encounters with problem crocodiles, human fatalities, and the responsibility carried by those tasked with stopping predators that have learned to hunt people.

Unlike fictional thrillers or embellished safari stories, this book delivers authentic dangerous-game hunting, written with the calm authority of lived experience. What sets this African adventure book apart is its honesty. As noted by the Double Rifle Society, Bartlett’s storytelling has the rare authenticity of a true professional—placing him alongside the great African hunting writers such as Robert Ruark and Peter Hathaway Capstick.

Beyond the hunts themselves, the book explores African river life, local knowledge, myth, and the communities that live daily with some of the world’s most feared predators. With his trusted companions Tilly and Mfumu, Bartlett brings Africa’s rivers, people, and dangers vividly to life.

If you enjoy true stories of danger, authentic hunting memoirs, and African adventure non-fiction, then download Memoirs of a Real Crocodile Hunter.