Bio
Joe Dawson is a South African wildlife reserve operator and conservationist best known for appearing on the SABC3 docu-reality travel series The Ride.
Educated in England, Joe returned to live in the Midlands of his native KwaZulu-Natal. He joined Barry Armitage on the team developing the Dalton Private Reserve, where the two, already related through marriage, developed a bond and mutual reliance that stood them in good stead when undertaking The Ride.
Cool under pressure, a passionate conservationist and horseman, fluent isiZulu speaker and always circumspect about an adventure, Joe runs the Dalton Private Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, where he lives with his three children.