Graham Jackson

Graham Jackson was born in Lesotho in Southern Africa. From age six he started racing motocross, as well as helping his father design, build and race off-road buggies. At age 10, Graham completed his first safari across the Kalahari in a Range Rover with his family. That trip planted the seed for Graham’s lifelong obsession with deserts and off-road vehicles.

In 2004, Graham and his wife led a 30,000-mile overland adventure from London to Cape Town, which, arguably, was a key inspiration for the launch of the Overland Industry in the USA and formed the feature story in the first edition of Overland Journal. He spent several years as Overland Journal’s gear editor and has written for Outdoor X4, Land Rover Owner International magazine and Exploring Overland’s online blog. He also contributed to two of Chis Scott’s books: Overlanders’ Handbook and Sahara Overland as well as Tom Sheppard’s Vehicle Dependant Expedition Guide.

 Graham has run and guided expeditions in Africa, Australia, South America, the American West, Mexico and Central America, and trained in the US, Central America and Africa. He is recognized as one of the premier Overland trainers in the world, started Overland Training and was co-owner of 7P Overland. He was Director of Training for Overland Expo for its first decade, helping develop it into the premier overland show in the world.

Now Graham is an expedition film maker and his first film premiered in 2023. He started Graham Jackson’ Overland Passage in 2024 as a repository and umbrella company for all his content creation.

 A scientist by trade and an explorer by passion, Graham has been combining both for three decades as a guide, instructor and expedition leader. Graham specializes in expeditions in the deserts of Southern Africa, where he grew up, and in the jungles of Central America.

 Graham is a member national of the Explorers Club, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa. He holds an NPTC assessor’s certification for off-road driver and recovery training.