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The best travel writing captures the heart and the imagination. The author’s ability to conjure up a sense of place leaves us longing to go there. If you wept over the dust-pale sunsets and sheer romance of Out of...

When Kenyan ranger Edward Ndiritu recently received the first ever Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award we thought it was a good opportunity to highlight the work rangers do. Natasha Breed followed the story Growing up in the small town of Naro...

Botswana wildlife guide Neo Canah Moatshe tells Rose Gamble what it’s like to be part of Africa’s first all-female guiding team, known as the ‘Chobe Angels’ What was your childhood like? I grew up in a village called Molepolole in...

(Issue 72, Autumn 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 great African books Long-time subscriber to this magazine and Africa enthusiast John Dennis picks his five favourite reads 1 The African Safari, by P Jay Fetner...

(Issue 72, Autumn 2015) Terra d'Africa By Jacqueline De Monte and Valentino Morgante (Daniele Marson Editore, hardback, ISBN: 978-8897123125) It’s easy to become slightly blasé about wildlife photography. The myriad pictures strewn across the Internet lessen the impact of what...

Conservationist Saba Douglas-Hamilton stars in a new TV series that highlights her life in a safari camp and the issues that have been central to her family’s work for decades. She caught up with Laura Griffith-Jones What was your childhood...

(Issue 71, Summer 2015) The Impossible Five: In Search of South Africa’s Most Elusive Animals By Justin Fox, (Tafelberg, Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-920434-94-6) *Please be aware that this book is only available in Southern Africa at present* Most people go on...

(Issue 71, Summer 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 recommended African reads Biologist, former tour leader and Africa enthusiast Erik van de Ven picks his favourite books 1 Solitaire, by Ton van der Lee Dutch...

(Issue 70, Spring 2015) Books that have caught our eye this season: 5 Inspirational African Books Patrick Brakspear of Brisbane-based African Encounter, shares his favourite pioneer stories. Each of the people featured is a legendary figure in wildlife conservation...

(Issue 70, Spring 2015) Insider’s Guide: How and where to photograph Birds in Southern Africa By Isak Pretorius, (Jacana books, 140mm wide x 210mm tall, 380 pages) The first thing the reader of any photography guidebook looks for is evidence...

(Issue 69, Winter 2014) Legendary Safari Guides By Susie Cazenove  (Bookstorm, Paperback, 352 pp, ISBN: 978-1-920434-94-6) As editor of Travel Africa, readers often ask me for ideas to help them plan their safari. One can have a lot of fun...

(Issue 68, Autumn 2014) Books that have caught our eye this season: The one to read The Irresponsible Traveller: Tales of Scrapes and Narrow Escapes (Bradt Travel Guides) What happens when 40 of our most loved and adventurous travellers...

(Issue 68, Autumn 2014) Dave Southwood - guide and Africana collector, selects his favourite reads. 1 Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa William J Burchell, 1824 Naturalist Burchell invested his inheritance in travel, collecting over 50,000 specimens on...

(Issue 67, Summer 2014) Books that have caught our eye this season: Travel books Savannah Diaries By Brian Jackman (Bradt) Africa oozes from every page, Jackman’s exquisite writing bringing to life the sights, smells and sounds of the Africa he...

  (Issue 67, Summer 2014) The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small and Why They Matter By Richard Girling (Chatto & Windus) Hardback, 312 pages, ISBN 978-0-701-18715-6). The clue to the broad thrust of Richard Girling’s...

(Issue 67, Summer 2014) The travel writer and natural history and guide book author selects his favourite reads. Savage Paradise (Hugo Van Lawick, 1977) This fabulous early portrait of the Serengeti was the first coffee-table collection of African wildlife...