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My Botswana
Who are Batswana? What makes them tick? By Lauri Kubuitsile, picture credit Lucian Coman, Shutterstock There’s a myth in the village where I live that my husband, a boxer who was in the first group of Batswana to attend...
The Lion Defenders of Ruaha
Across Africa, as around the world, wildlife reserves face growing pressure from issues such as expanding human populations and poaching. A considerable amount of work takes place in the background to find sustainable solutions that safeguard the natural environment...
Cumulative effect
From clear blue waters and idyllic beaches to rolling hills and mopane forest, to Big 5 game parks and pristine wilderness, to perhaps the most welcoming people on the continent and a resurgent wildlife population, Malawi is fast becoming...
The anatomy of a bush camp
I made a calamitous mistake at Bilimungwe bush camp. Failing to close my chalet door firmly as I went for lunch, some mischievous baboons entered. They ripped the mosquito net, ate the soap and tossed a cushion into the...
South Africa’s top private reserves
The quarter century since the democratic elections of 1994 has witnessed a remarkable blossoming of private reserves in South Africa. Most famous, and justifiably so, is the cluster of five-star ‘Big Five’ properties — Londolozi, Sabi Sabi, Singita and...
The Phoenix has risen
Over recent years several well-travelled, highly experienced safari operators and guides have told us that visiting Zakouma National Park in Chad was possibly the best wilderness experience they had had. And this from people who have spent time in...
Tanzania’s northern safari circuit
Northern Tanzania may be laden with safari treasure, but finding the best way to take it all in requires some know-how. Fear not: we’ve asked Philip Briggs, author of many Bradt guides to Africa including, Tanzania, Northern Tanzania and...
What is it really like to climb Dune 45 at Sossusvlei?
Laura Birtles travelled to Namibia’s far-flung south-west to find out Five million years ago, iron oxide was swept from the Orange River in the Kalahari towards the ocean, forming the magnificent rust-red dunes of Sossusvlei. Lying deep in the...
Into Mana Pools with John Stevens
Experienced safarigoer and travel writer Brian Jackman ventures into Zimbabwe’s renowned Mana Pools National Park Separated from Zambia by the Zambezi River, Mana Pools is the most beautiful national park in Zimbabwe. Some people, including John Stevens, the country’s...
Dogged work in Garamba
In so many ways, Garamba represents the challenge for conservationists: arguably one of Africa’s most beautiful and vast national parks, it faces enormous pressure from human activity. Sara White made the journey to visit the K9 programme helping to...
50 Reasons to visit KwaZulu-Natal
Rising from its 800km of Indian Ocean coastline to the formidable 3000m-high escarpment of the uKhahlamba-Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is the most ecologically diverse of South Africa’s nine provinces. It also boasts a thrillingly varied array of tourist attractions in...
South Africa think different
For many travellers – even those who might not have been there – South Africa feels reassuringly familiar, like an old friend we have long known. Yet it is far from ordinary. To understand it better, and to look...
Lower Zambezi Valley
On the Zambian side, by extending the amount of land under protection, there’s more space for lodges to spread out along the bank of the Zambezi. This guide is part of a wider article on accommodation options in the...
Dream catchers
Our accommodation guide to help you find the pick of the pillows in one of Africa’s most remarkable wildlife regions: the Lower Zambezi Valley. This guide is part of a wider article which appears in the print edition of...
High-octane Uganda
Just as Victoria Falls is known as the adventure capital of southern Africa, the same can be said for East Africa of Jinja. If you’re looking for some action on your holiday, the Pearl of Africa is a magnet...
My 13 favourite family travel hot spots
Best of South Africa Travel expert Ash Jarvis shares the hotels and lodges she returns to with her kids whenever they return to South Africa. The One&Only, Cape Town It’s a larger hotel than I would usually choose, but...
The best park you’ve never heard of
If you’re the sort of safari-goer that loves the solitude of being in the bush, with all the right wildlife but without too many tourists around, then we have just the spot for you – and it’s perfectly placed...
Meet the Nkosis
A new initiative in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve is enabling guests to experience what it is really like to live in a rural Zulu household. Ann and Steve Toon paid a visit. Mam Nkosi is dashing from her...
12 images that will change your perception of Angola
A glimpse at the tourism potential of this unexplored country Jason Clendenen’s love affair with Africa began years ago working as a teacher with the Peace Corps in a remote town in eastern Cameroon. More recently,...
The hills are alive
Why your Tanzania itinerary should include the Usambara mountains An oasis of cool (in both senses of the word) in northeast Tanzania, the Usambaras form part of the ancient Eastern Arc chain of mountains that run in a broken...
