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An exclusive first look at Botswana’s grand new safari camp — a spectacular monument to a travel industry tycoon
A trickle of lucky tourists are returning for a socially distanced audience with the great apes
The pandemic has stalled tourism across the world. But in Africa the situation is profoundly precarious. When will we be able to go back? And, crucially, what will be the right way to do so?
Journeying to the spectacular desert heart of a long-troubled state
In our new series, travel writers tell the story of a distant place they love and long — one day — to revisit
Dunes, lagoons and walled towns rich with echoes of explorers and pirates
The country boasts a wealth of little-visited Roman ruins and Ottoman palaces
From the snows of Svalbard to Brexit Britain, travel experts pick their hottest destinations
Barren landscapes, verdant oases and a glimpse of an ancient nomadic way of life
From its museum to its hotel names and cuisine, three decades since independence, the German influence remains strong
How Chinese investment in a road ‘changed everything’
Away from the fertile safari parks, a newly launched trip takes visitors through Kenya’s desolate, dramatic, far north
A chic version of the traditional ‘dahabiya’ takes passengers to parts the cruise ships can’t reach
Tech entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth is funding a new future for Príncipe
On Cosmoledo — a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the Seychelles — a pioneering eco-camp is welcoming well-heeled castaways
Lavish new camps are opening across the diminutive but astonishingly diverse nation
Whale watching from the shore in South Africa, an off-grid retreat on Lake Malawi, white sands in the Seychelles — and much more
By helicopter, speedboat, dugout canoe and on foot, Mike Carter traverses Botswana’s magical inland delta
Tracking elephants, tagging birds and de-horning rhinos — in South Africa’s Phinda Reserve, tourists get a glimpse of life as a ranger
In the 1960s, a pioneering conservationist began sending rescued animals to a remote island sanctuary. Now tourists can join them
Graham Boynton and his daughter head back to his homeland to find abundant wildlife, laidback charm and cautious optimism for the year ahead
Amid the watery labyrinth of the Okavango Delta, a mobile safari offers encounters with nature at its most beautiful and bizarre
A drive along the upper reaches of the river takes in history, nature — and some serious rafting
Seven years after its revolution, the country is luring visitors back with desert settlements and a diverse history
Somewhere between a village fete, Badminton Horse Trials and the Burning Man festival is the ‘moussem’ of Had Draa
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