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Friday, 10 January, 2020

William Dalrymple on the treasures of Algeria

The country boasts a wealth of little-visited Roman ruins and Ottoman palaces

Wednesday, 1 January, 2020

Travel

Where to go in 2020: an insiders’ guide

From the snows of Svalbard to Brexit Britain, travel experts pick their hottest destinations

Friday, 20 September, 2019

Kasbahs and camels: trekking Morocco’s Mountains of Drought

Barren landscapes, verdant oases and a glimpse of an ancient nomadic way of life

Friday, 23 August, 2019

Postcard from . . . Namibia: encountering a colonial legacy

From its museum to its hotel names and cuisine, three decades since independence, the German influence remains strong

Friday, 16 August, 2019

Postcard from . . . Mozambique

How Chinese investment in a road ‘changed everything’

Friday, 5 July, 2019

Swimming in the desert: a Lake Turkana adventure

Away from the fertile safari parks, a newly launched trip takes visitors through Kenya’s desolate, dramatic, far north

Friday, 28 June, 2019

A slow boat down the Nile

A chic version of the traditional ‘dahabiya’ takes passengers to parts the cruise ships can’t reach

Friday, 14 June, 2019

On a tiny African island, a $100m experiment in sustainable tourism

Tech entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth is funding a new future for Príncipe

Friday, 7 June, 2019

A shipping container in paradise — yours for $1,900 a night

On Cosmoledo — a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the Seychelles — a pioneering eco-camp is welcoming well-heeled castaways

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Wednesday, 29 May, 2019

Rwanda’s five-star reinvention

Lavish new camps are opening across the diminutive but astonishingly diverse nation

Friday, 15 March, 2019

FT SeriesPink Sand: 50 fabulous beach holidays for 2019

Africa & Indian Ocean beach destinations

Whale watching from the shore in South Africa, an off-grid retreat on Lake Malawi, white sands in the Seychelles — and much more

Wednesday, 13 March, 2019

Water world: a journey across the Okavango

By helicopter, speedboat, dugout canoe and on foot, Mike Carter traverses Botswana’s magical inland delta

Tuesday, 19 February, 2019

Safari school: where guests train to be guides

Tracking elephants, tagging birds and de-horning rhinos — in South Africa’s Phinda Reserve, tourists get a glimpse of life as a ranger

Friday, 4 January, 2019

Island of the apes: meeting the lucky chimps of Lake Victoria

In the 1960s, a pioneering conservationist began sending rescued animals to a remote island sanctuary. Now tourists can join them

Friday, 21 December, 2018

A return to Zimbabwe

Graham Boynton and his daughter head back to his homeland to find abundant wildlife, laidback charm and cautious optimism for the year ahead

Thursday, 18 October, 2018

Travel

Botswana’s fantastic beasts and where to find them

Amid the watery labyrinth of the Okavango Delta, a mobile safari offers encounters with nature at its most beautiful and bizarre

Friday, 7 September, 2018

A family road trip along the Nile in Uganda

A drive along the upper reaches of the river takes in history, nature — and some serious rafting

Friday, 3 August, 2018

Next Act

Can Tunisia revive its tourist industry?

Seven years after its revolution, the country is luring visitors back with desert settlements and a diverse history

Friday, 20 July, 2018

Postcard from . . . Morocco

Somewhere between a village fete, Badminton Horse Trials and the Burning Man festival is the ‘moussem’ of Had Draa

Friday, 6 July, 2018

FT Best ofBest of Travel 2018

Namibia and a safari at the end of the world

As two new lodges open up the country’s remote north-west to safari-goers, Horatia Harrod goes in search of its most elusive beasts

Thursday, 28 June, 2018

Travel & leisure industry

Hospitality trade thrives on Kenya’s plains

Growing visitor dollars are being better shared with local groups

Friday, 15 June, 2018

FT Best ofBest of Travel 2018

The world until yesterday: meeting the tribes of Ethiopia’s Omo Valley

The customs and lifestyles of isolated pastoral communities have changed little in centuries. Now, they are coming under threat

Thursday, 31 May, 2018

Amid life at the oasis: exploring undiscovered Morocco

Far from the country’s more touristed corners, Alice Morrison is welcomed by the Sahrawi people in the tiny oasis of Tighmert

Friday, 18 May, 2018

Virunga national park closed to tourists

After the kidnapping of two visitors, the future of tourism in the park hangs in the balance

Monday, 14 May, 2018

How to Spend It

Immersive conservation adventures from Kenya to the Maldives

A new philanthropic travel model gives guests a role in behind-the-scenes conservation work

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