Africa
The world’s most anticipated museum just opened without warning
It is the world’s largest archaeological museum, built at an estimated cost of more than $1.5 billion, and it’s 11 years late.
- by Chris Leadbeater
Seeing the world’s loneliest animal moved me to tears. Now there’s hope
The northern white rhino is on the brink of extinction. But a laboratory in Germany may now have the means to save them.
- by Sue Williams
Opinion
Opinion
Being stuck in a small medieval town was a novelty. Until it wasn’t
It’s kind of fun, the first day you get stranded overseas. The next day we wait for the plane again, and realise we’re stuck again. And again...
- by Ben Groundwater
Port guide: Aswan, Egypt
This ancient trading city on the Nile is the most wonderfully scenic of all Egypt’s riverside towns, with plenty of energy and attitude to match.
- by Brian Johnston
Forget the US: This is one of the greatest road trips you can ever do
Africa isn’t the location that always springs to mind for a car journey, but it’s one that will provide endless adventures and memories.
- by Ben Groundwater
This spine-chilling river safari is why some of us come to Africa
We’re not here for the fang-and-claw dramas of the savannah, but to feel the majesty of the world’s second-largest tropical rainforest.
- by Michael Gebicki
Aussies are flocking to the real-life inspiration for a Disney hit
More than 30 years ago the chair of Walt Disney Studios went on a safari and the impact of that trip is still felt today.
- by Sue Williams
Tarzan meets Robinson Crusoe at these incredible treehouses
Now you can stay in a luxury tented suite in the treetops overlooking the Ntiakitiak River within the 150,000-hectare Masai Mara National Reserve.
- by Julietta Jameson
★★★★½
Train journeys
Africa’s first high-speed train puts Australia to shame
Morocco’s Al Boraq high-speed train provides an excellent service with international-standard facilities and operation.
- by John Borthwick
This dish is a staple of one of the world’s most underrated cuisines
Cast aside all lingering images of 1980s famine and instead concentrate on Ethiopia’s amazing array of dishes, starting with the staple shiro wat.
- by Ben Groundwater
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