Africa

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Morocco’s Al Boraq high-speed train provides an excellent service with international-standard facilities and operation.

Cast aside all lingering images of 1980s famine and instead concentrate on Ethiopia’s amazing array of dishes, starting with the staple shiro wat.

Without annual floodwaters, this part of the world would be incapable of supporting life. Instead, it’s teeming with it.

Exotic Seychelles is known for not being wallet-friendly. But there are ways to sunbathe, sip on Takamaka rum and save in five easy steps.

Discover history, art and wildlife at this lesser-known South African reserve.