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Try not to overpack.

Forget the pith helmet: What you really need to pack for a safari

Pack light, follow the lead of guides, wear muted colours, expect extremes and take a first-aid kit.

  • Catherine Marshall

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Up close with elephants.

This safari offers a daring level of immersion, without the truck scrums

A hippo smacks her lips grazing three metres from my tent at 3am. At campfire breakfast, a leopard breezily strides past.

  • Steve Madgwick
Couple sitting on blanket on the waters edge at Copperfield Gorge.

I did an epic outback road trip without a four-wheel drive (or a tent)

If you’ve never visited Australia’s great outback before, this is the place to do it.

  • Emily McAuliffe
Shanghai is a raucous trade city noted for its art deco Bund or river promenade.

Cheap flights and no visas required: Why we’re flocking back to China

Yes, relations have been fraught, but now this spectacular destination is putting out the welcome mat again.

  • Brian Johnston
Ice landings are among the rarest things you can experience in Antarctica.

Fleeting and surreal, this might be Antarctica’s rarest experience

You’ve heard of a dry landing and a wet landing. But what about an ice landing?

  • Jenny Hewett
Cruising the Nile with Viking is a bucket-list moment.

Twelve things that will surprise you about a Nile cruise

Reckon the Middle East is a no-go zone for tourists right now? Think again. The sights along Egypt’s lifeblood will amaze even the most seasoned traveller.

  • Steve McKenna
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FitzSimons setting off on his adventure.

Shelter from the storm of Africa

At the southern Italian port of Brindisi, I bought a map of Africa and set off on the trip of my life, which felt like a long-running Bob Dylan song.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Polar snorkelling is one of the most unique ways to experience Antarctica.

I broke one of the first rules of visiting the Antarctic

Polar snorkelling is a unique way to experience the White Continent. But something doesn’t feel right this morning.

  • Jenny Hewett
A history lesson while hanging 1700 metres off the side of Mount Buller.

No climbing experience needed for Australia’s first ‘vertical playground’

Hanging 1700 metres off Mount Buller, novices can now enjoy an Italian-inspired climb that brings a whole new perspective to sightseeing.

  • Justin Meneguzzi
Wentworth Falls from Fletchers Lookout.

I took on the Blue Mountains’ new cliff walk, unfit and underprepared

Three hundred metres in, I’m already bleeding. My tentative return to multi-day hiking hasn’t started well.

  • Shaney Hudson

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