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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
The medieval city of Rhodes.

Beautiful islands, lost cities and wonders: Three continents in a week

This cruise captures the imagination like few other adventures and all in just seven days.

  • Steve McKenna
The water’s edge is common place for flamingos and water buffalo to congregate.

I booked a safari on the cheap, then my plans unravelled

Short on time and money, I did a safari on a shoestring. It was both frustrating and profound.

  • Kurt Johnson
You’ll find boabs everywhere in Madagascar, but this avenue near Morondava is iconic.

This remarkable place feels like another planet, or another dimension

Spiky forests, dancing lemurs, giraffe weevils – no matter how many Attenborough documentaries you’ve seen, nothing prepares you for the real thing.

  • David McGonigal
Buying that huge souvenir might seem like a good idea at the time …

I’m a sucker for tacky travel buys. But I went too far with this purchase

Souvenirs can remind you of the place you’ve visited, and also why buying them is not always a good idea.

  • Mark Daffey
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Resolute Mining chief executive Terry Holohan is detained in a hotel in Bamako.

Aussie gold miner faces $250m demand from Mali as CEO detained

Mali is demanding Resolute Mining pay up to resolve a tax dispute after its government detained the gold miner’s chief executive, according to people familiar with the matter.

  • William Clowes and Katarina Höije
After years of delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum has finally opened its doors.

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.

  • Chris Leadbeater
Hopes are now high that IVF may help save the species.

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.

  • Sue Williams
Church of St George … Lailabela’s rock-hewn churches ought to be as famous as Petra in Jordan.

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...

  • Ben Groundwater

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