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Africa

African safari.

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
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
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
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
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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
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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