• Adventure holidays

Kunta Kinteh Island, The Gambia: The island where a whole, terrifying history is about to be lost

So diminished is it, the river will soon swallow its remains, taking ruins and baobabs and people's stories with it.

• Catherine Marshall

• Senegal

Cruise West Africa: A Peregrine river cruise offers amazing insights into the history of slavery

"This is going to be your best cruise ever," says our guide. "Because you're in West Africa, the happy place."

• Catherine Marshall

• South Africa

Cuddles with killers, if you dare

Why let a fence get between you and some of the world's fiercest creatures, writes David Whitley.