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Mantis Founders Lodge, South Africa.

Traveller Awards: 10 leaders in protecting the planet

From staying in an upcycled train carriage to signing a tourist pledge, these nations and operators prove there’s no single approach for protecting the planet.

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Vumbura Plains camp: Wildlife freely come and go from this lagoon.

A place where water is more valuable than diamonds

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

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The decor of Okahirongo Elephant Lodge creatively infuses elements of the wilderness surrounds.

10 days, three lodges, three countries and nature’s wonders

While gourmet meals, luxury accommodation and passionate guides are as consistent as the sun, each lodge in this 10-day safari delivers stellar moments.

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Ikuka Safari Camp, Ruaha National Park.

It’s an (expensive) bucket-list item. Here’s how to do it on a budget

Good safaris are never cheap, but choose wisely and it’s possible to have an incredible experience without breaking the bank.

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The rare black leopard of Laikipia.

Spotting the rare black leopard in Kenya

Trailing a headline-making cat, Uganda’s chimps, Botswana’s wildlife jackpot: Africa’s travel hits from Good Weekend’s 2023 Dream Destinations issue.

  • Ute Junker and Catherine Marshall
Seafront scenery in the Mediterranean village Pucisca on the island of Brac, Croatia.

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De Beers is the world’s no.1 diamond miner but

The race to find the world’s biggest diamonds faces a shake-up

A push to change the way that diamonds are sold is threatening the industry’s biggest company.

  • Antony Sguazzin
People line up to get on an overseas flight at the International Airport in Johannesburg.

Government introduces bans on Africa travel over new COVID variant

Epidemiologists urge action as the Omicron variant has prompted a number of countries to close their borders to southern Africa.

  • James Massola, Latika Bourke and Sally Rawsthorne
African elephants socialise along the Boteti River in Botswana, where numbers have swelled in recent years.

Botswana to send 'refugee' elephants home to ancestral lands

Thousands of elephant families, many of them refugees from decades of warfare, will be encouraged to trek north to their ancestral homelands in Angola.

  • Peta Thornycroft
Elephants are a big tourist drawcard in Botswana, but overpopulation is now causing problems.

Why Botswana wants Angola's exiled elephants to return home

Botswana may have found a solution to its elephant overpopulation: it's going to encourage some of them to emigrate.

  • Mbongeni Mguni

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