50 secrets about Botswana

Expedition in the marsh

In this striking photograph by Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti, a

Spacial awareness

When British astronaut Major Tim Peake returned from six months

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In the first of a new series of blog posts,

Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains

“My appetite for wildlife has taken me into the beautiful

Preserving culture

The destruction of heritage sites is hardly a new phenomenon

Fifty years free

In 1968 I worked on a film with a young

Calendar

It’s that time of year again, when more than a

5 'Kidyllic' hideaways in East Africa

With proper planning, young children can enjoy exploring Africa just

Black rhino on foot

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Letter - Road to Imelghas

There are no buses to Imelghas, so we squeeze into

Journal - Inner beauty

A part from the Kairaouine Mosque and University, all the

Onwards and upwards

As everyone knows, air links are the lifeblood of modern

Flavours of Africa

It isn’t surprising that the world’s second-largest continent is home

AWF - Counting cheetahs

A new study has criticised current estimates of the number

Opinion - High-tech conservation

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Wildfile - Silent assassins

The appeal of owls reaches well beyond birders. Something about

A wild life

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AWF - A promising landscape

Cameroon has often been called “Africa in miniature” because it

View with a room

Elewana’s latest stroke of genius is to design comfortable, handcrafted

Thorntree

Camp Okavango, Okavango Delta Relaunched in April, this intimate camp

News on the bushwire

On 30 April, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to

Ask the trade

Q I’m an experienced traveller to Africa, and I am

Is Tunisia safe?

Tunisia has so much to offer, but the security situation

The inside track on Nairobi National Park

Few evenings have been so poignant to me as those

Book worms

Welcome to the Travel Africa Book Club, a valued resource

Five great reads

This epic adventure novel is based on the great explorer

Riding in the Pearl of Africa

I am galloping across a wide-open valley in Lake Mburu

In among the Samburu

The days take on a leisurely rhythm all of their

What lies beneath

Hovering in the warm, clear water of Lake Malawi, we

Portraits of Addis Ababa

The old man in a dapper jacket and sunglasses watches

Sea of salt and soda

HE AIR SEEMS HOTTER AND DRIER WITH every passing minute

Pride of place

The earliest recorded depictions of lions were painted on the

The calm after the safari

A landscape can look utterly magnificent in a tempest, and

Anything but plain

In the afternoon heat we found Lady resting in the

A great white place

As the sky purpled into evening, we drew up alongside

Blooming dales

A box of M&Ms, a Pixar movie, a dazzling paint

Why Guinea-Bissau?

Guinea-Bissau, a Switzerland-sized republic squeezed between Senegal and Guinea in

The lonely snow leopard

ASH, YOU HAVE ORGANISED AND COMPLETED SOME INCREDIBLE EXPEDITIONS. CAN

Parting shot

“I was drawn to this bicycle rental shop in the