Travel Africa

“When you get back from the desert, you must come into my shop,” says Ibrahim. “Sure,” I reply, not really intending to. But on returning to M'Hamid, the village that lies at the end of the road before the sand takes over, I can't resist the charming

What impact have you had in the safari world, and how has a safari had an impact on you? November 25 is World Safari Day – an initiative conceived by African Bush Camps’ founder Beks Ndlovu in 2020 — and this year the campaign is encouraging travelle

UNESCO has added six African sites to the 98 already on its World Heritage list. For a different perspective, why not include one or more of these on your next trip to the world's most exciting continent? Travel to the steep escarpments of the Ethiop

Wildlife can be anywhere. Scan the horizon — you might spy a distant giraffe. Equally, check your immediate vicinity: it's easy to overlook a roadside chameleon. Not just for a better view of wildlife but also to find it. Whenever you stop, scan meth

Legend has it that when South African statesman Paul Kruger fell out with any of his awkward political chums, they were despatched in no short order to a farm on the barely hospitable Waterberg plateau. Such was their disgrace. Dry and rocky, it was

H ere in Botswana's Okavango Delta, even the treetops roar. White noise laps over twisted branches in waves: the cumulative flapping of hundreds of thousands of tiny wings. I'm standing alongside my guide, Robbie Garenamotse, outside my camp in the S

Over the last decade I have seen Lapalala evolve from a beautiful conservation area into a world-class game reserve. I have been fortunate to fly over the park many times and see the beauty of the Palala and Kgogong rivers as they carve their way thr

Being so vast and mostly desert, many may fear Namibia will be too hot to do anything too energetic. Not so. My best times spent in Namibia have been out and about, often in the most wildly uncomfortable positions. Yet, these have been the most memor

There are few regions with more satisfying alliterative names than the Waterberg. Places like Bela-Bela, Lapalala, Modimolle and Thabazimbi roll off the lips in a bubble of consonants. But you don't visit the Waterberg for its vocally-pleasing towns

The Waterberg's escarpment of massive sandstone buttresses and outcrops is scenery on a grand scale, presenting a dominating massif in all its red, orange and purple oxide glory. Seven biomes, including savannah and wooded grasslands, support wild an

Zimbabwe should, by rights, be one of Africa's top tourist destinations. And — easy to forget today — for a few years in the 1990s that's exactly what it was. Adrenaline junkies flocked to Victoria Falls to raft the white waters of the Zambezi and bu

At roughly 390sq km Kasanka National Park may be one of Zambia's smallest national parks, but it is also one of its hidden treasures. What it lacks in size, this peaceful little park makes up for in diversity. With rivers, lakes, wetlands, forests, p

I had not visited Meru before, but it had been on my radar for a while. I have long been drawn to off-thebeatentrack locations, where you can escape the crowds and feel immersed in a remote wilderness, and the reputed allure of Meru had caught my att

With all the options that Africa offers (54, if you are just counting countries), why do I keep returning to Malawi? Sure, there's the obvious — the friendly people, a relaxed vibe and easy travelling. While that's a big part of it, there is so much

Dark, foreboding clouds accompanied my first mountain gorilla encounter in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, echoing silverback Makara's angry mood. Minutes after our trackers found three gorillas from the Habinyanja family, the huge male broke our awestru

www.visit.virunga.org Tourism activities in Virunga National Park (gorilla tracking and Nyiragongo volcano treks) are currently suspended (October 2023). Visit their websites and social media to look out for announcements on when they will resume, an

In June, a team from Natural Capital and the Zambezi Wilderness Trust, along with African Parks and My Trees Trust, joined the first stage of the Zambezi Elephant Fund's inaugural Trans-Zambezi Walk for Wild, starting at the exit of the Kariba gorge

In April this year, 2000 white rhinos — that's 15 per cent of the entire global population — were put up for auction by the owner of the world's largest rhino breeding farm. Not a single bid came in. Nobody, it seemed, was willing to take them on. Th

Twenty-five years after the opening of their first lodge, Kafunta Safaris will open their new Sunset House in South Luangwa NP by the end of November. With three spacious ensuite bedrooms, a lounge, dining room and large deck with an infinity pool, t

Tour operators provide a crucial link between consumers and service suppliers in Africa, offering specialist knowledge and financial protection. If you go direct to suppliers or agents in Africa, you miss out on these benefits. Even general travel ag

The African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA®) is a memberdriven trade organisation that promotes travel and tourism to Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. From its small beginnings in 1993, the association has grown to boast some 676 members, c