You’re lying beneath a canopy of stars so brilliant they seem close enough to touch, listening to the distant roar of lions calling across the African bush. The Southern Cross glitters overhead...

For many people an appreciation of birding start building on safari when you realise how much more there is to value in nature once you start looking at the birds as well as the animals. For...

The Okavango Delta in Botswana is the largest and most beautiful oasis in Africa, one that flows inland and not to the sea. It is one of Africa’s great natural spectacles — a lush, green...

Are the gorillas calling you? Deciding when to visit Rwanda or Uganda for gorilla trekking is one of the biggest questions clients ask us. Many articles insist the only time worth coming is...

It’s the classic safari pub quiz question: leopard or cheetah? Both are spotted. Both are sleek. And both will have you fumbling for your binoculars in embarrassment if you get it wrong. There...

So you’ve done our Self Drive Quiz on whether a South Africa self-drive is right for you, and you are somewhere in the middle. You like the idea of self-drive but don’t want to be too...

Cape Vidal, on South Africa’s KwaZulu Natal coast, offers a rare combination: a wildlife safari and a beach day all rolled into one. Only in KwaZulu-Natal can you spot a white rhino before...

A Zambia safari has a lot going for it, though it tends to fly under the radar. Apart from being voted as the safest country on the continent to visit, it boasts some of the most unspoilt and wild...

Executive Summary (TL;DR ) Both Thonga Beach Lodge (South Africa) and White Pearl Resorts (Mozambique) offer idyllic Indian Ocean escapes, but they’re designed for slightly different travellers....