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Small-group safaris and wildlife journeys in Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

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Wildebeest pouring down the bank of the Mara River behind a line of zebras already wading across
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The Great Migration

Everything you need to follow the wildebeest: river crossings, calving season, the best camps and our 2027 calendar.
4 storiesUpdated 11 Oct
Waves on a white-sand beach lined with trees at Nungwi, with a dhow offshore
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Beyond the Safari

Beaches, cities and vineyards to add before or after the bush.
4 storiesUpdated 11 Oct
A maned male lion sitting in golden grass in the Serengeti
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Big Cat Country

Lions, leopards and cheetahs: where to find them and how to watch them well.
4 storiesUpdated 11 Oct
A dead camel thorn tree on the white clay pan of Deadvlei beneath a red dune
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Southern Africa Self-Drive

Kruger, Etosha and the Namib on your own wheels, with the checklists to do it safely.
4 storiesUpdated 11 Oct

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A family of elephants among white flowers on the Amboseli plains with snow-capped Kilimanjaro behind
Destination5 Oct

Amboseli: Elephants Under Kilimanjaro

Amboseli is small, dry and dusty, and it has the most photographed view in Africa. Why it belongs on a Kenya itinerary.
6 minBe the first to review
African penguins among granite boulders at Boulders Beach, Simon's Town
Activity29 Sept

Meeting the Penguins of Boulders Beach

A colony of endangered African penguins lives among the granite boulders of Simon's Town. How to visit respectfully, and why their numbers are falling.
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Canvas safari tents on raised wooden decks beside a lake in the bush
Stay22 Sept

Olkeri Mara Camp: Our Review

A small, owner-run tented camp in one of the Mara's conservancies, with no more than eight tents and some of the best guiding we have found in Kenya.
5.0 out of 5(2)
A 100–400 mm telephoto zoom lens on a desk
Guide19 Sept

Camera Gear for a Wildlife Safari

You do not need a bag full of lenses to come home with great safari photos. Our practical kit list for every budget.
8 min
5.0 out of 5(1)
A line of safari vehicles crowded around a sighting on the Maasai Mara plains
Article16 Sept

How to Choose an Ethical Safari

A safari can protect wildlife and support communities, or quietly harm both. The questions we ask every camp and operator we work with.
8 min
5.0 out of 5(1)
A mountain gorilla lying in the dense undergrowth of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Guide12 Sept

Gorilla Trekking Permits Explained

A gorilla permit is the most expensive hour of most travellers' lives, and the most memorable. What you are paying for, how to book and how to prepare.
9 min
4.8 out of 5(4)
Rows of vines in a Franschhoek vineyard with mountains behind
Restaurant10 Sept

The Vine Room, Franschhoek

Our favourite lunch stop in the Franschhoek valley: seasonal Cape cooking, a terrace above the vineyards and a wine list that leans local.
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Table Mountain and Lion's Head across Table Bay from the beach at Blouberg, with people in the surf
Destination6 Sept

Cape Town and the Winelands

Cape Town is our favourite way to begin or end a southern African safari. Four days for the mountain, the peninsula and the winelands of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek.
9 min
3.3 out of 5(3)
A leopard walking through green grass in Kruger National Park
Guide3 Sept

Kruger on Your Own: A Self-Drive Guide

Kruger is one of the few great parks you can explore in a rental car. Here is how to plan routes, book rest camps and find the Big Five yourself.
10 min
2.7 out of 5(3)
The wreck of the trawler Zeila in the surf of the Skeleton Coast, with cormorants on its mast
Article31 Aug

Flying the Skeleton Coast

The Skeleton Coast is too remote to drive in a few days, so we fly it. A light aircraft journey along one of the wildest coastlines on earth.
6 min
5.0 out of 5(2)
A dead camel thorn tree on the white clay pan of Deadvlei beneath a red dune
Destination27 Aug

Sossusvlei: Dunes at Sunrise

The dunes of Sossusvlei are among the tallest in the world, and at sunrise they glow. How to be at Deadvlei before the crowds.
7 min
4.5 out of 5(2)
Zebras and springbok drinking at the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park
Guide24 Aug

Etosha's Waterholes: A Self-Drive Guide

In Etosha the game comes to the water, not the other way round. How to plan a self-drive around the park's best waterholes.
9 min
4.0 out of 5(1)
A family of elephants walking in single file across a green floodplain of the Chobe River
Activity21 Aug

Chobe's Elephants from the River

In the dry season tens of thousands of elephants come down to the Chobe River to drink. The best seat is a small boat in the middle of it.
5.0 out of 5(1)
A poler standing in a wooden mokoro on open water in the Okavango Delta
Activity17 Aug

The Okavango Delta by Mokoro

A mokoro trail is the slowest and most intimate way to see the Okavango Delta. Our editor, a former poler, explains what to expect.
4.0 out of 5(1)
A Stone Town street of old buildings with wooden balconies and craft shops
Destination14 Aug

Stone Town and the Spice Coast of Zanzibar

Zanzibar is the natural way to end a Tanzanian safari. Start in Stone Town, a maze of coral-stone lanes where Swahili, Arab, Indian and European histories meet.
7 min
4.0 out of 5(1)
Tents at Barranco camp below the Barranco Wall on Kilimanjaro, with a rainbow in the mist
Guide10 Aug

The Machame Route, Day by Day

What each day on the seven-day Machame route looks like, from the first muddy forest climb to the midnight summit push.
10 min
3.5 out of 5(2)
A wall of glacier ice on the summit plateau of Kilimanjaro at dawn above a sea of cloud
Guide6 Aug

Kilimanjaro Routes Compared

The route you choose matters more than your fitness. We compare Kilimanjaro's main routes by days, scenery, crowds and summit success.
12 min
5.0 out of 5(1)
Shafts of sunlight breaking through cloud onto the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater
Activity4 Aug

A Day on the Floor of the Ngorongoro Crater

The Ngorongoro Crater packs twenty-five thousand large animals into a caldera you can drive across in an hour. Here is how we plan a day inside it.
5.0 out of 5(1)
A maned male lion sitting in golden grass in the Serengeti
Guide2 Aug

Serengeti: Big Cat Country

The central Serengeti is the most reliable place in Africa to see all three big cats in a single game drive. Here is how to make the most of it.
8 min
4.0 out of 5(1)
Wildebeest pouring down the bank of the Mara River behind a line of zebras already wading across
Guide31 Jul

The Great Migration River Crossings

Two million animals, one muddy river and a lot of waiting: our field guide to seeing a Mara River crossing without joining a traffic jam.
11 minBe the first to review
Two striped hot-air balloons floating over the open grassland of the Maasai Mara
Article25 Jul

Why We Love the Maasai Mara in the Green Season

Between November and June the Mara turns green, the crowds thin out and the predators get busy. Here is why the shoulder months are our favourite secret.
6 min
5.0 out of 5(1)
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