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A dozen carriages permanently parked above the Sabie River, Kruger Shalati is a bold departure from the usual safari-camp clichés
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Dunes, lagoons and walled towns rich with echoes of explorers and pirates
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On Cosmoledo — a remote, uninhabited coral atoll in the Seychelles — a pioneering eco-camp is welcoming well-heeled castaways
Lavish new camps are opening across the diminutive but astonishingly diverse nation
Whale watching from the shore in South Africa, an off-grid retreat on Lake Malawi, white sands in the Seychelles — and much more
By helicopter, speedboat, dugout canoe and on foot, Mike Carter traverses Botswana’s magical inland delta
Tracking elephants, tagging birds and de-horning rhinos — in South Africa’s Phinda Reserve, tourists get a glimpse of life as a ranger
In the 1960s, a pioneering conservationist began sending rescued animals to a remote island sanctuary. Now tourists can join them
Graham Boynton and his daughter head back to his homeland to find abundant wildlife, laidback charm and cautious optimism for the year ahead
Amid the watery labyrinth of the Okavango Delta, a mobile safari offers encounters with nature at its most beautiful and bizarre
A drive along the upper reaches of the river takes in history, nature — and some serious rafting
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