Africa

Tourist Cairo is hot, dusty and relentlessly in your face. There are times when, like Greta Garbo, you just want to be alone

The King and I: An audience with Tutankhamun

After the bustle of Cairo, what better way to explore the land of the pharaohs than on a cruiser gently floating down the Nile

Inside Africa

The Sun City showman is back – with a touch of class

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Times have changed in South Africa, as Sol Kerzner and his new resort prove.

Travel by numbers: Cape Town

Saturday, 13 June 2009

With the Fifa World Cup a year away and the Lions already in town, Santhie Goundar sizes up this South African star

On The Road: A day in the life of Matemwe beach

Saturday, 6 June 2009

It's 8.30am and I'm walking barefoot to work, on sand as soft as white pepper. My job today is to check hotels along Matemwe beach, but the real working day here on Zanzibar's shimmering east coast started just after dawn, when the tide went out to the sound of the muezzin's call for prayer.

Stone age: Travels in ancient Tunisia

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Once the richest seaport in the world, little trace of Tunisia's ancient city of Carthage now remains. But as Frank Partridge discovers, there are still plenty of historic marvels to be found close by

Five colonial hotels in Africa

Saturday, 30 May 2009

These elegant outposts combine old-world character with 21st-century luxury

Travel challenge: A short break get-together in a Moroccan riad

Saturday, 23 May 2009

Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a particular holiday. Today: four nights' hire of a riad (a traditional Moroccan house with an interior garden) in Marrakech. Prices are for the rental of an entire riad in mid-June.

Take your seats, the hippos are about to arrive

Sunday, 10 May 2009

A new camp on the Okavango Delta is just the spot for wildlife watching, writes Adrian Mourby

Djibouti: Meet nomadic tribes and brave flying fish in the tiny former French colony

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Being slapped in the face by a wet fish is, it is my duty to inform you, every bit as unpleasant as it sounds – and just as comically uproarious to others. The baby barracuda were whipped up to the top of the sea by the power of our tiny motorboat, the loudest thing for miles around in the Bay of Tadjoura, as we weaved a choppy course through the pitch-black night.

Five best walking safaris

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Forego the comforts of hotel and 4x4, and take a walk on Africa's wild side, says Mike Unwin

Travel challenge - A wildebeest migration safari

Saturday, 25 April 2009

Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a particular holiday. Today: a two-week Great Migration safari, for two people departing in August.

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