John Coomber finds inconveniences don't bother him a bit on a cross-country rail trek.

Time is running out to meet our biggest cousin, writes Sandy Kilgour.

A hundred years after Albert Camus was born, Edmund Vallance visits Algiers.

Paul Rush laments the possible extinction of South Africa's black and white rhino species.

Looking after your health is paramount when travelling to the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

Going on safari is becoming an increasingly popular option for adventurous honeymooners.

Forget lions ... the hippo is one of the most dangerous animals in Africa.

In the Okavango Delta a cow can easily be mistaken for a lion.

Damien Grant battles officials keen to bide their time en route to Mount Sinai.

The Boteti River is not, as some travel brochures and websites say, dry.

A family journey over Egypt's White Desert is as rewarding as the landscape is sparse.

World's largest conservation area legally established in southern Africa.

Luxor exists because of one reason: the Nile, the great river of Africa.

A dream assignment helps photographer Chris Sisarich fulfill a life-long ambition.

Jehan Casinader finds the Nile's ancient past has to compete with its colourful present.

Jill Worrall prepares to intervene in a debate over a felucca ride.