Zambia is not nearly as firmly on the African safari trail as some of its neighbours, especially Tanzania and Botswana.

The Tazara Railway was built in the 1970s to provide landlocked Zambia with port access at Dar es Salam in Tanzania. However since the fanfare surrounding the opening of the 1860km-long track, the railway's financial situation has deteriorated.

The 1860km-long Tazara Railway links landlocked Zambia to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salam.

Kiwi journalist Glen Johnson is in Egypt and has been talking to locals about what will motivate them to vote in their first free elections for decades.

Jill Worrall is captivated by the cycle of life on display within Serengeti National Park.

Serengeti National Park is best known for its annual migration of millions of wildebeest but once the migratory animals have left it's also a superb place to see predators such as lions, cheetah and leopards.

Provide me with a rental car in foreign territory and I become geographically promiscuous.

Jill Worrall discovers some of South Africa's hidden gems when she detours from the well-traversed Garden Route.

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

The endless expanse of Egypt's vast and unusual White Desert has its own breathtaking charm.

It's a feat of mental and physical willpower to conquer mighty Kilimanjaro and Vanessa James is determined to master the mighty mountain.