Spot lemurs in the Andasibe rainforest.
Remote northern savanna park of lions, elephants and giant eland at the heart of a huge protected wilderness.
Ten million fruit bats darken the sky each November — the world’s largest mammal migration.
The home of the walking safari.
Walking safaris on the Zambezi floodplain among famously relaxed elephants.
Three tiers of waterfalls with swimming pools in Taveuni’s rainforest national park.
Tiered turquoise falls near Luang Prabang.
Glide by dugout canoe through the delta.
Tiered waterfalls in the southern hills.
Travel the mighty river by boat.
Hidden desert waterhole in the Ennedi where camel caravans meet Nile crocodiles.
Visit the world's only bonobo sanctuary.
Chain of cobalt-blue jungle pools and falls above Jacmel.
The Okavango Delta’s wildest corner, where lions, wild dogs and leopards hunt between floodplains and mopane forest.
Restored park with elephants and lions.
Vast savanna park on the South Sudan border, one of Africa's oldest, known for elephants, giraffes and a hard-won conservation comeback.
A 70-metre plume into a jungle pool at the base of Arenal — 500 steps down, swim, 500 steps back.
Terraced cascades amid mango groves near Banfora.
River park famous for huge elephant herds.
Swim at night in a lagoon near Falmouth where bioluminescent plankton light up every stroke.
Sandstone arches and rock art in the Sahara.
Powerful waterfall near Kinshasa.
Misty canopy alive with wildlife.
Seven cataracts on the Congo near Kisangani where Wagenia fishermen still work huge conical traps lashed to wooden scaffolds.
Wildlife gathered around desert waterholes.
Restored park of returning wildlife.
Nigeria’s best game park, with elephants, lions and the 31°C Wikki Warm Springs to swim in after the drive.
Thundering 45-metre falls hidden in forest near Ciudad del Este.
Fog-bound desert shore of shipwrecks, seal colonies and dunes dropping into the Atlantic.
Vast wild scrub-forest frontier.
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