Travel Africa 89 January 2020

[sc name=”ad_1″] South Africa: top private reservesPhilip Briggs recently visited most of the country’s top private reserves. He picks 15 that stand out for the quality of their game-viewing, scenery, unique ecosystem or value for money. Botswana: On foot in the OkavangoHow walking in the Delta takes the safari experience here to another level – […]

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Hands-on with rhino conservation – Travel Africa Magazine

[sc name=”ad_1″] Across Africa’s parks and conservancies, numerous programmes involving many hundreds of people are in place to help protect our endangered rhinoceros populations. To commemorate World Rhino Day, we sent Melanie van Zyl to northern South Africa to experience one of these initiatives in person. The enormous animal teeters about on wobbly limbs, like […]

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Music that connects me to Africa

[sc name=”ad_1″] 10 classic tracks from across the ages, by Philip Briggs Image above: Malian singer Oumou Sangaré. Photo by Francesca Moore / Alamy Stock Photo Most Travel Africa readers will be familiar with Philip Briggs, the author of numerous Bradt guides who has written for nearly all of our 90 issues, drawing on his […]

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Why Ride4Rangers matters – Travel Africa Magazine

[sc name=”ad_1″] I should be on my way to Zimbabwe next week, back to Mana Pools and the mighty Zambezi, to Hwange and its myriad elephants, to the indomitable force of Victoria Falls. But Covid-19 has put a stop to all that, dramatically turning my travel dreams to dust. Instead, together with friends, I’ll be […]

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Ubuntu listings – Travel Africa Magazine

[ad_1] We’ve been so inspired by the many projects and initiatives that support communities and conservation across Africa that we’ve started a directory of them. It’s by no means complete, and we’ll keep adding to it, but if you’re looking for something to buy or a cause to donate to, scroll down for our Ubuntu […]

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