Ariadne van Zandbergen

Botswana, home to more big animals than people

An expansive desert waiting to be explored by any nature-loving adventure seekers

An accessible desert

Mashatu, where elephants congregate

A natural labyrinth of waterways teeming with wildlife

Kenya has it all

Treetop hotels are offering a different kind of safari

Amboseli – an elephant’s playground set against Africa’s highest peak

Arabuko Sokoke is the last refuge to many endangered animals

Buffalo Springs on the other side of the big brown river

Cycling between animals – an experience not to be missed

Kakamega FR – pristine forest and hard but phenomenal birding

Kora NP: once the playground of the Adamson family, now untrammeled wilderness

Laikipia, a place where people, cattle and wildlife coexist in harmony

The multi-coloured steaming hot springs of Lake Bogoria

Rhinos in the mist

Lake Turkana, an oasis for desert people and animals alike

Colonial opulence at Lewa Downs

The elephants walking around the crater lake

Coming eye to eye with gentle giants

Life and death in the Maasai Mara

Meru National Park, where zebras are bigger and giraffes are darker

Nairobi National Park – wilderness in an urban setting

Ol Pejeta: a photographer’s dream

Sitatunga antelopes in Saiwa Swamp

Samburu NP, a harsh environment that only softens in the light of the setting sun

Shaba NR, where the acacia trees give the only shelter

Shimba Hills, the last refuge for sable antelopes in Kenya

Flocks of rhino in Solio Ranch

Tsavo East: one of Africa’s wildest parks

Tsavo West: the only place to see hippos underwater

An emerging safari destination

A lovely spot by Lifupa dam

Where the buffalo and nyala roam

Life and death at the mighty Shire River

Malawi’s Big Five reserve

Untrammeled wilderness best explored on foot

Where the leopard is king

Underrated and low-key place to kick back

Idyllic beaches and unspoiled wilderness in recovery

On the path to recovery

Striking scenery in a vast isolated reserve

The stark beauty of Namibia

Magnificent desert flora in the Richtersveld

The desert-adapted elephants of Damaraland

Etosha, best visited in the dry winter months

The survival of the nomadic Himba people in Kaokoland

Sossusvlei, a photographer’s dream

Cape fur seal colony’s on the skeleton coast

From diamond mining back to nature in Tsau //Khaeb National Park

Rainforests, savannah, volcanoes and Lake Kivu

Rwanda’s scenic savannah

A primate’s paradise

Coming eye to eye with gentle giants

South Africa, a rainbow country of diversity

Addo, where elephants and dung beetles thrive

Magnificent desert flora in the Richtersveld

From farmland to game reserve – conservation in progress

Augrabies Falls: a spectacular rush of water in the desert

Graaff-Reinet’s Valley of Desolation

Vuyatela, luxury with a touch of township living in the bush

The sandstone cliffs of Golden Gate National Park

Africa’s Rhino Sanctuary

A wildlife sanctuary of rolling hills and cliffs in rural Zululand

An exciting elephant-back safari

Wildife and Fossils in Karroo National Park

An accessible desert

Slowing down in Kruger National Park

Black rhinos in Kwandwe Game Reserve

The leopards of Londolozi

Madikwe Game Reserve, an alternative option to Sabi Sands

The predictable bush of Makalali

Simplicity in MalaMala

Mapungubwe, an archaeological site in 3 countries

Hiding in Mkhuze Game Reserve

One of the last retreats for the endangered Mountain zebra

The cheetahs of Phinda

An extinct volcano, stocked with animals

Stark sophistication in the bush

Chasing the Big 5 in Sabi Sands

Shamwari: A wildlife haven in the Eastern Cape

Wine tasting in Singita Game Reserve

Spioenkop, a place to relax by the lake

The sand forest home to South Africa’s last big tuskers

Lion tracking in Timbavati

Being in the bush in Weenen Game Reserve

Zulu Nyala’s camp with a view

Conservation and traditions in Eswatini

From King’s hunting ground to safe haven

Pristine wilderness in the Swazi highlands

Impressive wildlife in exclusive surrounds

Swaziland’s pioneer conservation area

3 safari circuits in one country

Momella lakes, painted pink by flocks of flamingo, at the base of Mount Meru

Jane Goodall’s land of primates

Katavi NP: A hippos’ battleground

Lake Manyara-one of the most scenic of Rift Valley lakes teeming with wildlife on its shores

Chimpanzees on the shore of Lake Tanganyika

Mikumi – the ideal stop-over on the Tanzam Highway

Mkomazi, Tanzania’s new National Park

Africa’s Garden of Eden

Diversity in Ruaha National park

Saadani National Park: Bush and Beach in one

Floating down the Rufiji River in the Selous

Home to the annual wildebeest migration – one of the biggest wildlife spectacles on earth

Migratory Elephants in Tarangire National Park

Gorilla tracking in Uganda

Chimpanzees en route to Murchison Falls

Gorillas in the Mist

The pant-hooting chimpanzees of Kibale Forest

Uganda’s remote valley

Lake Mburo – a true oasis for plains creatures

Murchison Falls National Park – where the Nile tumbles down the Rift Valley escarpment

Queen Elizabeth National Park, a place of diversity and scenic beauty below the Mountains of the Moon

The hot Semliki Valley – a birders paradise

Walking in the bush in Zambia

The vast wilderness of Kafue National Park

The adventures of canoeing down the Zambezi

Victoria Falls – the waterfall that stretches over 2 countries

Close to nature in South Luangwa National Park

Zimbabwe is waiting for tourists to return

Hwange National Park, an oasis for elephants

Matobo National Park: a giant’s playground

Nyanga, the garden of Cecil John Rhodes

Zambezi National Park, on the bank of the mighty Zambezi