The Okavango River spreads over the delta and transforms the parched landscape into a luminous tapestry of greens and golds from May to October each year. Photo:…
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A drive through unfamiliar terrain surrounded by wild animals: The Kalahari Desert, Africa Photo: Alamy There was a moment of self-doubt, and it came while I was watching…
Learning how to make fire. Photo: Ben Groundwater There is excitement in the air as the San bushman in front of me sits down in the grey dirt…
A tented camp at Meno a kwena. Photo: Alamy It really is the kind of place where one could fall in love; in love with the country, the…
Cape Town’s iconic Camps Bay beach. Photo: iStock There’s this amazing destination, and it’s about a 14-hour direct flight from the east coast of Australia. That’s the same…
Baobab Sunset at Kubu Island, Botswana. Photo: Getty Images It was one of last century’s great forbidden love affairs – between a black African prince leading his people to…
A safari trip in the Duba Plains of the Okavango Delta in Botswana offers a chance to get close to lions. Photo: Beverly Joubert Dereck and Beverley Joubert…
Inquisitive meerkats were a highlight. Photo: Heinrich van den Berg NAME Russell and Margaret Huntington, South Yarra, Victoria, with Jan Goud and Chris Cairns, Port Melbourne, Victoria TRIP…
Kasto80/Dreamstime You won’t believe how much you may be tossing away on vacation. Sure, vacation is supposed to be your time to relax, to recharge your batteries….
The hotel room of the (near) future will be incredibly interactive, responsive, and more than a little sci-fi. Budget Travel editor-in-chief Robert Firpo-Cappiello and senior editor Liza…