Travel Africa

The only international magazine dedicated to exploring Africa's diverse attractions, national parks, wildlife, culture and history. Travel Africa draws on some of the world's top photographers, writers and experts to create an inspiring and practical resource for anyone interested in the world's most exciting continent.

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SEARCHING FOR SHOEBILLS • Reader Richard Hiles goes in pursuit of the most majestic of birds

WHICH IS MY FAVOURITE AFRICAN COUNTRY? • Subscriber Carrie Burhenn faces a dilemma

The Mara and me • 25 years after founding Kicheche Camps, we asked Paul Goldstein to reflect on his relationship with the Greater Maasai Mara

CULTURAL CONNECTIONS • How best to manage your engagement with communities? Sarah Marshall considers the fine lines

AFRICA’S WORLD HERITAGE • Fifty years after the implementation of UNESCO’s World Heritage convention, Gavin Thomas looks at a sample of Africa’s inclusions

SHELF LIFE • Great new books to look out for, reviewed by Graeme Green

BURIED IN STYLE: ARTISTIC COFFINS AND FUNERARY CULTURE IN GHANA

OVERLANDING 101: A FIELD GUIDE TO VEHICLE-BASED ADVENTURE TRAVEL

THE GREAT TREE STORY: HOW FORESTS HAVE SHAPED OUR WORLD

THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY: AN INCREDIBLE VOYAGE THROUGH EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITHOUT FLYING

Attenborough AND AFRICA • No-one has shaped our understanding of the natural world — and of the challenges faced by climate change and population growth - as impactfully as Sir David Attenborough. He has long spoken of his enduring affection for Africa. Drawing from several interviews, Paul Dargan explores Sir David’s relationship with the continent

out of the WOODS • On a chimpanzee-tracking safari in Uganda, an unexpected sighting prompts Mike Unwin to reflect upon bigger things. Connecting with nature has a way of doing that…

Looking for CHIMPS • Wondering where and how to go chimp-trekking? Use Mike Unwin’s quick guide to get you going

Where to go chimp-trek king • Chimp-trekking is most developed in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Chimps here belong to the eastern race (Pan t. schweinfurthii). Elsewhere, you can see western race chimps (Pan t. verus) in West Africa and central race chimps (Pan t. troglodytes) in central Africa, though there are few habituated troops and opportunities are limited.

THE GREAT ESCAPE • Twenty-six years after his first visit, Denis Costello returns to the forests of the Masoala Peninsula, to find it just as beguiling and rewarding. If you're looking for an extraordinary, remote, safari experience, perhaps this is it?

Dar es Salaam’s HIDDEN CHARMS • With so much on offer in Tanzania, should you bother lingering in its biggest city? Former resident Mary Fitzpatrick thinks you should: it may surprise you. After all, if urban travel is so popular elsewhere, why not here?

THE CALL OF THE CHALBI • Peter Muiruri goes on a road trip chasing inspiration in far northern Kenya

THE LIE OF THE LAND • With a geography unlike anywhere else in Kenya, the northern frontier offers the intrepid traveller some pretty spectular landscapes:

Miombo magnetism • In Malawi’s largest and oldest wilderness area — Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve - one thrives on simply being immersed in nature. Exploring its swathes of woodland becomes a safari for all the senses, writes Helge Bendl

TRAVELLING WITH PURPOSE

Pick of the riverside pillows • If you’re keen to head to Lower Zambezi National Park but not sure where to stay, Susie McIntyre has the inside knowledge for most facilities…

The magic in the detail • When Siobhan Grogan visited Zimbabwe, she learned there’s more to a safari than the big game

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