Africa

Africa is considered by many paleoanthropologists to be the oldest inhabited territory on Earth, with humans originating from the continent but it also has 1,100 species of animals and 2,600 species of birds.

Africa is considered by many paleoanthropologists to be the oldest inhabited territory on Earth, with humans originating from the continent but it also has 1,100 species of animals and 2,600 species of birds.

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New luxury accommodation in Rwanda

Rwanda has always had the sort of scenery that makes a person reconsider every holiday previously spent beside a hotel pool reading a novel about people having better holidays. Now The Lux Collective has arrived, opening LUX* Lake Kivu and SALT of Akagera, the first two properties in an ambitious five-resort tourism circuit across the country.

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The Best five Places to Spot a Meerkat

Meerkats, for the uninitiated, are small, twitchy desert accountants who stand bolt upright as if perpetually awaiting an audit. They live in mobs (also called gangs, clans, or if you’re particularly uncharitable neighbourhood watch committees with fur), usually numbering around twenty individuals. Super-families of fifty or more exist, but these tend to resemble dysfunctional parliaments where everyone has dirt on everyone else.

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The top places to see gorillas in the wild

There are few things more humbling than standing three feet from a 200-kilo silverback gorilla, who could tear your limbs off but instead chooses to yawn, scratch his belly, and give you a look that says, Honestly, Nicole, I’ve seen better rain ponchos.

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Four Seasons: Nailing the Art of Glamour and Adventure

Four Seasons: Slip into the crystalline waters of Hawaii under a canopy of stars for a night-time snorkelling adventure with manta rays. This private charter, ideal for families or a group of adventurous friends offers an awe-inspiring brush with these gentle giants as they glide through the dark, otherworldly sea.

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Pharoah enough – top five global places for Pyramids

Alright, pack your cutest sandals and biggest sunglasses, because we’re off on a fabulous pyramid adventure!

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The Ultimate South African Adventure: From Sensational Safaris to Sundowners and Sidecars

South Africa offers visitors an enchanting combination of untamed landscapes and modern cities.

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Zodiacs & Zanzibars: A High-Seas Safari with Swan Hellenic

My inaugural voyage with Swan Hellenic took place aboard the SH Diana, the newest and most capacious of the trio. Expanding upon the original 152-guest blueprint of Project Vega, this vessel accommodates up to 192 fortunate explorers. Her interiors, crafted with meticulous attention by Tillberg Design of Sweden, emanate a serene elegance.

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Luxury homes from The Cotswolds to Cape Town

Welcome to SimonEscapes, where each property is more than a mere place to lay your head—it’s a love letter to the world’s most exquisite landscapes, meticulously penned by Simon Nixon himself.

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Dine under the Sea in the Maldives

In a bold culinary move that further cements its global standing for redefining dining extravagance, Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas is diving into uncharted waters – literally.

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Hold on to your hieroglyphics, Ramses II is here with his cat

Hold on to your hieroglyphics, Ramses II is here with his cat at the Australian Museum.

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Avani+ Fares Maldives Resort Brings Ballet Retreat to Baa Atoll

Avani+ Fares Maldives Resort, a natural island hideaway on the western edge of the heart-shaped Baa Atoll, is bringing classical ballet to its shores with the launch of a new “Baa Atoll Ballet Retreat”.

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Ramses and the gold of the pharaohs in Sydney

The Australian Museum, in cooperation with Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and World Heritage Exhibitions/Neon Global, is proud to present the blockbuster Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs, which will be the largest cultural exhibition to visit Australia in over a decade when it opens in Sydney on 18 November this year.