Africa

Travel challenge: A week-long beach break in Egypt

Every week we invite competing companies to give us their best deal for a specified holiday. Today: a Red Sea resort break, departing late September; prices are for two people.

Inside Africa

The Complete Guide To: Mauritius

Saturday, 25 July 2009

Beyond the pristine beaches and clear waters of this far-flung Indian Ocean island you can discover a seductive mix of cultures, countryside, mountains and wildlife.

The long march: If you're looking for big game in Zambia, ditch the 4x4 and strike out on foot

Saturday, 25 July 2009

The trail had gone cold, lost somewhere in a maze of tracks among the purple pan weed. Our guide, Levy, straightened up, wiped his brow and scanned the treeline – but without conviction. It was nearly two hours since we had found the first tell-tale paw print etched in the dust. This, it seemed, was one lion that did not want to be found.

Destination unknown: Night kitchens of Zeida

Sunday, 19 July 2009

A traveller's tale from Morocco won Andrea Kirkby the top prize in this year's Independent on Sunday/Bradt Guides travel-writing competition

Does Tanzania's wilderness need another five-star hotel?

Sunday, 19 July 2009

Keeping prices high and tourist numbers low could be the way to preserve the Serengeti and make it profitable. The new, luxurious Bilila Lodge Kempinski is part of the plan. Sankha Guha reports

The King and I: An audience with Tutankhamun

Sunday, 28 June 2009

After the bustle of Cairo, what better way to explore the land of the pharaohs than on a cruiser gently floating down the Nile

The Sun City showman is back – with a touch of class

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Times have changed in South Africa, as Sol Kerzner and his new resort prove.

Travel by numbers: Cape Town

Saturday, 13 June 2009

With the Fifa World Cup a year away and the Lions already in town, Santhie Goundar sizes up this South African star

On The Road: A day in the life of Matemwe beach

Saturday, 6 June 2009

It's 8.30am and I'm walking barefoot to work, on sand as soft as white pepper. My job today is to check hotels along Matemwe beach, but the real working day here on Zanzibar's shimmering east coast started just after dawn, when the tide went out to the sound of the muezzin's call for prayer.

Stone age: Travels in ancient Tunisia

Saturday, 30 May 2009

Once the richest seaport in the world, little trace of Tunisia's ancient city of Carthage now remains. But as Frank Partridge discovers, there are still plenty of historic marvels to be found close by