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Wildlife & Nature · 28 Aug 2026
Best Wildlife Holidays for Each Month of the Year
Timing matters more than almost anything else in wildlife travel. Arrive in the right month and you might catch a river crossing, a courtship display or a whale shark gliding past. Arrive at the wrong one and you'll find
Travel Inspiration · 28 Aug 2026
Top 10 Must-Visit Bucket List Destinations: Natural Wonders to Explore in 2027
If 2027 is the year you finally start ticking off those once-in-a-lifetime trips, Africa and Latin America are two continents that reward the effort. Between them they hold misty cloud forests, sprawling wetlands and wat
Destinations · 27 May 2026
Best Time to Visit Patagonia
Patagonia is one of the world's last great wildernesses. Stretching across the southern reaches of Argentina and Chile, it takes in jagged peaks, colossal glaciers, windswept plains and lakes of startling blue. The regio
Destinations · 14 May 2026
Best Time to Visit Victoria Falls
Few natural sights match the sheer scale of Victoria Falls. A vast curtain of water drops into the gorge below with a roar you feel as much as hear, and the spray can be seen from miles away. You can view the falls from
Wildlife & Nature · 14 Apr 2026
‘Beyond the Big Five’: Alternative Nature & Culture Experiences in Africa & Latin America
Most travellers arrive in Africa or Latin America with a familiar checklist: the Big Five in Uganda, rare species deep in the Amazon. Those experiences earn their reputation, and rightly so. But the countries that host t
Wildlife & Nature · 1 Jan 2026
Top 10 Unmissable Wildlife Experiences to Book Now for 2026
The most sought-after lodges and boutique hotels fill up fast, especially in Africa and Latin America, where the choice of accommodation is limited. In many reserves, visitor numbers are deliberately capped to limit dist
Wildlife & Nature · 19 Dec 2025
Eastern Cape Safari Guide: How it Compares to Kruger and Where to Stay
Waking on a private lodge deck with coffee in hand as elephants wander across the plain below is the kind of unhurried safari moment the Eastern Cape does particularly well. South Africa offers enormous variety — from Ca
Wildlife & Nature · 25 Apr 2025
South Africa Family Holidays: Best Holiday Destinations for Family Safari Adventures
South Africa packs an extraordinary range of experiences into one country: the Big Five, vibrant cities, golden beaches and remarkable birdlife. Families can watch colourful species such as the Knysna turaco in Tsitsikam
Wildlife & Nature · 25 Apr 2025
The Great Wildebeest Migration: Travel Guide to one of Africa’s Most Spectacular Natural Wonders
Across the open plains of East Africa, more than two million hoofed animals move as one, driven by instinct on a journey that never truly ends. This is the Great Migration — a living, breathing natural wonder and one of
Travel Inspiration · 7 Apr 2025
7 Places to Go to Enjoy Christmas in the Sunshine
Christmas in the UK usually means cold weather and grey skies. Travel south of the equator, though, and the festive season arrives in the middle of summer. For millions of people, Christmas Day involves sunshine, long ev
Wildlife & Nature · 20 Feb 2025
Uganda vs Rwanda: Gorilla Tracking & Other Experiences Compared
Uganda and Rwanda are the two foremost destinations for mountain gorilla tracking in Africa. Spending time among these remarkable animals in their montane forest habitat is one of the most extraordinary wildlife encounte
Travel Inspiration · 20 Feb 2025
Unique Hotels in Latin America
For some trips, the accommodation is as memorable as the destination itself. Latin America has no shortage of extraordinary places to stay, from eco-lodges hidden deep in cloud forest to transparent pods suspended high a
Wildlife & Nature · 24 Jan 2025
The Best Safari and Beach Combination for Your Next Adventure
There is something uniquely energising about tracking wildlife across open savannah — following a herd of sable antelope, or catching sight of elephants and lions going about their day. Yet all that excitement has a way
Wildlife & Nature · 16 Sept 2024
African Primates: A Comprehensive Roundup of Our Top Primate Experiences
Africa's mammal fauna includes 107 primate species. Count subspecies as well, and the continent holds 192 primate taxa belonging to four families. According to the IUCN Primate Specialist Group, just over half of these —
Destinations · 2 Sept 2024
Exploring Chile's Southern Patagonia in the Shoulder Season
Southern Patagonia is one of the world's most striking natural landscapes, defined by jagged, horn-shaped peaks that rise above glassy glacial lakes. For travellers willing to look beyond the peak summer months, the autu
Wildlife & Nature · 22 Aug 2024
The Six Types of African Safari
A safari need not revolve around game drives alone. Across the continent there are many ways to encounter wildlife, from the largest elephants down to the smallest frogs and insects. Some creatures demand a particular ap
Destinations · 30 Jul 2024
Best Time of Year to Visit Chile: Going from North to South
Chile stretches over 4,000 kilometres down the western edge of South America, and that extraordinary length is precisely what makes timing your trip so tricky. Conditions in the Atacama Desert have almost nothing in comm
Destinations · 27 Jun 2024
Discover the Magic of Chile's Atacama Desert: An In-Depth Guide for First Timers
Stretching across northern Chile between the Andes and the Pacific coast lies the driest desert on Earth. The Atacama is a landscape of extremes: geothermal fields that hiss and steam at dawn, vast salt flats, wind-carve
Responsible Travel · 21 May 2024
How to be a Responsible Tourist
Travelling responsibly is about more than easing your conscience. When local communities genuinely welcome you, the experience becomes richer for everyone involved. By following a few sensible guidelines, you can shrink
Destinations · 23 Apr 2024
The 10 Best Places for Stargazing in Africa and South America
Some of the darkest, clearest night skies on Earth lie over the deserts, salt flats and savannahs of Africa and South America. With minimal light pollution, these regions reveal the Milky Way in astonishing detail — dist
Wildlife & Nature · 2 Apr 2024
10 Tips for Seeing Mountain Gorillas in Uganda
Uganda's Afromontane rainforests are among the most biodiverse habitats in East Africa, and they shelter the country's most celebrated resident: the mountain gorilla. In the 1980s, habitat loss and poaching pushed these
Wildlife & Nature · 14 Mar 2024
The Best Safari Experiences in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is one of Africa's most rewarding safari destinations, yet it often sits in the shadow of its better-known neighbours. The country holds Africa's second-largest elephant population, along with vervet monkeys, ab
Destinations · 13 Feb 2024
What is the Best Time of Year to Visit Malawi?
Malawi's varied terrain — from gentle plateaus to dramatic mountain ranges — makes it one of southern Africa's most rewarding destinations. Thanks to its subtropical climate, it is possible to travel here at almost any p
Responsible Travel · 12 Jan 2024
What’s the Green Season? Complete Low Season Safari Guide
Africa offers some of the world's most remarkable wildlife encounters, from penguin colonies near Cape Town to elephant herds at Victoria Falls. Travel during the green season and you may also spot rare migratory birds o
Destinations · 7 Sept 2023
A Guide to Visiting Namibia
Namibia is one of Southern Africa's most compelling destinations, defined by dramatic terrain and remarkable wildlife. This sparsely populated country takes in granite outcrops, tangerine-coloured sands and dust-hazed sa
Wildlife & Nature · 16 Dec 2022
10 Strange Animals and Where to Go to See Them
For plenty of travellers, wildlife is the whole point of a trip. A glimpse of something rare, odd or downright improbable can be the memory that outlasts everything else.
Responsible Travel · 23 Jun 2022
Responsible Traveller: Rainbow Tours' charity partnerships
Tourism, managed thoughtfully, can be a genuine force for good in host countries. Managed badly, it can cause real harm. The choice of how and where we travel matters – and it belongs to travellers as much as to the comp
Wildlife & Nature · 1 Apr 2020
Choosing where to go on safari
Africa offers an extraordinary range of wildlife destinations, from famous national parks teeming with big game to remote wilderness areas where conservation is breaking new ground. Some countries are ideal for families
Wildlife & Nature · 1 Apr 2020
Top 5 First Time Safari Destinations
An African safari sits near the top of many travellers' wish lists, and the continent offers an extraordinary range of countries to choose from — each with its own wildlife, cultures and landscapes. That abundance is als
Wildlife & Nature · 1 Apr 2020
Top six Africa safari spots to spot big cats
Few wildlife encounters match the thrill of watching a lion lounge in the midday heat, a lioness stalk her prey through tall grass, or a cheetah streak across the savannah in pursuit of its next meal. For many travellers
Wildlife & Nature · 8 Nov 2019
Durrell's Miniature Monkey Mission
Gerald Durrell's name is inseparable from wildlife conservation. The trust he established in 1963 continues today as Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, carrying forward its founding aim: pulling species back from the e
Wildlife & Nature · 5 Nov 2019
Best trips to see African elephants
Few wildlife encounters compare with the sight of a great herd of African elephants moving across the landscape. For many travellers, it becomes the defining moment of a safari. The lodges and conservancies below are all
Responsible Travel · 4 Nov 2019
Top five safaris for responsible travellers
For anyone who wants their safari to give something back, Africa offers a growing number of destinations where wildlife protection and community benefit sit at the heart of the experience. The five itineraries below comb
Travel Planning · 28 Aug 2019
Attenborough's Dynasties: top trips to follow in the footsteps of the BBC Natural History Unit
The BBC's Dynasties gave viewers an intimate look at some of the world's most compelling animal families — chimpanzees battling for supremacy, emperor penguins enduring the Antarctic winter, and the famous Marsh Pride li
Travel Inspiration · 17 Aug 2018
Amazing places to sleep in Latin America
Where you sleep can shape a whole trip. Across Latin America, a handful of stays go well beyond the ordinary – from a transparent pod strung high above a valley to a vintage camper parked on the world's largest salt flat
Wildlife & Nature · 6 Aug 2018
Elephant Encounters in Kenya and Malawi
Seeing wild African elephants in their natural habitat sits near the top of many travellers' wish lists. Kenya and Malawi both offer remarkable opportunities to meet a herd on a game drive or bush walk — and sometimes fa