Home to the country's famous endangered mountain gorillas Rwanda's Musanze district is full of lush bamboo forests luxury lodges and volcanic views. Visitors to the region sign up for gorilla trekking months in advance as permits are expensive and often hard to come by but it is so worth it for the chance to watch gorillas in their natural habitat. For accommodation book a stay at the ultra-exclusive and eco friendly Bisate Lodge enjoying their romantic villas and panoramic views.
Located just seven miles south of the city center (so close you can actually see the towering skyscrapers in the distance) is Nairobi National Park the world's only game reserve within the precepts of
The most famous of the structures at Giza near Cairo the Pyramid of King Cheops was built around 2650 BC from 2.5 million blocks of limestone. Its sides are oriented exactly to the north south east an
You might not have heard of the Sossusvlei but its iconic landscape is often seen in film. It lies in Namibia in the southern Namib Desert a region of dry lake clay pan and orange and red sand dunes.
Johannesburg is on the rise. Once defined by segregation now by diversity and freedom of expression new construction and urban-renewal projects are helping to reinvigorate the bustling metropolis. Mab
