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Best time to visit Botswana

A nice place for ducks—that was my first impression of Botswana’s Okavango Delta, flying above it in a small Cessna.

Zambian plains: where the wild things are

If you time it right on your trip, you can arrive on the plain to witness the first dramatic thunderstorms soak the land and change it from brown to green and also spot the...

Africa’s better when you get out of the bus

A real African safari should not involve a cheesy khaki-costumed guide with a microphone standing at the front of an air-conditioned bus addressing a big crowd with big lenses and...