Vic Falls, Okavango & Mozambique

Set in the northwest corner of Zimbabwe, across the river from Zambia, Victoria Falls is one of the most alluring locations in Africa, surprisingly pleasant and undeveloped, with guest accommodation in around 20 diverse hotels and lodges, offering a very wide range of safari, cultural and adrenaline-based activities.

Set in the north of Botswana, Kwara is a prime private sector of the Okavango Delta with guest accommodation in a handful of good earthy camps and offering a range of wet and dry safari activities. Superb safari guiding and very strong wildlife sightings.

Set in the north of Botswana, Linyanti Kwando is a prime private safari area, with guest accommodation in two earthy camps and offering a range of intense safari activities. Superb guiding and awesome wildlife.

Set to the northeast of South Africa, Johannesburg is the great commercial heart of the country and the main transport hub, a sprawling mess of a place, scarred through its heart by the gold mines. It is not somewhere safari travellers tend to linger too long, although the Cradle of Mankind may be worth a visit.

Set 500 km north of the capital Maputo, the Bazaruto area is our favourite tropical beach area in Mozambique, with some fabulous offshore islands, strong diving and sailing, with guest accommodation in a decent range of lodges and direct flight connections from Johannesburg.