Morondava and the Avenue of the Baobabs

Morondava is a small town on the west coast and the gateway to the Avenue of the Baobabs, one of the most famous sights in Madagascar. A dirt road lined with grand baobab trees, some up to 30 metres tall and hundreds of years old, runs through farmland, and at sunset the trunks glow red […]

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe side is the classic view of the greatest waterfall on the Zambezi. The river drops more than 100 metres into the Batoka Gorge along a front of about 1.7 kilometres, and the paths at Victoria Falls National Park run directly opposite the curtain of water, with viewpoints such as Devil’s […]

Sossusvlei and the Namib

The Namib is the oldest desert on Earth, and Sossusvlei is its greatest spectacle: a white clay pan surrounded by the tallest dunes in the world, glowing orange and red in the first and last light of day. The dunes rise more than 300 metres, with names like Dune 45 and Big Daddy, and climbing […]

Sipi Falls

Sipi is a series of three waterfalls on the lower slopes of Mount Elgon, dropping over basalt cliffs among smallholder coffee farms. The main fall plunges about 100 m, and from the village there are long views west over the Karamoja plains. Sipi River Lodge sits close to the falls, and we use it as […]