Which of East Africa’s Indian Ocean islands is for you?
When to go: Lamu (December-March), Zanzibar (June-September), Mauritius (October-April) Cost of travel per day: Lamu and Zanzibar US$80-150, Mauritius US$100-200
The natural wonders of the Seychelles
That the forest survives at all is a nothing short of a minor miracle. A second smaller indigenous forest on the nearby island of Curieuse nearly succumbed to 18th century botanical poaching, when the nut – worth its weight in gold at the time – was pillaged by British traders
Why seeing chimpanzees in Uganda is one of the world’s greatest wildlife experiences
Today we know that chimpanzees are humans’ closest genetic relatives – sharing around 98% of our DNA – but it was the celebrated primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall who first observed their astonishing human-like behaviour. In the 1960s Dr. Goodall moved in with a community of chimps in Tanazania’s Gombe National