Africa

From the seat of my safari truck, I’m quietly humming a medley of Toto’s Africa and Can You Feel the Love Tonight from the Lion King, and I’m about to spy my first rhino.

Getting to the core of Morocco’s incredible and diverse food scene starts with sampling their street food. It’s time to venture into the many medinas, look out for hole-in-the-wall eateries and embrace roadside dining.

Rugged coast, sandy beaches, whales and dolphins and some of the hugest vistas around. South Africa’s Garden Route has to be experienced to be believed.

Whether you’ve always wanted to admire the Victoria Falls in Zambia, sip a pint or two of stout in Ireland or make the journey along the fearsome Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea. Here’s your guide for where to travel in August.

In all honesty, I had no idea if or how this trip would impact my kids once we returned home but I had dreamt of Africa since I was child and I figured now was as good a time as any to go.

Where else can you sing with a choir, dance with the locals, ride ponies, and hit up a shebeen?

Homestay experiences like this are so special; they open your eyes to another way of living, and help you gain a new perspective.

If you want to get a taste of ‘real’ Capetonian life, it’s high time you hit the neighbourhood.

We all had the same idea that camping in East Africa would be wild, dangerous and full of up-close animal encounters. The reality wasn’t quite what we’d pictured, but it was incredible all the same.