Tanzania

The main road to the Serengeti is busy with endless safari vehicles. But there is a little-known back route that takes in Maasai herders, ancient fossils and volcanic craters.

With sustainably minded destinations and progressive tour operators advising passengers to pack less, are travellers being primed for an ultralight future?

With its water-bound geography affording absolute protection, the uninhabited island of Rubondo is often seen as Tanzania’s very own Noah’s Ark.

Whether they’re long dormant or spewing lava to this day, these eight stunning volcanoes attract sightseers from all over the world.

Mount Kilimanjaro’s glaciers rise up like frozen waves on a sky island – there now, but not for long.

Thousands of people set out to climb Africa’s highest peak each year, entering into a revered tribe of adventurers. But in the shadow of Mt Kilimanjaro, another tribe reigns supreme.

The 50-year-old MV Umoja that crosses Lake Victoria operates on no set schedule, offering a nostalgic look back at the way travel used to be – painfully, delightfully slow.

Off-limits for more than two decades, eastern Serengeti's remote Soit Le Motonyi region is newly accessible to visitors – and quickly gaining a reputation as a hot spot for big cats.