Wilderness Safaris will expand its ecotourism footprint in Rwanda with a new camp in Akagera National Park in December 2018. With the Rwanda Development Board and conservation group African Parks the six-tented camp, called Magashi, will be situated in the north-eastern part of Akagera overlooking Lake Rwanyakazinga. Guests will be able to view a r...

​ Africa Albida Tourism, the Southern African hotel and lodge operator, has reopened the Victoria Falls Safari Club, following a $600,000 refurbishment. ​ The company has also partnered with local environmental conservationist Charlene Hewat to launch Victoria Falls Recycling, an initiative aimed at improving the levels of recycling in Victoria Fal...

SafariBookings.com, the online marketplace for African safari travel, has published a ranking of the 10 best safari parks. Findings are based on reviews by safari-goers and park reviews by experts including authors from Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer's, Bradt and Footprint. The complete list of the 'Top 10 African Safari Parks' : Serengeti Na...

Morocco's oasis city of Marrakech is mecca for tourists seeking all kinds of exotic. With a psychedelic pop soundtrack playing in our heads, my wife and I board the train to Marrakech in Casablanca. In three-and-a-half hours we'll see if Morocco's interior oasis city lives up to the melodic promises made famous by Crosby, Stills and Nash in the 196...

Morocco's largest city is newly accessible with an Air Canada year-round, non-stop, seven-hour flight from Montreal. On cue, an hour before sunset, there's an explosion of activity on Lalla Meriem Beach. Surfers catch a distant wave, swimmers amp up their splashing, soccer and volleyball games break out on the wide swath of dark, fine sand. Arabian...

African Parks has reintroduced the first of several wild lions back into the Liwonde National Park, four years after the last lion was seen there. In partnership with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW), and with support from the Dutch Government and the Lion Recovery Fund, two mature males have been released into enclosed bomas in...