Marsa Alam, a Red Sea destination for diving enthusiasts, is located between sea and desert. The town offers a range of accommodation from upscale comfort establishments with complete Western amenities to traditional eco-lodges. Dive sites accessible from Marsa Alam number among the most attractive in the Red Sea for experienced divers. There are h...

A favourite destination of African safari enthusiasts, Grumeti Serengeti Tented Camp in Tanzania's Western Corridor is to undergo an extensive rebuild. Conservation-led luxury travel company andBeyond has announced that on completion of the work, the camp will reopen as Grumeti Serengeti River Lodge. "Grumeti was originally built in the early 1990s...

Hilton has announced an expansion of its hotel presence in Cameroon with the launch of its upmarket DoubleTree by Hilton brand in Douala, the country's largest city. An opening date is still to be announced and will follow a multimillion-dollar renovation of the Douala Rabingha Hotel. The new property will join Hilton Yaoundé, which recently celebr...

Africa – surely the best continent for adventure travel ever created and one of my favourite destinations. Now, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts has unveiled the revamped Sheraton Djibouti in the eponymous capital city of Djibouti, located in the coastal region on the Gulf of Tadjoura. The 185-room hotel is the first Sheraton in Africa to bring to life ...

Hurtigruten Expeditions is adding the west coast of Africa and two unique archipelagos – the Bissagos Islands and Cape Verde – to its list of new destinations. The 13-day itinerary includes four countries – Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal – cruising on board MS Spitsbergen based out of Dakar, Senegal, one of West Africa's most exo...

The name Victoria Falls refers to both the body of water and the town of the same name in Zimbabwe, from where you can enter the national park and watch as the upper Zambezi River plunges 354 feet down to the middle level. Equally, the falls can be seen on the Zambian side of the river from Livingstone, the town named after Scottish explorer Dr Dav...