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South Africa: Safari

South Africa's many stunning private game reserves are successes of eco-preservation and offer diverse wildlife.
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Botswana

Amazing wildlife and sensational safari camps are keys to why Botswana is an African success story.
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South Africa: Cape Town

Like a gawky adolescent who has discovered her beauty, the city is blooming as it shows off its splendors.
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South Africa: Winelands

The Cape Winelands have always had remarkable wines; now the region is the center of a dynamic new culinary movement.
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South Africa

This incredibly diverse, enormous country at the tip of the continent offers a thrilling combination of city, bush and beach.
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India: Tented Camps

Seven tented camps, including two new luxury/eco ones. Plus: what to read and see before you go.
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Kenya

Eco safari camps, recommended outfitters, plus an amazing house rental and reading lists.
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Hawaii: Big Island

With hiking trails, scenic waterfalls, hidden villages and luxury resorts, the Big Island is an otherworldly slice of paradise.
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Cairo

In Africa's largest city the modern world coexists with the ancient just as extravagant lifestyles unfold alongside severely impoverished ones.
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Namibia

Bordering the Atlantic Ocean and South Africa, Namibia has expansive deserts and is one of the world's least populated countries.
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Mauritius

This island nation makes a perfect, beachy conclusion to a safari in East Africa.
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Marrakech

Marrakech has it all: history, romance, atmosphere. It exudes a happening, hip vibe, but it also has a sterling pedigree. If you’re looking for an indulgent time in an exotic...
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Siwa

An ecoresort in an Egyptian oasis. More coming soon.
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Zambia

A first-hand account of a philanthropic “reality" trip to Zambia that transforms the California families who sign up.
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Tanzania

Exquisite small safari lodges and visionary conservation projects have raised the wilderness experiences in Tanzania to an incredible new level.
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Mozambique

A postcard from a unique island retreat.
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Brazil

An insider's guide to Rio. Plus, learn about a family trip in the Amazon and a bikini-boot-camp style spa.
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Rwanda

For animal lovers, it's difficult to top the experience of observing an endangered mountain gorilla up close.
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Italy: Sardinia

Writer D. H. Lawrence once described Sardinia as “lost between Europe and Africa and belonging to nowhere.”
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Dubai

What was once a tiny fishing village has morphed into a tax-free bastion of mega-malls, five-star hotels and wildly elaborate real estate projects.
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Botswana: Where to Stay: Luxury: Jao Camp

Your small plane puts down on the landing strip on a remote island just west of the Moremi Game Reserve, and there is Jao, nestled in the marshes. The husband-and-wife...
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Botswana: Where to Stay: Luxury: Vumbura Plains

Like Jao Camp, Vumbura Plains is also the brainchild of North Island architects Silvio Rech and Leslie Carstens. Surprisingly contemporary and utterly different from what you’d expect, it’s not for...
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Botswana: Member Postcards: Botswana Adventures

Two Indagare members recently traveled to southern Africa, staying at several memorable lodges. Here are the highlights from their journey. “The series of spectacular safari camps made our trip a...
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Botswana: Introduction: Overview

A landscape so incredibly beautiful it seems like a dream, teeming with wildlife and sensational camps: Botswana is Africa’s biggest success story. With an economy kick-started by the discovery of...
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South Africa: Safari: Itineraries: Itinerary No. 1: Trips of a Lifetime: Safari

A passion for Africa has been compared to an infection—Jane Goodall even named her autobiography Africa in My Blood. There’s something about the continent’s vast plains, colorful skies and majestic,...
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South Africa: Introduction: Just Back From: Just Back from…South Africa

Last week, when most of the world was abuzz with swine flu mania, I traveled to South Africa where the topic of the moment was more local: the country had...
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Botswana: Where to Stay: Hideaways: Mombo and Little Mombo

Located on Mombo Island, deep in the Moremi Game Reserve, Mombo and Little Mombo have an exhilarating variety of wildlife surrounding, and sometimes passing right through, them. No wonder they’re...
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Active/Adventure: Pulse: Into the Wild: The Selous Project

“I want to go Indiana Jones for a week,“ a European client recently told safari guide Anton Turner. So they are heading into some of Africa’s true wilderness on foot,...
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Escape: People: An African Honeymoon

Postcard from Susan Kittenplan Susan Kittenplan and her husband, Scott, honeymooned in Africa. Here are highlights of their journey. North Island, Seychelles This resort didn’t just meet our expectations; it...
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Giving Back: People: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in South Africa

When Kwandwe Private Game Reserve opened in 2002, the owners made philanthropy and giving back to the local communities a priority. With more than seventy percent of the population living...
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