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Australian Outback | Steve Knipp | Australia, Northern Territories, Alice Springs
There are no wake up calls at the Ross River ranch in the heart of the great Australian outback. The wild red parrots and silver crested cockatoos take care of that
Desert Island Zebras | Rory Spowers | Philippines, Visayas, Palawan
I woke to breath-taking views of the Busuanga Islands, a collection of perfect palm-fringed little splodges, surrounded by bands of dazzling white and electric blue, like giant pulsating jellyfish...
Journey to the Monster's Lair | Paul Miles | Tanzania, Coast, Dar Es Salaam
Villagers climb the volcano and clamber down a precipitous path to the lake's edge to make a sacrifice to the creature of the deep
Love of a Cold Climate | Belinda Jackson
The softest comforts don’t detract from the heartbreaking beauty of Antarctica
Madagascar – The Island Continent | Mark Eveleigh
In the 13th century Marco Polo reported rumours of Madagascar’s incredible riches: "more elephants are bred here than in any other province . . . they have leopards and lynxes and lion also in great number"
Madeira in Spring | Christopher Somerville | Portugal, Madeira, Madeira
Portugal’s beautiful Atlantic island is made for ramblers jaded with the dulls and damps of northern Europe; and as for the flowers – well, I was walking on those, brushing the dew from their blooms with my boots
Nature Rules | John Borthwick | Australia, Queensland, Heron Island
Ancient Hindus thought of the world as supported on the back of a giant turtle. As a ponderous Loggerhead turtle scrapes her way up the midnight sands of Queensland's Heron Island, I can see how the idea arose
Safaris in the 21st Century | John Warburton-Lee
The word safari is derived from the Arabic, safara - to travel. But what does it mean to go on a safari at the beginning of the new century and how have safaris developed?
Spain's Ripest Exotic Fruit | Paul Miles | Spain, Andalucia, Granada
In the Autumn, when the pigs are fattened up, there’s usually a slaughtering festival
Vultures in Spain | Rebecca Ford | Spain, Valencia, Catalonia
So sparsely populated is this secret corner of Spain that the occasional vulture might be the only creature you meet on a full day’s walk