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Are Safaris Safe? | John Warburton-Lee | Zimbabwe, Zambezi National Park, Victoria Falls
Considering the backdrop of volatile politics and great poverty in Africa, accounts of armed robbery, muggings and even murder are perhaps unsurprising, but when they involve tourists it begs the question “Is it safe to go on holiday in Africa?”.
Bargain of the Millennium | John Warburton-Lee | United States, Alaska, Anchorage
There are few more rewarding experiences than driving a team of huskies through this vast land of mountains, spruce forests and endless silence
Bazaruto Archipelago | John Warburton-Lee | Mozambique, Bazaruto Archipelago, Bazaruto
Once regarded as the pride of Africa’s Indian Ocean seaboard, the ultimate respite for hunters and colonialists seeking a rest from the dust and the flies
From on the road in Peru | John Warburton-Lee | Peru, Southern Andes, Arequipa
The Plan: To make a journey of roughly 4,500 kms around southern Peru travelling in a 4WD vehicle. My aim is to visit and photograph as many of the key cities, historical sites and Inca ruins as I can
From on the road in Peru 2 | John Warburton-Lee | Peru, Southern Andes, Arequipa
Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians: all competed for Arequipenan souls and built churches to stake their claim. The Jesuit church, La Compania, is architecturally the most striking. Its superbly carved baroque portal incorporates classical pillars, the Habsburg crest, Catholic and Indian icons. The Jesuit cloisters are equally magnificent and a quiet place to escape the heat of the day…
God’s Highway | John Warburton-Lee | Zimbabwe, Zambezi National Park, Victoria Falls
Alone in your tiny craft, each rapid is a hectic battle of skill, nerve and determination as you battle your way through the Zambezi’s stomach-lurching drops
Impact of Tourism | John Warburton-Lee
On the positive side, safaris produce much needed foreign currency and employment. On the negative side, large numbers of tourists demand an infrastructure that can degrade wilderness areas leaving the landscape criss-crossed with roads and speckled with lodges.
Kwa-Zulu Natal | John Warburton-Lee | South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
As we struck further inland, deep into the heart of Zululand, the country changes, becoming more expansive and somehow more raw. Rolling plains are flanked by conical granite hills and escarpments
Notes From Peru | John Warburton-Lee | Peru, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, Machu Picchu
Despite rapidly-growing visitor numbers, the iconic Machu Picchu remains intoxicating
On the Trail of the Boer War | John Warburton-Lee | South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg
Set in spectacular country, with views far across the valley to the towering cliffs of the Drakensburg Mountains, Spion Kop rises 1,400 feet above the Tugela River
Safari Style | John Warburton-Lee | South Africa, Mpumalanga & Kruger, Kruger National Park
Entering the new millennium, the range of safaris to choose from has never been larger or more tempting
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?
The Skier’s Nightmare | John Warburton-Lee | Switzerland, Swiss Alps, St Moritz
You face the frequent ski fanatic’s dilemma: all year long you fantasise about adrenalin pumping runs with mogul fields to die for, while your partner, frankly, doesn’t
Tien Shan: The Heavenly Mountains | John Warburton-Lee
Through the enveloping silence came the sound of the wind singing through the passes; the tinkle of meltwater running off the ice and the occasional cry of a bird hanging in the thermals overhead
Travelling the Tenere | John Warburton-Lee
Great sweeping ridges of sand snaked up to star-shaped, wind-blown summits in perfect crescents. With each vista the dunes seemed to loom larger and more graceful
Walking in the High Atlas | John Warburton-Lee | Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakech
Great sweeping ridges of sand snaked up to star-shaped, wind-blown summits in perfect crescents. With each vista the dunes seemed to loom larger and more graceful
Wild Life in Mozambique | John Warburton-Lee | Mozambique, Bazaruto Archipelago, Bazaruto
Having spent three days on the neighbouring Benguerra Island, we landed on Bazaruto Island with high expectations of yet another tropical idyll in this chain of islands off the coast of Mozambique