Ancient bushveld stretches to the horizon in a park the size of a small country. Sunrise drives and sundowners are punctuated by lions, leopards and elephants.

Unfenced private reserves famed for the finest leopard viewing in Africa. Open vehicles, close sightings and a guide who knows each cat by name.

A city at the edge of a continent, beneath a flat-topped mountain. Two oceans, wine valleys and penguin beaches sit within an hour of each other.

A river that never reaches the sea instead spills across the Kalahari, braiding into a maze of channels, lily lagoons and palm islands thick with wildlife.

Elephants by the hundreds come to drink where the river meets the Kalahari sands. Cruise at sunset and the herd will stroll straight past your boat.

The Smoke That Thunders. A mile-wide curtain of the Zambezi plunges into a gorge, throwing spray high into the sky and a rainbow across the canyon.

Zimbabwe's largest park is a world of ancient pans, teak woodland and some of Africa's biggest elephant herds. Night at a waterhole is pure theatre.

Walk freely among elephants on a floodplain of the Zambezi. Mana Pools is one of the few places in Africa where you can safari on foot.

Big Five game drives

Search the veld for lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino with expert trackers.

Dawn bush walk

Walk with an armed ranger and learn to read tracks, scat and the bush's stories.

Sundowners

Raise a glass beside a waterhole as the sky burns orange.