North Africa & Islands

The pyramids, the museums that hold what came out of the tombs, and a city of more than twenty million…

Coloured volcanic earth, a 100-metre waterfall and a rum distillery, in one small inland pocket.

The beach island off the northwest, the one part of Madagascar built for a holiday rather than an expedition.

The largest collection of temples and painted tombs in the world, split across two banks of the Nile.

A sandy islet in the east-coast lagoon, sold as a day trip and priced as one.

The calmest stretch of the Nile, Nubian villages, and two rock temples moved uphill to escape a lake.

The working capital: a market, a waterfront and one museum that explains how the island came to be who it…

The efficient way to see the temples between Luxor and Aswan, and the only part of the trip where you…

The busiest and most convenient stretch of coast, and where most first visits are based.

Coral reef straight off the shore, warm water all year, and a completely different trip from the Nile.