Safari Camps - 10 African wilderness retreats

Luxury vacations with the chance of observing wild animals may be easy to find in Africa now, but few safari camps offer a true sense of wilderness. Here are ten retreats that score highly on every count. Among the dozens of luxury safaris in Africa, it’s refreshing to find a few that still focus on the thing we’re supposed to go to the bush for: the wilderness.

Away from the continent’s chaotic cities and the most populous game parks, these are camps that really are in the wild: often geographically spectacular, surrounded by forests, grasslands and rivers, and inhabited by animals totally unused to man. The people who run these camps are usually as extraordinary as their surroundings: men and women whose lifeblood is the wilderness, and who enjoy nothing more than showing guests the plantlife and animals that thrive there. Read more »

World Class Hotels - Africa

The Lake Malawi National Park now has an extra attraction in the Pumulani Beach Lodge, comprising ten luxury lakeside villas. Each commands a spectacular view over Lake Malawi and its own private deck. Activities at the lodge include birdwatching, waterskiing, sailing, diving, wakeboarding, kayaking, snorkelling and fishing.

Guests can experience the beauty of the Lake of Stars by night on scenic cruises in a traditional wooden dhow, a 40ft sailing boat handbuilt by local craftsmen. The National Park is a World Heritage Site and the opening of the lodge brings luxury accommodation to this natural paradise. Read more »

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