The town of Kasane, in the far north of Botswana, is the gateway to Chobe National Park. This extraordinary wildlife reserve is best known for its large elephant population, and is also home to species including giraffes, lions, leopards, baboons and hippos.

Botswana’s magnificent Chobe National Park is one of Africa’s most impressive wildlife destinations, home to huge herds of elephants and Cape buffalo, which are drawn to the banks of the Chobe river to drink in the drier winter months.

The town of Kasane, in the far north of Botswana, is the gateway to Chobe National Park. This extraordinary wildlife reserve is best known for its large elephant population, and is also home to species including giraffes, lions, leopards, baboons and hippos.

Victoria Falls is one of Africa’s most spectacular natural wonders, known as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ in the local Lozi language - ‘the smoke that thunders’. The falls straddle the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, at the point where the Zambezi river plunges into a deep gorge.

Johannesburg is a city that comes with plenty of baggage, but urban renewal is transforming former no-go zones into the city’s most happening new neighbourhoods, and there are some excellent museums for those who want to grapple with South Africa’s difficult past.