This is a truly unique country with towering mountains, teeming rainforests, deserts, incredible scenery and tiny island hideaways.  Madagascar has a many animals birds and trees which are found nowhere else on the planet, including hundreds of species of lemurs, chameleons and frogs, which are unique to the island.  Madagascar sees relatively few tourists and you can wander colourful markets and explore small towns with a sense that you are visiting a place untouched by tourism.   The infrastructure is a little creaky and the accommodation generally unsophisticated, yet this a place for a real adventure.  You should devote around two weeks to Madagascar, and the best times to visit are our spring and autumn.  This is another place that is excellent value for money.  So contact Ross now.

Lovers of wildlife and natural beauty simply have to visit The Galapagos Islands.   We can arrange a week's cruise on a luxurious 40 berth motor yacht like Isabella II.  Visit islands with marine iguanas elephant seals, huge colonies of albatross giant tortoise and other species unique to these tiny islands.  You can easily combine this with a visit to the amazing Machu Picchu in neighbouring Peru, and even a hop into the Amazon rainforest which is a  further 30  minute hop over the Andes.   Contact Warwick to arrange a holiday of a lifetime.

Come and meet Africa Exclusive and some of our favourite safari guides at the Royal Geographical Society in London on Saturday 6 November.  This year we celebrate our 20^th anniversary so it will be a really special day full of fun, interest and ideas for more amazing Africa Exclusive safaris. Get the date in your diary!

If you want to escape the build up to the election and swop the "big beasts" of the political world for some real ones, May is a fabulous month for a Botswana safari.  The Okavango Delta is being replenished by its annual "flood" and the big private reserves of the Linyanti are teeming with elephant, plains game and big cats.   Camps like Lebala and Duba Plains are really exciting places to be right now.  The Botswana deserts are also blooming in May with seasonal migrations of Zebra so it's a great time to visit Jack's Camp in the Makgadigadi.   Botswana has low season prices from April to June so it's good value too.  Contact Laura now to plan a perfect safari to Botswana.