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The Bazaruto Archipelago is water-sport heaven and most resorts offer free equipment for non-motorised activities such as snorkelling, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding. Book at the lodge for activities like scuba diving, seahorse safaris and sailing dhows at sunset.
Set where the woodlands of Zambia begin to merge into the grasslands of East Africa, this extraordinary oasis of water and wildlife has become not just the place to find the legendary Shoebill Stork but also somewhere to appreciate the natural bounty created by seasonal water.
Everything seems a bit bigger on South Africa’s Whale Coast. Towering mountains provide the backdrop to the ocean vastness under an arching blue sky. And there, breaking the water, a giant whale’s tail slaps the surface, the noise of impact rolling over you like canon fire.
They say you can see two thousand stars with the naked eye on a clear night. And when you look up the heavens on one of Botswana’s inky dark evenings, you’ll probably agree. But the most obvious question is: how does one sleep out under the stars in Botswana and not get eaten?
