A rather odd gait for a giraffe! This photo was taken in Murchison Falls National Park, one of two parks in Uganda where you can spot an abundance of these graceful creatures. But that’s not all that’s on offer in what is fast becoming Uganda’s most popular park. Covering an area of 3,840 square kilometres, the area is characterised by open plains, dotted with exotic Borassus Palms and Ugandan Kob, and host to a parade of elephants, lions, waterbucks, buffaloes and warthogs.

THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC. Aswan and Luxor have been attracting visitors for centuries. These two southern Egyptian cities and their environs boast some of the world’s most fascinating and best-preserved ancient monuments, like the Philae Temple, Unfinished Obelisk, St. Simon Monastery, Abu Simbel, Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Hatshepsut’s Temple, the Colossi of Memnon and the temples of Karnak and Luxor.

THIS ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC. Cairo is a city of contrasts, simultaneously modern and deeply connected to its golden past. Full of life, this capital of Egypt is a bustling sleepless metropolis that boasts monuments and architecture spanning thousands of years. Cairo is the largest city on the African continent, as well as in the Middle East.

Jinja, in eastern Uganda, is fast securing its place as one of Africa’s hottest destinations. Dynamic yet easygoing, this town set on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, is just a few kilometres from the Source of the Nile Gardens, the outlet that feeds the northern flow of the White Nile on…