South Africa

Table Mountain rises over Cape Town like a giant table, and at its foot Camps Bay beach, lined with palm trees, basks in the afternoon light. On the Cape Peninsula the road runs to the Cape of Good Hope, with waves, cliffs and wild flowers.

In Stellenbosch, vineyards climb towards the mountains and white-fronted Cape Dutch manor houses wait for a wine tasting. The Panorama Route leads to the Blyde River Canyon, where green cliffs and a winding river open out beneath your feet.

In Kruger National Park, the day begins before dawn with a safari: elephants cross dirt roads in a haze of dust, and with luck you see lions, leopards, buffalo and rhino, completing the ‘Big Five’ of the savanna. The journey suits those who love both the city and the wild.