This story appears in the October 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine ... The river connects nine African countries along its nearly 3,000-mile journey to the Atlantic Ocean, but its ...

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South and south-central Africa offer a mix of lively cosmopolitan cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town, and wildlife-rich countryside for safaris in Botswana, Zimbabwe, and beyond. Adventurous ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Butterflies are abundant in the Central African Republic. It is home to nearly 600 identified species, many brilliantly ...

"Pack for function, not style," advises Chris Johns, Editor in Chief of National Geographic magazine and author of Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift. "Tourists should blend in, not attract ...

"Africa is like no other place on Earth—vast, sweeping, diverse, complicated, and breathtaking," says Christine Dolan, a former spokesperson for Nelson Mandela, who's taken more than 50 safaris.