Kenya

Home to red-robed warriors and caramel-coloured lions, roamed by wildebeest and scarred by the Great Rift Valley, nowhere says ‘Africa’ quite like Kenya. Touchdown in the capital and drink dawas in an expat bar, or gain perspective in the sprawling slums. Visit the busy port of Mombasa and stretch out on a sandy beach, or balloon-ride over the Maasai Mara and peer down on endangered rhinos.