Travel Blueprint: Tanzania

How does a country encompassing Africa’s highest mountain, the expanses and wildlife of the Serengeti and the coastal bliss of Zanzibar remain so low key? We guide you through one of the world’s most understated destinations

Travel icon: Perito Moreno Glacier

One of the planet’s few non-retreating glaciers, Argentina’s Perito Moreno is a vast, noisy and spectacular mass of ice. Here's how to see the best of it

Unwanted souvenirs

We all know it’s important to take pre-trip precautions, but what about post-travel care? Look out for those long-lingering nasties...

Airport Parking for Wanderlust subscribers

Things that make you go eeeuyew!

Leeches, flesh maggots, metre-long guinea worms... Here's how to deal with nature’s nasties

Travel icon: Old Havana

The historical heart of Havana is the epitome of crumbling Cuban cool – but for how long? Get there before it changes forever

Know your own body

Dr Jane helps girls stay safe and healthy worldwide

Travel icon: Milford Sound

Rainy, remote and beset by sandflies, the star of New Zealand’s Fiordland still feels thrillingly wild

Get stuck in

Pre-trip immunisation is vital when travelling, but which jabs do you really need? Dr Jane Wilson-Howarth gets under the skin of vaccination

Travel icon: Iguaçu Falls

National borders don’t come more impressive – this world-beating waterfall, shared by Brazil and Argentina, is one of the must-see sights of South America. We give you the lowdown on all that water