Cape Winelands
I have been visiting South Africa’s Western Cape since I was a schoolboy in what was then Rhodesia. I remember sitting on Cape Town’s Camps Bay Beach on my first trip here in the 1960s
Continue Reading »I have been visiting South Africa’s Western Cape since I was a schoolboy in what was then Rhodesia. I remember sitting on Cape Town’s Camps Bay Beach on my first trip here in the 1960s
Continue Reading »“Thomas Hudson had been ashore about four days when he got really drunk. It had all started at noon at the Floridita ... He had drunk double frozen daiquiris the great ones that Constante
Continue Reading »America's Deep South is the source of all modern music. It started in the mountains and in the cotton fields and spread across the planet. Here Graham Boynton goes back to the source.
Continue Reading »I AM standing on the side of Isandlwana a sphinx-like mountain in what is now KwaZulu Natal.
Continue Reading »Native Zimbabwean Graham Boynton spent 18 months traveling through the bush with guides in 6 countries to come up with this list of his 25 top safari guides.
Continue Reading »As the tyrant totters towards decrepitude his country slides into famine...
Continue Reading »The 80th anniversary of the Village Vanguard coincides with a resurgence in the city’s jazz scene
Continue Reading »Terrorist attacks in Kenya are having a crippling effect on tourist numbers which could lead to the loss of 200 000 acres of a vital ecosystem writes Graham Boynton
Continue Reading »Graham Boynton reports on the illegal rhino horn trade in South Africa and how rampant poaching is endangering the African rhino species.
Continue Reading »Dubai International Airport has surpassed Heathrow as the world’s busiest global hub while three Gulf airlines—Emirates Qatar Airways and Etihad—are scooping up passengers.
Continue Reading »The Masai Mara offers some of the world’s best wildlife experiences – but for how long? Will human over-population destroy Kenya’s flagship reserve? Graham Boynton investigates
Continue Reading »With the slaughter of elephants showing no sign of slowing in Kenya Dr Paula Kahumbu is a conservationist who is taking the fight to the poachers
Continue Reading »A biopic of Richard Leakey will struggle to capture the essence of the controversial conservationist says Graham Boynton who has known him for 30 years
Continue Reading »Richard Leakey has returned to Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve and one of the first social calls he makes is to the local Maasai elders. He says it is traditional in African society
Continue Reading »From the cosmopolitan centres of Sydney and Melbourne to Mudgee and beyond Australia's lauded restaurants and vineyards are on course to rival the Old World's best
Continue Reading »From the Archives: Following the death of Nelson Mandela Graham Boynton reflects on the moving sites and tours where visitors to South Africa can follow in his footsteps
Continue Reading »Does Africa seem tame to you with its conga lines of safari vehicles and camps with crystal chandeliers? Do you long for that frisson of the infinite? Then Antarctica is the place for
Continue Reading »British tour operators are starting to feature Zimbabwe in their brochures again. Graham Boynton who grew up in Bulawayo considers whether it is right for tourists to return.
Continue Reading »When the South African president arrives at Buckingham Palace this week one wonders if the Queen will be aware of what an unusual guest she is hosting writes Graham Boynton.
Continue Reading »From the Connaught Bar in London to Bemelmans in New York barmen are elevating the martini to an art form. On both sides of the Atlantic Graham Boynton finds the third golden age of cocktails
Continue Reading »After an extensive study of Africa’s most famous reserves Graham Boynton says to save its great creatures we need a conservation revolution.
Continue Reading »When the World Trade Center’s North Tower began to collapse a firefighter yelled at Mark Asnin “Run!” and he turned and ran for his life.
Continue Reading »It is a week away from the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and I am standing on the corner of Harrison and Greenwich in SoHo staring wistfully at Mary Ann’s Mexican Restaurant.
Continue Reading »As summer approaches Graham Boynton says that London’s crowded main airport once the world’s most popular transfer hub is being eclipsed by the rising aviation star of Dubai
Continue Reading »For all the dramatic oratory and the thunderous delivery of his speeches in his brief heyday Eugene Terreblanche was to all intents and purposes a designer Boer whose significance
Continue Reading »After 32 years in power will Robert Mugabe try to fix one last election or stand down and give his party a five-year lifeline?
Continue Reading »The African elephant once under threat has recovered in greater numbers than some habitats can bear. Graham Boynton considers the future of these wondrously sentient creatures
Continue Reading »Morgan Tsvangirai Zimbabwe’s prime minister has shown great dignity in working with Robert Mugabe the man who spent years trying to eradicate him. Now he tells Graham Boynton it
Continue Reading »Bulldozed in the 1920s and constantly rebuilt 'so history doesn’t breathe through’ Shanghai has always looked forward. But in exploring its brash modernity Graham Boynton
Continue Reading »The 'pop brain of the universe’ on his year-long quest to document the musical connections of America's states.
Continue Reading »With just three weeks to go before the world’s greatest restaurant closes for ever a table at El Bulli is harder to secure than tickets to the Olympics. But Graham Boynton got lucky
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