South Africa may be one of the world’s great safari destinations, but the Big Five are only the opening act. This is a country where you can pair wildlife drives with Cape Town’s layered recent history, hike through huge mountain landscapes, surf on the Wild Coast and spend an afternoon tasting your way through world-famous vineyards. That variety makes choosing the right tour especially important. The best small group tours to South Africa can look wildly different, from a w

There’s sightseeing, and then there’s actually getting under the skin of a place. The best small group tours with unique local experiences go beyond the classic photo stops, creating opportunities to meet local people, learn about different traditions, eat somewhere you would never find by scrolling Google Maps, or experience landscapes in a more hands-on way. That can take all kinds of forms. You might spend the night with an Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon, le

Bosnia and Herzegovina packs a surprising amount into a relatively small corner of Europe. Sarajevo layers Ottoman bazaars, Austro Hungarian architecture, Olympic history and contemporary cafe culture into the same city. Head south and Mostar brings cobbled lanes and the famous Stari Most, while the countryside opens up into waterfalls, mountain villages, vineyards and river valleys. Its more recent history is impossible to separate from the travel experience, too. Many small