Feature · 11 Jul 2020
Exploring mountain bike trails in Rwanda
Mountain bike enthusiast and Cicerone author Jan Bakker is on a quest to find mountain bike tracks in the east-central African country of Rwanda
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Feature · 2 Feb 2020
Hiking in the High Atlas mountains of Morocco
After years of being asked, Steve Barham finally went hiking in the High Atlas in Morocco, where he was warmly welcomed to its exotic and exciting landscapes.
Feature · 1 Dec 2019
Running the Freedom Trail in South Africa
The 2400km Freedom Trail in South Africa is not a running trail or even a hiking route, but could it be? Emma Timmis decided to find out. With only her brother on his bike for...
Feature · 27 Nov 2019
Christmas in Africa
Exotic as it sounds, taking a Christmas break in North Africa can be light on the wallet as well as the stomach. Here, David Wood describes how some new discoveries in the Anti-Atlas have shaped his views about how to spend the festive season.
Feature · 24 Nov 2019
Mud, sweat and tears: Trekking in the Rwenzori Mountains
Jan Bakker takes on the challenge of trekking in Uganda’s spectacular and demanding Rwenzori Mountains – in some surprising kit.
Feature · 24 Apr 2019
Scrambling in the sunshine – spring in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas
Mick Borroff recounts his first trip to the Moroccan Anti-Atlas - a place of fantastic mountains, ridgeline scrambles, gorgeous gorges and painted rocks.
Feature · 5 Jan 2019
A traverse of the Moroccan north west Anti-Atlas from Ait Baha to the Ait Mansour or Teneglitche Gorge.
The Anti-Atlas mountain range lies just below the city of Agadir and to the south west of the High Atlas. Here you will find both adventure and tranquillity in the many 7000 ft...
Feature · 30 Nov 2018
Celebrating Fifty Years... Exploring Morocco's Anti-Atlas
Jonathan looks back on a particularly memorable trip to the mountains of Morocco with his son (and excellent rescuer) Joe Williams. This short story is taken from the...
Feature · 24 Nov 2018
Exploring Jebel El Kest and the Moroccan Anti-Atlas
The western Anti-Atlas is known to rock climbers and a small group of road-trip travellers. Its principal mountain, Jebel El Kest, was featured in a Cicerone Extra article by...
Feature · 14 Nov 2018
Hiking in the cirques, l'île de La Réunion
When Réunion was suggested to Alex and Alice Stearn as a honeymoon destination, it didn’t take all that much googling to see that it was the sort of place the couple would...
Article · 16 May 2018
Choosing a route to climb Kilimanjaro
There are six ways of getting to the summit of Kilimanjaro, but which of the routes up the mountain is best for you? Alex Stewart gives an overview of the options.
Article · 27 Jan 2018
Can anyone climb Kilimanjaro, and other frequently asked questions
Alex Stewart, author of the Cicerone guidebook to trekking Kilimanjaro, answers some frequently asked questions about trekking to the roof of Africa.
Feature · 5 Jun 2017
James goes walking in the Drakensberg
Cicerone's Sales Rep James visits South Africa, decides that Table Mountain would not make for a decent piece of furniture, and discovers the brutality of Bugger Gully.
Article · 26 Apr 2017
Where is the Drakensberg? The World Heritage Site you've never heard of
Somewhere is a land of spectacular natural beauty; an extraordinary mountain range of huge peaks, towering basalt cliffs, massive sandstone outcrops, deep gorges and crystal-clear...
Video · 26 Apr 2017
Where is the Drakensberg
Somewhere is a land of spectacular natural beauty; a mountain range of huge peaks and crystal-clear streams. But almost nobody has heard of the Drakensberg.
Feature · 5 Dec 2016
The land of a thousand hills: trekking and tracking in Rwanda
Mike Wells escapes the crowds in Africa’s most densely populated country tracking chimpanzees and trekking to the source of the Nile in Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park.
Feature · 8 May 2016
Climbing Jebel Toubkal, the highest mountain in Morocco
Morocco holds an immediate and enduring fascination, a blend of the exotic and the unfamiliar. Despite years of French and Spanish colonial rule it seems far removed from western...
Feature · 10 May 2015
Jebel el Kest: A stunning day in the Moroccan Anti-Atlas
The ascent of Jebel el Kest in Morocco’s Anti-Atlas is a stunning day in remote mountains – one of the very best hill days. Cicerone’s Publisher, Jonathan Williams, explored...
Feature · 10 Feb 2015
Climbing the Bedouin routes of Wadi Rum
The story of the first western climbers to tackle the magnificent climbs on the ancient Bedouin hunting routes of Wadi Rum, Jordan. This Middle Eastern region is home to some spectacular sandstone rock climbs, as well as significant historical and...
News · 25 Mar 2014
Cicerone to the rescue in Morocco
One of our authors, Andy Hodges assists a struggling Polish climber whilst on a training trip to Morocco.