If you're hankering for a bit of adventure, you can't do much better than a safari in Kenya or Tanzania. Coming face-to-face with enormous, prehistoric-type mammals in their wild and natural habitat is not something that fits the daily 9 - 5. In fact, very little about a holiday in Africa has anything remotely similar!

For a city break with a difference, why not visit Gambia's capital Banjul and experience the traditional local cuisine and bustling street markets of the city, or try the livewire 'Red City' of Marrakech in Morocco, in northern Africa. For a combination of city break and incredible ancient history, plunge into the hectic lifestyle of Cairo and head for Egypt's world-recognised landmark - the awe-inspiring point-tipped Pyramids of Giza.