Deserts

On the vast plains of Mongolia, an innovative new private camp immerses guests in the lives of nomadic herders, opening their eyes to a country, and a way of life, in a state of beautiful, complicated flux. Maria Shollenbarger reports

Lucia van der Post ventures into deepest Chad on an expedition to document some of the world’s oldest rock art – encountering vast deserts, magnificent caves and poignant vestiges of forgotten eras

Ancient Salalah sits at the gateway to the massive dunes of the legendary Empty Quarter and some of the most pristine reefs in the Arabian Sea. Tarquin Cooper takes on both

In a new Kalahari safari experience, Lucia van der Post has a profound interaction with one of the world’s oldest, most precious and most endangered cultures

A couple join some new friends on a holiday in the Nevada desert – but will it become a baptism of fire?