It’s a wilderness in every sense of the word: far away and almost forgotten, a place that the Portuguese dubbed “fim do mundo’ – the end of the earth.

Nature takes its fiery course in the shadow of one of the inselberg outcrops that dot the reserve PICTURE: Russell Scott

Roving travel writer Janine Stephen wrote us this marvellous story on the Niassa National Reserve which lies in the liquid embrace of the Rovuma and Lugenda rivers in the far north of Mozambique.

An elephant takes a drink in the Lugenda River PICTURE: Russell Scott

The reserve is now a protected area and wild animals – resilient as only they can be – have been making a steady comeback.

A canoe on the banks of the Lugenda River PICTURE: Connor Cullinan

Read Janine’s story HERE

The Niassa Wilderness Camp PICTURE: Connor Cullinan