Steve Madgwick
Travel writer
Steve Madgwick is a journalist and travel writer.
A safari on foot in the big, bad wilderness is amazing – and nerve-racking
For the next two days, we’ll walk in single file, always, so animals see us as one big thing, giving them unambiguous escape routes.
- Steve Madgwick
The most dangerous animal you can face on safari? The one in front of you
After the first hippo charge, I realise my guide and I have a difference in opinion on the definition of “life-threatening”.
- Steve Madgwick
The world’s most famous hat has been misnamed for 170 years
Whether they cost $25 or $7500, the hats sold in this country famous for them carry the wrong name.
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The ultimate way to travel in economy: ‘Bogan business class’
Spread out, make the space look unappealing for chancers. Fashion a mini-pillow fort. Pull down two tray tables. Anything to keep this space to myself.
- Steve Madgwick
Hiking the heavenly cloud-forest trail haunted by mysterious deaths
When two young backpackers disappeared, this Central American town made headlines worldwide. But in reality it feels like one of the region’s safest places.
- Steve Madgwick
Swallowed by white, this is a different sort of hike
In Japan, but not for skiing, it’s amazing what comes into focus when you’re entirely swallowed by white.
- Steve Madgwick
This safari offers a daring level of immersion, without the truck scrums
A hippo smacks her lips grazing three metres from my tent at 3am. At campfire breakfast, a leopard breezily strides past.
- Steve Madgwick
You won’t sleep in this gloriously alive jungle, but you won’t care
There’s an exquisitely thin line between creatures and creature comforts in the Peruvian Amazon.
- Steve Madgwick
Beyond the obvious, this Australian island remains an enigma to most
Most Australians only know three things about Christmas Island: it has lots of crabs, a notorious detention centre and is closer to Bali than our mainland.
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Of America’s two most famous ski towns, which one is the best?
We put two of North America’s glitziest ski towns up against each other in an alpine battle royale.
- Steve Madgwick