14 posts tagged with Africa
Lake Malawi is 580km long, up to 80km wide, and holds more species of fish than any lake on earth. The beaches on its southern …
Read MoreThe Serengeti is magnificent — and magnificently crowded. Tanzania hides a dozen ecosystems that rival it in wildlife and surpass it in solitude: the remote …
Read MoreMorocco's medinas are designed to disorient. Fes el-Bali is the world's largest car-free urban area, a 9th-century labyrinth of 9,000 lanes. Marrakech's souqs are theatre …
Read MoreGabon protects 11% of its land in 13 national parks, most of it primary rainforest. It has 60,000 forest elephants, half the world's remaining western …
Read MoreThe Skeleton Coast is one of Africa's last genuine wildernesses: 1,600km of fog-shrouded Atlantic coastline where shipwrecks rust beside seal colonies and desert elephants walk …
Read MoreMountain gorilla trekking in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park is one of the most profound wildlife experiences on earth. The permit costs $1,500 and is worth …
Read MoreLesotho is entirely surrounded by South Africa — the only country on earth to be completely enclosed by a single other nation, apart from San …
Read MoreCape Town's V&A Waterfront is polished, convenient, and entirely unlike the city that surrounds it. The real Cape Town is Bo-Kaap's painted houses, Woodstock's murals, …
Read MoreZanzibar is more than its beaches — though the beaches are extraordinary. Stone Town is a UNESCO-listed tangle of Arab, Indian, and African history. The …
Read MoreGiza is one of the seven wonders of the world — and one of its busiest tourist sites. Egypt's real secrets lie elsewhere: the Valley …
Read MoreThe Okavango Delta is one of Africa's great ecological paradoxes: a river that never reaches the sea, flooding instead into the Kalahari Desert to create …
Read MoreThe Danakil Depression sits 125 metres below sea level and averages 34°C year-round, with peaks above 50°C. It is also one of the most visually …
Read MoreKenya and Tanzania share the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem — the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth. But they offer meaningfully different experiences in infrastructure, price, crowd levels, …
Read MoreDiscover the perfect time to visit Cape Town with our comprehensive seasonal guide. From whale watching to wine tasting, plan your unforgettable South African adventure.
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