Crazy for Couscous

by Ethan Steadman Africa

If you are traveling to Morocco, you are in for a treat! Not only is the country one of the most culturally diverse in Africa, but it has perhaps the most diverse menus as well. I could enumerate for you every single thing you have to try (the lamb, beef, chickpeas, various fruits, tagine stew, [...]

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4 places that you should not miss when visiting Mauritius

by Elijah Bitson Africa

Mauritius is an island nation located in the Indian Ocean to the East of South Africa. With sandy beaches, lush vegetation and some great tropical weather, this is definitely a place to visit if you are looking for some amazing place to spend your holidays. But do you know that there are more than the [...]

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Mount Kilimanjaro

by Gigi Africa
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If you are adventurous, do consider the famed Mount Kilimanjaro, i.e. Africa’s highest peak. It is a dormant volcano that contains three cones and is located in Mount Kilamanjaro National Park in the north-east of Tanzania.
According to those who have experienced the strenuous climb up to Mount Kilimanjaro, it is indeed [...]

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Cape Town – So Much to See and Do!

by Gigi Africa
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Why people keep on coming back again and again to Cape Town? I think there is none other than there is so much to see and do in Cape Town.
Also known as Kaapstad or iKapa, Cape Town lies at the foot of Table Mountain. Cape Town is the capital of Western Cape Province [...]

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Victoria Falls – a Spectacular Natural Phenomenon

by Gigi Africa
Thumbnail image for Victoria Falls – a Spectacular Natural Phenomenon Victoria Falls - Eastern Africa, Victoria Falls, Zambia

If you want to see how Zambezi can be transformed from a tranquil, placid river into a tumultuous current of roaring water, then Victoria Falls, also known as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ – ‘the Smoke that Thunders’ or ‘the greatest known curtain of falling water’ by the Kololo tribe living in the area in [...]

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Discover Sharm El Shiekh in Egypt

by lowcostholidays.com Africa

A Taste of Paradise on a Sharm El Sheikh Holiday
If you’ve been searching for a sun, sea and sand holiday then look no further than Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. The sun is always shining in this wonderful Red Sea resort, where you can try your hand at water sports or do nothing more than [...]

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Cairo – The Babylon and the Triumphant

by Gigi Africa
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Tourists who went there said that Cairo is overwhelming, why so? I believe it is not just because it is the Arab world’s most accessible political and cultural centre or as Africa’s largest city, or a magnet for the agricultural poor, but the amazing antiquities of the Egyptian, Coptic and Islamic civilizations that can be [...]

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Zanzibar – Stone Town for a Slave Market?

by Mun Yee Africa
slave market

Want to visit a city that is blended with Arabic, Indian and African culture and style, plus a little bit of European sense? Or want to sense the air with a heavy scent of cloves?
Zanzibar, a distant island ringed with sparkling, azure seas and impossibly white and empty beach should be [...]

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