Trip ideas
Lalibela: Ethiopia’s Jerusalem
The Lasta mountains conceal the monastic city of Lalibela, whose temples were cut out of volcanic rock, to emulate the Holy Lands on African...
Where the Ganges reaches Africa
Mark Twain wrote that Mauritius was used as a model for heaven. The archipelago in the Indian Ocean is also a holy centre of...
A dip on the edge of the abyss
The Victoria Falls are a true spectacle in themselves, but the most intrepid travellers don’t have to settle for photographs from afar: they can...
Travel guides
The desert that ate Kolmanskop
It had its heyday during the first half of the 20th century, thanks to the diamonds that used to be found there. Nowadays, Kolmanskop,...
The guardians of Virunga
The oldest National Park in Africa is home to over 1,100 species, including the mountain gorilla. After years of armed conflict, it has been...
The Urban Jungle of Madagascar
If Madagascar is like an alien island because of its avenues of baobab trees and lemur population, then the capital, Antananarivo, is the gateway...
