The adventurer’s dream
In the guise of the Caribbean in the Indian Ocean, with turquoise seas and sandy coral beaches, Mauritius hides the promise of many adventures to come.
When the Dutch settled on Mauritius in 1598 they...
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 soil.
A dark-skinned hermit wearing a white tunic, with Bible in...
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, in Namibia, is a ghost town awash with sand.
During the...
The end of the world is in Tasmania
Three Capes Track was opened to the public with the promise of “awakening the senses”. The bushwalkers most eagerly-awaited hiking route is on the edge of the precipice on the remote Australian coast.
Its opening...
A continent in search of (an artistic) capital
African art is claiming its place in the world and consolidating itself in Cape Town, capital of creative expression.
“There was a collection looking for a home and a building looking for contents”. That is...
Dive from your bed
The Underwater Room is the most exclusive room at The Manta Resort, an idyllic restaurant on Pemba Island, in Zanzibar. The room is a separate floating island and the bedroom is submerged four metres...
One of the greatest parties on Earth
Once a year, in the middle of the South African desert, a short-lived town devoted to art is set up for the sole purpose of having fun. There are no rules in AfrikaBurn.
The deserts...
An airport where trains and planes cross paths
The only airport in the world crossed by train tracks is in New Zealand. The shared space, where railway tracks cut across the runway, is Gisborne Airport, operated by the Eastland Group. The line...
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 to another dimension.
Madagascar split off from the world a long...
African surfing heaven
Beyond exoticism, surfing discovers a new Morocco that is more ‘hippy’ and welcoming to wetsuits. 3,500 kilometres of coastline at the mercy of its famous long right-hand waves.
With an average temperature of 25 degrees,...
