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 of Tankwa Karoo National Park (South Africa) and Nevada Black Rock (United States) are more than 16,000 kilometres away from each other. What links these...
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 the simple equation that led Cape Town to become home to Zeitz MOCAA Museum, which will open its doors in autumn 2017.
The collection without a...
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, Morocco offers perfect surfing weather from October to April. Many surfers the world over, and especially from Europe, make the most of these conditions and...
The Tangier left behind by the Protectorate
Tangier, northern Morocco, still has spots to remind you that, during the years of the Protectorate, this was a city of splendour, and a refuge for foreigners.
The Cecil Hotel, where La Barraca, the theatre company belonging to García Lorca and Margarita Xirgú, enjoyed their Tangier glory days, is now reduced to rubble. Literally dust, a cloud of it flies...
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 Hinduism, connected to the Ganges by the gods.
First, God created these islands in the Indian Ocean. And heaven was copied from Mauritius. So wrote Mark Twain, the great Southern writer with his unruly moustache and...
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 thought they’d found the Garden of Eden. You could argue that an island formed from a volcanic inferno may not quite fit the image of...
Mauritius Island, the luxury of relaxation
Are you looking for a place to relax, to walk along a golden beach, be pampered with soothing massages and find harmony? Well, more than 1.5 million people do find it every year. Where? On the island of Mauritius.
'Let it go’. That is the name of a massage created at the Four Seasons spa on Mauritius. It consists of...
The endless bay
Water sports, beaches and shopping by day, then restaurants and nightclubs after sunset: All the attractions of Mauritius Island are concentrated in Grand Baie.
In the 17th century, the Dutch called it De Bogt Zonder Eyndt, the endless bay. Today, the coastal town of Grand Baie is the most popular tourist destination in Mauritius and it offers endless entertainment, day...
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 time ago and began growing into a unique, unclassifiable being. Tana, as the Malagasys call the city, is at the centre of the island. It...
The highway to hell
The Danakil depression, in the Horn of Africa, is one of the hottest places in the world. It has only 60,000 inhabitants, and even fewer who dare to visit it.
The thermometer shows 51ºC at four in the afternoon. The Danakil Desert is known as ‘Hell on Earth’. To cross would be follwing in the footsteps of Rimbaud, who tried...
