We all dream of going on an African safari—the tempting image of glamorous safari tents, the never-ending wild landscape, the thrill of seeing the natural world at its most basic survival of the fittest. Seeing the 'big five'—leopard, elephant,
By day, watch a lion pride sleepily stretch out under a tree, elephants playfully bathing in the Chobe River as the National Park has the largest population of elephants in the whole of Africa, and maybe a cranky hippo feeling hemmed in by other
Voodoo conjures up pictures of slithering snakes, spine-chilling masks, scary scenes of devilish figures wildly dancing around licking flames of fire, sticking pins into dolls, human possession by spirits, and sacrificial blood being sprayed
Many game lodges today have more than one operation (bush camps) within walking distance of each other, for those that want to get up close and personal with the vast African bush around them. It's a totally different experience to that of playing animal voyeur, sitting in your six-seat jeep high off the ground.
An impala limped off into the bush with its raised hind leg in the air, crippling its usual fleet-footed dancing leaps, as it tried to keep up with the rest of the herd. This was when I came face to face with the brutal and horrific outcome of snaring, the biggest killer of African wildlife.
Cape Town is the undisputed foodie capital of the African continent. Consistently ranked as one of the best food cities in the world, it isn't only Table Mountain, white beaches with tottering penguins and luscious wineries that are attracting globetrotters.
Freedom Day celebrates the first post-apartheid elections that were held on the 27th April, 1994. These were the first non-racial national elections when everyone over the voting age of 18, no matter what race and including foreign citizens that are permanent residents of South Africa could vote.
5 Of The Weirdest Places To Visit In Africa - In the next of our series on bizarre travel destinations, we’ll head to Africa, where desert mirages materialize as abandoned movie theatres, and mummified bats are forever preserved.
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