Travel Blogs Africa

The huge saline desert of the Etosha National Park is one of the most unique landscapes and surrounded by many waterholes it attracts some of the most rare and curious creatures.

Etosha is also a great place to spot wildlife and in dry season it's a beautiful sight to see the animals come to the waterholes to drink. From giraffe's, zebra's and impala's to lions, rhino's, elephants...

The Serengeti National Park is one of the best places, if not the best, to spot wildlife and the way to do this is by game-drive.

These jeep safaris allow you to spot the Big 5 which refers to Lion, Leopard, Rhino, Elephant and Cape Buffalo.

The term Big 5 was used by game hunters and refers to the difficulty they had of bringing these large animals down.

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Ile de Goree is a beautiful island near Dakar which unfortunately was known too long for its brutal past. Today the island is showing a different side and many tourists are willing to explore the local grounds.

The island of Ile de Goree was known as one of the first European settlements to play a big role in the Atlantic slave trade, a past which is still visible today.

Ile...

I have enjoyed our Sahara desert trip immensely. The journey took us through the proudly standing sand dunes of Erg Chigaga, Morocco. An array of small to big sand mountains reaching as far as our eye can see.

The solitude of the trek was very relaxing and calming. It was a great mediation to think of nothing and become the center of the Universe. I followed the footsteps of my...

My wife and myself stayed at African getaway guest cottage situated in Ysterplaat, Cape town. It is a quiet middle class suburb situated 10 minutes drive to the city center. What we liked the most was the privacy. It was the only cottage on the property. We had sundowners next to the swimming pool and enjoyed a bbq meal. What was also fantatic was that it was walking distance to the supermarkets,pubs...