Tips and travel ideas for Africa. The beautiful continent of Africa has a plethora of diverse attractions from buzzing cities to incredible natural wonders and fabled ancient sites. Here you will find all the information you need about travelling in Africa so start planning your trip now and experience everything that Africa has to offer travellers.
 On the peaceful beach promenade of Swakopmund a cheerful park bench looks out on a chilly Atlantic Ocean that churns, crashes, foams, rumbles and roars. After weeks in the deserts and bushland of Namibia, tasting the most delicious cinnamon crepes, as well as date and walnut muffins, was a treat. […]
The Skeleton Coast of Namibia has no skeletons and not really any shipwrecks any more but you can imagine the despair of any mariner washed up on this moistureless shore. After the South Atlantic Ocean there is a mini mountain range of grey sand and then the glaring white gravel […]
In north-central Namibia, Damaraland is nothing short of magnificent with its red hills of broken rock and silky gold tussock studded with mounds of a spiky, silvery green plant. The backdrop is the translucent purple of a mountain range. Namibia has the sort of African landscape of which travellers dream. […]
Cardinal Richelieu is reputed to have asked the question: “If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?” Nowhere is this more true than in the Stellenbosch wine region of South Africa, where delicious wine mixes with gorgeous landscape and three centuries of architecture and cultivation. Stellenbosch is […]
Zambia may not be the first country that comes to mind when planning a dream african safari holiday, but being relatively undiscovered makes it all the more special. Zambia has fantastic African game viewing, including Big Five safaris, and also opportunities to see endangered white rhino and experience an unspoilt, less […]
Namibia holidays will deliver the Africa travel landscapes and wildlife of your dreams while at the same time challenging your imagination. And self drive Namibia travel is an amazing way to experience Etosha National Park. Etosha is in northwestern Namibia and it’s 22,270 square kilometres in area, dominated by a […]
I see my Traveller’s ABCs as a combined self-examination exercise and travellers’ curriculum vitae. A bit like my credentials for presuming to blog about travel to an unsuspecting public. I’ve very much enjoyed reading other bloggers’ Travel ABCs and found the exercise very revealing. Without further ado, here are my […]
There’s no doubt it has been a great year for travel in my world, and it has seemed a very long year – the Egypt trip in January 2011 seems an age away. I’ve also moved base from London to Melbourne in Australia for awhile so it has been a […]
Straying into the realms of self indulgent travel blogging … with unabashed pleasure I’ve explored my travel archives to share my favourite sunset moments from travelling around the world: Sunsets in Africa Starting off in Africa, the best sunsets were definitely in Namibia. In the heart of Etosha National Park […]