Austerio Alonso
Co-founder of Kumakonda. Passionate of Africa. Specialist in the design, preparation and realization of expeditions in Africa. Content creator.
Latest posts from Austerio Alonso
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Expedition to the best place to see gorillas in Africa central – Part ¾
From Sahara in Chad to deep jungles in CAR, heading to Dzanga Sangha, some of the best place to see gorillas in África central.
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Expedition in Central Africa – Part 2/4
Viaje en camión en África central en el que descenderemos desde Ennedi y el Parque Nacional de Zakouma en Chad, a la Reserva de Dzanga Sangha en las selvas.
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Africa overland trip: from the desert to the rainforest. Part 1/4
Africa overland trip from Ennedi massif inthe Sahara desert to the african jungles visiting Dzangha Sangha and Zakouma National Park.
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Travel to Benin – Travel guide to discover the voodoo country
Travel to Benin. Its main richness is its immense cultural heritage, its varied traditions (some forty ethnic groups), and its dense and tumultuous history.
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West Africa, journey through our senses
To enter West Africa is to penetrate ancestral Africa, in a mysterious world of secret societies, initiation rites, masks and lots of music.
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People and cultures in Chad, encounters across the Sahel
En los pequeños mercados de las zonas rurales, en los caminos polvorientos del Sahel, en los restaurantes locales, o junto a los estanques y fuentes de agua es donde nos…
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Dzanga Sangha, probably the best forest reserve in Africa
Deep in the rainforest of the northern Congo Basin is located the Dzanga Sangha Reserve, a protected area home to an astonishing variety of wildlife, from the most hallucinatory and…
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Ennedi; the Eden of the Sahara. Chronicles of a tour to Chad II
World Heritage, the Ennedi massif, located in northeastern Chad, is known as the “Eden of the Sahara”, hides some of the most beautiful desert landscapes on the planet. Incredible rock…
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Gerewol of the Wodaabe, the ceremony of the most beautiful people in the world
We traveled to Chad to attend the Gerewol festival of the Wodaabe nomads. A spectacle of beauty in the open landscapes of the Sahel.
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Dambe: the fight club in northern Nigeria
Dambe. Welcome to the Fight Club.We travelled to northern Nigeria, specifically to Kano, the oldest city in West Africa.
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Bijagos Islands in Guinea Bissau, where women rule
On our last trip to Guinea Bissau in February 2018 we were lucky to learn more about this West African country, small in territory, but immense in diversity and cultural…
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Tiwai Island Sanctuary Sierra Leone
Discovering Tiwai Island, travelling to Sierra Leone The Tiwai Island Sanctuary in Sierra Leone is one of the great highlights of a journey through this exciting West African country. Tiwai…