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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...

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...

Ecotourism in Chad and community development

Ecotourism and development of local communities. Walking and Bicycle Routes in Chad The Guera Mountains have a great tourist attraction...

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...

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...

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...

Ounianga Lakes, chronicles of a tour to Chad I

Like a big secret, Chad keeps jealously one of the most beautiful deserts on the planet with awesome places like...

Zakouma National Park in Chad

Visiting Zakouma National Park In Kumakonda we could not start 2019 in a better way, just finished with a new...

Gerewol of the Wodaabe, the ceremony of the most beautiful people in the world

The Gerewol festival of the Wodaabe combines the three centers of attention of the Fulani, the beauty, the cattle and...

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....

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...

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...