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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…

  • Viajes a Chad

    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…

  • 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 Ounianga lakes, Ennedi massif or Tibesti region.

  • 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 prospective trip in Chad in which we visited the Zakouma…

  • 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.

  • 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 country, small in territory, but immense in diversity and cultural…

  • Visiting the Cantanhez National Park in Guinea Bissau

    Travelling to Cantanhez National Park The Cantanhez National Park in Guinea Bissau is located in the district of Tombali, in the south of the country, about 250 kilometers from the…

  • 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…

  • Traditional Fabrics of Ivory Coast

    Traveling through the different regions of northern Ivory Coast we find the craft production of traditional materials. Traditional Kita The “kita” or also called “kente” is the traditional material that…

  • Why travel overland in Africa?

    After years traveling overland in the African continent we are firmly convinced that trucks are the best means of transportation for group travel in Africa. Good reasons to travel overland…

  • Niofoin and its fetish houses. Visit one of the most peculiar villages of Ivory Coast

    In northern Ivory Coast, in the heart of the Senufo country, between Boundiali and Korhogo, lies Niofoin, one of the most interesting and picturesque villages in the whole country. Visiting…