Nuestra última expedición al macizo de Tibesti, el techo del Sahara
Volvimos al macizo de Tibesti en enero 2026, el techo del Sahara Tras cuatro años sin viajar a Tibesti, este enero 2026 volvimos a recorrer la más remota región del desierto del Sahara. Una expedición compuesta por 17 viajeros internacionales, 6 conductores y 6 vehículos 4×4 y 3 cocineros. Esta vez, la expedición transcurrió tranquila […]
Gerewol of the Wodaabe in Chad, the feast of the most beautiful people in the world
Gerewol of the Wodaabe in Chad, the feast of the most beautiful people in the world Just south of the Sahara is one of the most enigmatic and interesting peoples of Africa: the Wodaabe (Mbororo). The Wodaabe are a subgroup of the Fulani (or Peul), an ethnic group that can be found in practically all […]
Bwiti night, exploring Gabon’s traditional culture
Bwiti night, exploring Gabon’s traditional culture In the Gabonese night there is an initiatory world that never sleeps. It is the world of the Bwiti. On this last trip to Gabon in June 2025 I have had the opportunity to have been introduced a little more to this complex set of rituals and secret initiatory […]
The Langoue Bai and the Kongou falls in Ivindo, trip to Gabon
The Langoue Bai and the Kongou falls in Ivindo, trip to Gabon On our last trip to Gabon in June 2025 we visited two of the wildest and most beautiful places in the country, the Langoue Bai and the Kongou falls in the Ivindo National Park. Situated in the centre-east of Gabon and crossed by […]
Trip to Central African Republic and Republic of Congo: summary of our route from Bangui to Brazza
Highlights of our trip to Central African Republic and Republic of Congo If the DRC is the past, Congo Brazzaville, together with CAR and Gabon, is the present and the future. Excellent national parks, ceremonies and the experience of walking in the forest with the Baaka pygmies make this region very attractive for us, and […]
The Sudd, chronicles of a journey to South Sudan via the White Nile
The Sudd, South Sudan’s White Nile Expedition The Sudd (Bahr al Jabal) of South Sudan, a vast and remote region on the map still somewhat unknown. Before we set off we had no news (at least online) that any group of travellers had made this great journey in its entirety before, at least in the […]
Planet Sahel, a borderline territory
The Sahel is a land of transition between the desert and the savannah that precedes the jungles of the south. It is a horizontal strip of land spread across more than 10 countries. It crosses the entire African continent from east to west at its widest point, and as a borderland it marks the character […]
Sapeurs, the dandies of the Congo and the “SAPE”
In Brazzaville and Kinshasa, the capitals of the two Congos, hundreds of sapeurs are part of the urban subcultural movement known as SAPE.
Tata Gonda, the celestial army in DR Congo
In the depths of the province of Congo Central, the followers of the now dead prophet Tata Gonda live in total autarchy.
National Gungu Festival of Congo, traditional Pende culture
Gungu Festival, traditional culture and community development The National Gungu Festival (FESNAG) is a manifestation of socio-cultural and touristic promotion of the traditional Pende culture, promoted from within by the local communities themselves for its development. The aim of the Gungu Festival is to protect and revalue the ancestral cultural heritage of the Pende culture […]
Isolated Tibesti, the legendary Sahara
Tibesti, a massive array of volcanoes, canyons, oases, dunes, strange peaks and isolated villages inhabited by the rude Teda people.
Baaka Pygmies, forest inhabitants of Central Africa – 4/4
Pygmy peoples of Africa In this final part of the trip that we started in Chad four weeks before, we had not yet met one of the most interesting peoples and cultures in all of Africa: that of the Pygmies, particularly the Baaka or Baka. Long before the arrival of the black Bantu peoples around […]