From the category archives:

Africa

Holidays On The Island of Fire

June 5, 2009

The seven, Spanish owned Canary Islands are located around 100 miles off the coast of West Africa. Close to the Tropic of Cancer and on a similar line of latitude to the Bahamas and parts of Florida and Mexico. Creating a clement year round climate that has earned the archipelago the epithet of the European [...]

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Kenya Travel Warnings Come Thick and Fast

January 3, 2008

The eastern African nation of Kenya is the holiday destination for some one million tourists every year, most of them looking for a good combination of time on a warm beach and trips into the countryside on safari, hoping to see some of Africa’s incredible wildlife.
But right now, things are looking shaky [...]

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Tunisia: An alternative African destination

November 21, 2007

While many Europeans know the northern African country of Tunisia as a great place for beach holidays, the wealth of culture and history to be explored here is less well known. Tunisia is a safe nation to visit; it’s small and easy to get around; and it’s full of an incredible variety of places to [...]

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Scuba Dive in Mozambique

September 16, 2007

Mozambique, a former Portuguese colony, is located along the southeast coast of Africa, along the Indian Ocean. This nation of over 19 million residents stretches from South Africa up to Tanzania in the north. The nation is home to a spectacular coastline, a World Heritage Site, and some of the best diving in the world.

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Explore South Africa’s Tugela Falls

September 8, 2007

While the Tugela Falls may not be a household name, they should be. At a total height of 3,110 feet (947 meters), these waterfalls in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa are the second highest falls in the world, after the Angel Falls in Venezuela. They are found in the Drakensberg (Dragon’s Mountains) in the [...]

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