Ethiopia is ancient Abyssinia. It’s ‘once upon a time’ fables, rock hewn churches, soulful smiles and every traveller’s wildest fantasy. It’s the
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Africa
From the pyramids of Giza to the continental traverse of the Great Rift Valley, there’s no going past it: Africa is raw, wholly unique and littered with spellbinding travel encounters.
It’s where tribes still exist as they have for millennia, wild elephants and leopards roam savannahs unrestrained by barbed wire and the vast, open landscape surpasses continental peers in tiers of beauty.
Africa should be visited at least once in your life. It will not fail to get under your skin.
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Sailing the Nile River on a felucca, watching Egyptian life unfold on the mighty river's banks
Watching the sun rise behind Mt Kilimanjaro, en route to the summit of Mt Meru
Exploring the hills around Lalibela, in Ethiopia's north, and escaping to another world
Travelling through the Maasai Mara on the lookout for the Big 5
Getting back to basics on the shores of Lake Malawi in Nkhata Bay
Moving at a casual pace from north to south along Mozambique's stunning coastline
Standing among the clouds on top of Cape Towns Table Mountain in South Africa
Walking among Mother Nature's finer elements on a foot safari in Eswatini's Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary
Snorkelling near, sailing around and sunbathing on Zanzibar, Tanzania's very own slice of island paradise
Shopping and haggling for Moroccan treasure in Fez's ancient Medina
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