Africa

The world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent.

Algeria, Angola, Benin,Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Morocco
Egypt
South Africa

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Abu Simbel • Egypt

The complex of temples dedicated to the Pharaoh Ramsis II “the Great”, Abu Simbel in Upper Egypt was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan Dam, in a massive archaeological rescue plan sponsored by UNESCO in the 1960s. Abu Simbel is a village lying 280 km south of Aswan and only 40 km north of […]

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Aït Benhaddou village in Morocco

Aït Benhaddou is a mud brick village on the edge of the High Atlas Mountains that climbs up the side of a hill like giant sandcastles, in Ouarzazate province, southern Morocco. Aït Benhaddou is an ighrem (fortified city or palace in English, ksar in Arabic), along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in […]

Aswan • Egypt

One of the driest inhabited places in the world, Aswan is a city in the south of Egypt. It stands on the east bank of the Nile and is a busy market and tourist centre. Aswan is some 680km (425 miles) south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser is far more relaxed and smaller than Cairo and Luxor. The smallest of […]

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Atlas Mountains of Africa

The Atlas Mountains stretches around 2,500 km (1,600 miles) through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. It separates the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The range’s highest peak is Jebel Toubkal, with an elevation of 4,167 metres (13,671 ft) in southwestern Morocco. The Atlas mountains are primarily inhabited by Berber populations. The Atlas was […]

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Boumalne Dades Town in Morocco

Boumalne Dades is a town in Tinghir Province, Morocco. Located at the edge of a desert plateau, at the outlet of the upper Dadès Valley (more than 1500 m high), Boulmane Dades is originated from an old way of transhumance, controlled by the Aït Atta Tribe of Jbel Saghro and also used by neighbouring tribes […]

Cairo • Egypt

Cairo, literally “The Vanquisher” or “The Conqueror”, is the capital of Egypt. Nicknamed “The City of a Thousand Minarets” for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region’s political and cultural life, associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids in adjacent Giza. One of the largest […]

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Cape Town • South Africa

Located on the south western tip of South Africa and facing the Atlantic, with a developed and world famous waterfront, its dramatic views of Table Mountain, Cape Town is ideally located to provide the traveler with lots to see and do. Scenic beauty, cultural diversity, gourmet delights and breathtaking scenes all conspire to make Cape Town […]

Cape Town Ritz Hotel

Cape Town Ritz Hotel, with great Atlantic Ocean views, just 329 yards from the beach and minutes from the V&A Waterfront. It boasts the only revolving restaurant in Cape Town. Full English breakfast is served every morning with eggs prepared according to guests’ wishes. A la carte meals can be enjoyed at the panoramic restaurant, […]

Dar Anika

Dar Anika is my favourite riad in Marrakech, centrally located and excellent service, it feels very much like staying in a palace rather than a hotel. The service is very personal and each guest is catered to their own needs. A second return to Marrakech and without a doubt, I knew to stay here again. […]

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DESERT CAMP BOUCHEDOR

You arrive at desert camp bouchedor by dromedary caravan to reach the bottom of the dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert. Dinner and then around a campfire spend an evening listening to desert songs of the touaregs. In the desert of Erg Chebbi at the edge of the Sahara, close to the village of Merzouga, is […]

EGYPT CLOSED – CHAOS ACROSS EGYPT

Cancelled trip to Egypt as per advice from UK Foreign Office, means travel here is now dead until peace is restored. Three hours into my flight the captain announces we are diverted to Athens. Later it is confirmed the flight landed due to a bomb scare as reported by the BBC. The rising unrest in Egypt and the […]

Exotic Lines Travels • MOROCCO

Exotic Lines Travels provides private trips from Marrakech all over Morocco. Exotic Lines Travels can help you personalize your trip according to your preferences and itinerary with experience and knowledge to help you plan your stay. I did the private three days to Merzouga desert edge of Erg Chebbi. On the 1st day leave Marrakech and cross the Atlas Mountains passing […]

Giza • Egypt

Giza is a city to the west of the Egyptian capital, now absorbed as part of the heavily-populated and sprawling Cairo metropolis. One of the premier attractions of Egypt, the Pyramids of Giza represent the pyramid structures of ancient Egyptian civilisation. The city of Giza, or Gizah, is the third-largest city in Egypt located on the west bank of the Nile River, […]

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Gorge du Dadès

Gorge du Dadès is a gorge of the Dadès River and lies between the Atlas Mountains and the Anti-Atlas mountain range, in Morocco. Berbers built many kasbahs in the vicinity of gorges with defence purposes. The word Kasbah means fortress, usually constructed by a local leader both to protect his land and as an indication of […]

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Gorge du TODHRA

Hotel Riad Ksar Ighnda

On the edge of the desert at Ouarzazate on a setting of natural beauty, Hotel RIAD KSAR IGHNDA opens its doors for you onto the Atlas Mountains. I stopped here on the Road to Desert • Morocco to have lunch after visiting the UNESCO listed site of Aït Benhaddou nearby. In the village of Aït Benhaddou, you will come across Berbers, […]

Cape Town • South Africa

Tinghir City – Morocco

DESERT CAMP BOUCHEDOR