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Top 8 resorts for your stay at Fort Portal-Kibale Forest area

  Monkeys in Africa are almost everywhere, and it is always easy to come across these cute animals. But their absolute reign is the Kibale forest, in the national park of the same name. The park guarantees them protection, in fact in the Kibale forest there are over 13 different species of monkeys. They coexistContinue reading "Top 8 resorts for your stay at Fort Portal-Kibale Forest area"

A brand new life for 250 elephants in Malawi

Something is moving in Malawi. In the very sense of the word. More than "something" is moving, to be exact. Over 200 elephants will find a brand new life for themselves in a new territory . It is happening in these days, in June 2022. By the 27th, in fact, 250 elephants will start toContinue reading "A brand new life for 250 elephants in Malawi"

Visit Ukerewe, the museum island of Tanzania

Ukerewe is the largest island of the largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria. It belongs to Tanzania and is a museum-island, unique for many reasons. Recently, it has become one of the most interesting tourist attractions of this area. Also because it is connected to the city of Mwanza. Both Mwanza and Ukerewe show aContinue reading "Visit Ukerewe, the museum island of Tanzania"

Etosha National Park

The name of this Namibian National Park Etosha, means the ”great white area” and refers to the huge salt pan. This is an impressive sight because it’s certainly the biggest salt pan in Africa. Etosha National Park is unique in Africa. The park’s main characteristic is a salt pan so large it can be seen fromContinue reading "Etosha National Park"

Skeleton Coast

The name Skeleton Coast derived most probably from the huge numbers of stranded whales that lost their life here and whose skeletons could be seen all over the place. The Ovahimba who are settling in the far north-eastern parts of Namibia used the whale bones for building their huts. Skeleton Coast is a 40 kmContinue reading "Skeleton Coast"