Go Nigeria. See Calabar Festival and Carnival.

Calabar Festival and Carnival, Cross-River, NIGERIA Let me assume you've heard about or seen the Notting Hill Carnival held annually on the streets of Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. Let me further assume you know about the annual Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Brasil. These are world class examples of street...

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Visit Zambia, Zimbabwe. See Victoria Falls.

Mosi-oa-Tunya, ZAMBIA and ZIMBABWE One of the world's most majestic water spectacles is the Mosi-oa-Tunya meaning The Cloud That Thunders. It is otherwise called the Mosikalamosikala meaning The Smoke That Thunders. This legendary waterfall, generally known as the Victoria Falls, is among the biggest, and most awe-inspiring on the planet. Mosi-oa-Tunya...

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Go Botswana. See Makgadikgadi Pans.

Makgadikgadi Pans, Tutume, BOTSWANA Will you ever imagine an area the size of Portugal largely uninhabited by humans? Okay! There's one with a stark, flat, featureless terrain which seems stretches to eternity, meeting and fusing with a milky-blue horizon. This is the Makgadikgadi, an area of 12000 sq kms, part of the Kalahari Desert,...

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Visit DR Congo. Climb Nyiragongo Volcano.

Virunga National Park, Virunga, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO The 7800 square kilometer Virunga National Park is the oldest national park in Africa and the second oldest in the world (after Yellowstone). The park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies on the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it borders Uganda...

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Go Nigeria. Climb Olumo Rock.

Olumo Rock, Abeokuta, NIGERIA There is no way the history of Abeokuta, an ancient city in southwestern Nigeria, will be told without the mention of Olumo Rock. Why? you'll want to ask. Read on to find out the role and importance of Olumo Rock to the Egba people who are the inhabitants of Abeokuta. Olumo Rock is one of the most popular...

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Visit Egypt. See the Pyramids of Giza.

The Great Pyramids, Giza, EGYPT Egypt, officially, the Arab Republic of Egypt, is in north-eastern Africa with its capital located in its largest city, Cairo. Egypt also extends into Asia by virtue of holding the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is bordered by Israel and the Gaza Strip to the north-east, by Sudan to the south and by Libya to the west....

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Go Kenya. See Maasai Mara National Reserve.

Maasai Mara, KENYA The Maasai people of East Africa live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania along the Great Rift Valley on semi-arid and arid lands. The Maasai occupy a total land area of 160,000 square kilometers with a population of approximately half a million people. However, many Maasai see the national census as government meddling...

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Visit Swaziland. Attend the Reed Dance Festival.

The Uhmlanga Festival, Ludzidzini, SWAZILAND Umhlanga was created in the 1940s in Swaziland under the rule of King Sobhuza II as an adaptation of the umcwasho ceremony which was an older cultural practice in the Swazi Kingdom. Umhlanga, or the Reed Dance ceremony, is an eight-day ceremony held annually in Swaziland and by...

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Go South Africa. See the Table Mountain.

 Table Mountain, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Table Mountain is a South African icon and the only natural site on the planet to have a constellation of stars named after it - Mensa, meaning the table. Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South...

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Visit Nigeria. See Yankari National Park.

Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi, NIGERIA Yankari Game Reserve is located about 225km east of the Nigerian city of Jos and it covers an area of 2,244 sq km. Yankari Game Reserve has been described by the Lonely Planet Guide as holding about the only remnant of wildlife left in Nigeria. Yankari National Park is a large wildlife park...

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