Perched high on the Rift Valley escarpment overlooking Lake Malawi, Livingstonia is a picturesque historic town renowned for its well-preserved colonial architecture, rich educational heritage, and sweeping panoramic views. Founded in 1894 by Scottish missionaries, it remains one of...
Kitulo National Park, widely known as the “Serengeti of Flowers” or the “Garden of God,” is a breathtaking high-altitude plateau in southern Tanzania. Covering 413 square kilometres across the Kipengere and Poroto mountain ranges, it was the first national park in...
After visiting Anja Reserve, we continued our adventure to the remote Tsaranoro Valley. The road was really bad and required a tough 4WD vehicle to access the valley via a rough, sandy dirt road branching about 30 km off the main RN7 south of Ambalavao. The approximately three-hour drive...
Later, we slowly drove on perfect tarmac through the Sheikh Mountains, a part of the Golis Mountains that form the rugged northern edge of the Somali plateau and run parallel to the Gulf of Aden. The mountains have a significant range in elevation, with the highest peak in Somaliland...
We spent several days driving on the TanZam Highway, built between 1968 and 1973, with financing from a joint effort between Sweden, the World Bank, and the International Development Association (IDA) for sections in Tanzania, and loans from the United Kingdom and the World Bank for...
Lesser known than the more famous Zanzibar, Mafia Island is a little hard to reach, and if you do not choose the hard way, then it can get rather expensive with a flight from Dar Es Salaam. Of course, we chose the hard way and took a 40-kilometre-long, dirty, and narrow road to reach the...
Today, we were lucky and had lovely weather. We drove from Karongi towards Nyungwe Forest National Park. The road was perfect tarmac with some occasional bumpers. We made many photo stops and really enjoyed great views of Lake Kivu and local villages dotting steep hills. The road was...
We took a beautiful scenic route from Kabale around Lake Bunyonyi towards Kisoro town. The road is well paved, and it took us just 2.5 hours to get there with all our photo stops. The road has many sharp curves and stretches that immediately rise to a hill and drop down a steep incline...
We arrived at the charming 15th-century stone village of Dana, which dangles beneath the King’s Highway on a precipice, commanding exceptional views of the valley below. That valley and the surrounding area make up the Dana Biosphere Reserve. The village of Dana has been occupied...
Cliffs of The Edge of the World (1131 m) dramatically rise from the desert just around 80 kilometers northwest of Riyadh. The Edge of the World (Jebel Fihrayn) is an unexpected and dramatic geological wonder in the rocky desert. It earned its nickname because you have an uninterrupted...