Ok, we admit it. We didn't know anything about Africa, nothing besides what can be learned by looking at the Lion King (uaaaachuweñaaa!), Madagascar and little else ... until a few weeks ago when we decided that the February ODOP issue was going to be the black continent. And then we got to investigate! JOLIN! What a wonder and what a surprise ...
There are so many things to do and see We want to share some with you: here goes the 1st part of our list of 100 things to see and do in Africa.
1 Understand that Africa is not a country, if not a continent: it is made up of 54 states that are 54 cultures, stories, places, foods ...
2 Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania): the highest mountain in Africa, and if you add a postcard environment with wild animals ... awesome!
3 Okavango Delta (Botswana): Yes, there are more things to do in Botswana without killing elephants like the king of Spain, for example getting lost in this virgin paradise and if you are lucky enough to be able to do a safari in mokoro (traditional canoe) You can admire elephants, antelopes, giraffes, hippos and crocodiles!
4 Eat fruit ... mango, passion fruit and especially amulla, the fruit that gets drunk! He has 17% alcoholic graduation!
5 Total relaxation in one of the islands of the Bazaruto archipelago in Mozambique.
6 Do you think Africa is only suffocating heat? Well in Morocco you can ski! How do you stay?
7 Reach the end of good hope.
8 Feel like an Arab princess in the white desert and the black desert in Egypt.
9 Live the experience of being in a Hammam (Arab baths).
10 Marvel at the huge Fish River Canyon in Namibia.
11 Stroll through Chefchouen the blue town of Morocco.
12 Visit mega-capitals like Cairo, Mombasa, Cape town ... and get lost in unknown towns that don't even show the map.
13 Visit the volcanoes of Uganda.
14 Recharge batteries in Kribi (Cameroon): peace and backpacker environment assured.
15 Go on safari in one of the most beautiful natural parks in the world: Kruger National Park (South Africa).
16 Snorkeling in a red sea.
17 Living a Ramadan in first person, although it may not be very practical for those who do not spend 2 hours without eating like me!
18 Visit the Pyramids of Egypt.
19 And the 223 Pyramids that exist in Sudan!
20 If you're a Star Wars fan you can't miss the Tunisian desert, where it was filmed!
21 Go through the equator (if it will be geek but I would love it!).
22 Explore the Wild Coast in South Africa.
23 Take out your hippie soul in Tofo (Mozambique) ... what some call the new Goa.
24 Go crazy shopping among the magnificent African ethnic fabrics.
25 Travel to Madagascar and fall in love with its animals and baobabs.
26 Get to see the Big Five of land: lion, elephant, African buffalo, rhino and leopard.
27 And the Big five of water: the great white shark, the right whale, the dolphin, the African penguin and the sea lion.
28 Did you know that there is a pink lake? It is in Senegal and this is the "fault" of a micro-organism that colors rose water!
29 Take thousands of photos.
30 Falling in love with African nights, where you can almost touch the stars.
31 Visit the Air Mountains and the Ténéré Desert in Nigeria.
22 See the Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe).
33 Sand-boarding in the sand dunes.
34 Eating chocolate: Ghana and Ivory Coast produce 57% of world production! olé!
35 Do you like beaches and discard Africa because you prefer to visit other corners? Have you heard of Zanzibar's? Freak out!
36 Learn some of the recent history at the apartheid museum in Johannesburg.
37 Get rid of the mind of prejudices and fears and discover one of the most magical places on the planet.
38 You can sing Hakuna Matata in the jungle!
39 Participate in one of the great African festivals: like Curee Salee and Wodaabe Gerewol of Nigeria when Tuareg and Fulani meet in the desert and celebrate it with dances, camel competitions, meals, songs ...
40 Feeling an explorer in the Serengeti Park (Tanzania).
41 Search for shooting stars in the Sahara desert.
42 Eat weird, atypical, never seen and possibly delicious things.
43 Visit Kilwa Kisiwani, a medieval city on an island off the coast of Tanzania.
44 Marvel at rock art in the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa.
45 Time travel in Djémila, the Roman archaeological site in Algeria and in Leptis Magna in Libya.
46 Getting lost in Djenné and Timbuctú (Mali), famous for its South-American mosques.
47 See the salt lake of Chott el Djerid in Tunisia.
48 Visit the Tassili plateau of the Hoggar.
49 See the constant life of Djemaa el Fnaa square in Marrakesh (Morocco).
50 Learn to say Hello in as many unpronounceable languages as possible!
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Continue reading PART II
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