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Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

Lake Tanganyika, known as the Fossil Water Lake, lies along the Western side of Tanzania, bordering Burundi, the Congo and Zambia. Lake Tanganyika fills a deep, 4,700 feet, canyon formed by the Great Rift Valley. Due to its huge length (420 miles), and depth, the lake contains nearly 7,413 square miles of water, nearly seven [...]

Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

This isolated and little explored park is Tanzania’s second largest National Park. Infested by the biting Tsetse fly, this huge area of woodland and grassland has remained undisturbed by man and his cattle and has remained virtually unchanged through centuries. The large Ruaha River forms the eastern border of the park, and is also the [...]

Ikahn’s Top Ten Tips for Traveling in Morocco

Ikahn’s Top Ten Tips for Traveling in Morocco Morocco In the eight years since my first trip to Morocco I’ve learned so much and yet am still vibrating from the visceral impact of the grandeur and starkness of life in Morocco. Moroccans are renowned for their beauty and as I also found; their world class [...]

Arusha National Park, Tanzania

This small, 137 square km, park is located an easy 40 minute drive from Arusha and is only 60km from the Kilimanjaro International Airport. The home of Mount Meru, this delightful little park is seldom used by the majority of visitors to Tanzania; being popular only with hikers using Mount Meru (14,990 feet) to acclimatize [...]

The Drakensberg, South Africa

Drakensberg from Inkosana It was great to rest up awhile in Jo’burg after a tedious two day flight from Panama City. The lounge room of Rockey Street Backpackers is awash with tourist brochures enticing travellers to all over Southern Africa. I knew roughly where I wanted to go. There were still parts of the Drakensberg [...]

The Aberdare Mountain Ranges (Nyandarua Range)

Also known as "Scotland with lions", this is not y

Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

This a a true wilderness park. It even has pink el

The Tana River Conservation Zone, Kenya

Kenya's largest river and important lifeline for m

The Rift Valley Circuit, Kenya

A host of national parks set in the fantastic scen

Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Kenya's second highest mountain and a spiritual pl