Meroë, the pyramids of the other Nile
Two hundred pyramids in the Sudanese sand, a kingdom that stood up to Rome, warrior queens and a treasure hunter: the Kush notebook.
Kilimanjaro, five climates up to the snow
The roof of Africa is climbed on foot, without a rope, in a week: the story of an ascent, from the Chagga banana groves to the last glaciers.
The Bijagós, an archipelago that lives by its own rules
Eighty-eight islands off Guinea-Bissau, hippos that swim in the sea, turtles by the thousand and a society that held off the Portuguese until 1930.
Timbuktu, the city of 333 saints
Three mosques of earth, hundreds of thousands of manuscripts hidden in family homes, salt caravans: the notebook of a city Europe searched for over three centuries.
Mozambique, the white sand of the Indian Ocean
From the dunes of Bazaruto to the whale sharks of Tofo and the coral town of Ilha de Moçambique: 2,500 kilometres of coast, told beach by beach.
The Comoros, islands of the Moon and of perfume
A living volcano, a medina facing the Mozambique Channel, a marine park invented by ten villages and the scent of ylang-ylang: three islands almost nobody visits.
Lesotho, the kingdom in the sky
An entire country above 1,400 metres, a pass to be climbed by 4x4, a 192-metre waterfall, herders in blankets and horses for every path: the notebook of a landlocked kingdom.
The Kalahari, the desert that is not one
Nine hundred thousand square kilometres of sand under grass, black-maned lions, salt lakes where zebras run and the oldest people in the world: the Kalahari, from Botswana.
Equatorial Guinea, the volcano island and the forest
Africa’s only Spanish-speaking country: a 3,000-metre volcano above Malabo, beaches where four species of turtle nest, a forest of giant frogs and an island lost in the southern hemisphere.
Dakar, facing the world
The westernmost point of the continent, an island of memory twenty minutes away by ferry, a statue that divides opinion, pirogues at the end of every street: the notebook of an Atlantic capital.
Morocco in 10 days: Marrakech, the desert, Fez
A day-by-day route from Jemaa el-Fna square to the dunes of Erg Chebbi and the Fez medina, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Egypt in 7 days: Cairo, Luxor, Aswan
A day-by-day route from the pyramids of Giza to the temples of Abu Simbel, with an activity sheet, official opening hours and prices for every stage.
Kenya in 10 days: the Maasai Mara, then the coast
A day-by-day route from Nairobi National Park to the plains of the Maasai Mara, then Mombasa and Diani Beach, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
South Africa in 14 days: Cape Town, the Garden Route, Kruger
A day-by-day route from Table Mountain to Kruger National Park by way of the Garden Route, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Senegal in 7 days: Dakar, the Saloum, Saint-Louis
A day-by-day route from Gorée Island to the Saloum mangroves and the birds of Djoudj, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Tanzania and Zanzibar in 10 days
A day-by-day route from the baobabs of Tarangire to the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, then Stone Town and the beaches of Zanzibar, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Tunisia in 7 days, from Tunis to Djerba
A day-by-day route from the Medina of Tunis to the troglodyte homes of Matmata and Djerba island, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Mauritius in 7 days, beyond the beaches
A day-by-day route from Port Louis to Le Morne Brabant by way of the sacred lake of Grand Bassin and the Seven Coloured Earths, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Namibia road trip, 14 days
Two weeks from south to north: the Fish River Canyon, Kolmanskop, the dunes of Sossusvlei, the Skeleton Coast, Twyfelfontein and Etosha, with an activity sheet and its sources for every stage.
Madagascar, the RN7
From the capital to the south-west coast, National Road 7 crosses the highlands, the forests of Ranomafana and the canyons of Isalo. The road’s story, stage by stage, from the sources.
Cabo Verde, island by island
The first European town in the tropics, a lived-in volcano, the country’s smallest island, its cultural capital, mountain trails and white-sand beaches: Cabo Verde told island by island, from the sources.
Rwanda, gorillas and lakes
The mountain gorillas of the Virungas, a crater lake, Lake Kivu and its trail, Nyungwe forest and the Akagera savannah: Rwanda told stage by stage, from the sources.
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