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Travel Africa
Where To Go, What To Do
Algeria
Tamanrasset Camel Trekking Sahara Dune Skiing The Turquoise Coast CAPITAL: Algiers www.algerie-tourisme.dz
Angola
Fort Sao Miguel Slave Depot Calandula Waterfalls Palmeirinhas Beach CAPITAL: Luanda www.angola.org
Benin
Lake Village of Ganvie Nakoue Lagoon Pendjari National Park CAPITAL: Porto-Novo www.benintourisme.com
Arena Blanca Equatorial Guinea worlds-exotic-beaches.c
Botswana
Okavango Delta Central Kalahari Game Reserve Transfrontier Park (Kgalafadi National
Park)
CAPITAL: Gaborone www.botswanatourism.co.bw
Burkina Faso
International Arts and Crafts Fair, Oct-Nov Ranch de Nazinga game reserve Mare aux Hippopotames CAPITAL: Ouagadougou www.ontb.bf
Burundi
Chutes de la Kagera Waterfall Lake Tanganyika Craftwares Village at Giheta CAPITAL: Bujumbura www.burunditourisme.com
Cameroon
Festival National des Arts et de la Culture
(FENAC) in December
CAPITAL: Yaoundé www.cameroun-infotourisme.com
Cape Verde
Baia das Gatas Festival Scuba Diving and Snorkelling at Boa Vista UNESCO world heritage old fort site at
Cidade Velha
CAPITAL: Praia Ministry of Tourism, Praia, Santiago: +238 615 697
Central African Republic
Boali Waterfalls Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park Lobaye Region CAPITAL: Bangui ministere_tourisme@yahoo.fr
Chad
Camel racing in the Tibesti Mountains Galawa Beach on Grande Comore Lake Chad
CAPITAL: N’Djamena Offi ce du Tourisme, Tel: 01 45 53 36 75
The Comoros
Climb Mount Karthala (active volcano) Nzwani Island Hot Sulphur Springs at Lac Salé CAPITAL: Moroni Comoros National Tourist Board Offi ce, Tel: 269 73 3044
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Frère Gillet Botanic Gardens world-famous
rare orchids (Kisantu)
Ruwenzori Range Virunga National Park CAPITAL: Kinshasa Ministère des Aff aires Foncières, Environment et Tourisme, Tel: (+243) 8802093.
Côte D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace,
Yamoussoukro
Mount Tonkoui (mountain climb) Comoë National Park CAPITAL: Yamoussoukro www.tourisme.gouv.ci
Djibouti
Gulf of Tadjoura (snorkling/diving) Lake Abbé Lake Assal (windsurf on wheels) CAPITAL: Djibouti www.offi ce-tourisme.dj
Egypt (Kemet)
Nile River Cruise, Aswan Temple of Ranses II, Abu Simbel Alexandria CAPITAL: Cairo www.tourism.misrnet.gov.eg
Equatorial Guinea
Arena Blanca Pico Malabo Volcano (mountain climbing) Cascades of Moca CAPITAL: Malabo www.embarege-londres.org
Eritrea
Dahlak Archipelago Tour of Eritrea (bicycle race) Akordat CAPITAL: Asmara eritreantourism@tse.com.er
Eswatini
Mkhaya Game Reserve Phophomyane Nature Reserve Usutu River (white-water rafting) CAPITAL: Mbabane www.thekingdomofeswatini.com
Ethiopia
Rock Hewn Churches of Lalibela (New Jerusalem) Home of the Queen of Sheba, Axum African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa TOTAL Great Ethiopian Race CAPITAL: Addis Ababa www.tourismethiopia.org
Gabon
Cathedral of St Michael in Libreville
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Lopé-Okanda Reserve National Park (gorilla) M’Bigou (gold mines/crafts) CAPITAL: Libreville www.legabon.org
The Gambia
Deep Sea Fishing, Atlantic Ocean Exhibition of the slave trade at Albreda and
Jufureh
Makasutu Culture Forest CAPITAL: Banjul www.visitthegambia.gm
Ghana
Cape Coast Castle Slave Fortress Mount Afadjato and Togbo Falls (Volta
Region)
Kakum Nature Reserve (tree-top walkway and stay in a tree house) CAPITAL: Accra www.touringghana.com Kindia (cloth market) Kinkon Falls Îles de Los CAPITAL: Conakry www.ontguinee.com
Guinea-Bissau
Bijagos Archipelago Cantanhez Natural Park Museum of African Artefacts CAPITAL: Bissau www.guineabissautourism.com
Kenya
Mount Kenya National Park Tsavo West National Park Watamu-Malindi Marine Park CAPITAL: Nairobi www.magicalkenya.com
Lesotho
Bushmen Rock Paintings
Cantanhez Natural Park, Guinea-Bissau kumakonda.com
Ski Lesotho Highlands (www.afriski.co.za) Sehlabathebe National Park CAPITAL: Maseru www.ltdc.org.ls
Liberia
Sapo National Park Kendeja National Cultural Center Firestone Rubber Plantation CAPITAL: Monrovia www.micat.gov.lr
Libya
Akakus Mountains (prehistoric rock art) Ubari Lakes (dune surfing) Leptis Magna (tribute to African Roman Emperor Septimus Severus) CAPITAL: Tripoli www.libyan-tourism.org
Madagascar
Fianarantsoa (Capital of Wine) Montagne d’Arbre National Park Queen’s Palace CAPITAL: Antananarivo www.madagascar-tourisme.com
Malawi
Lake Malawi Marine Park Nyika National Park Liwonde National Park CAPITAL: Lilongwe www.malawitourism.com
Mali
Festival in the Desert Timbuctou La Boucle de Baoule National Park CAPITAL: Bamako www.le-mali.com/omatho/index.htm
Mauritania
Parc National du Banc d’Arguin Chinguetti, a holy city of Islam Oualata CAPITAL: Nouakchott www.tourisme.mr
Mauritius
Black River Gorges National Park Ile aux Aigrettes Nature Reserve Rodrigues Island CAPITAL: Port Louis www.mauritius.net
Morocco
Todra and Dades Gorges Talassemtane National Park Essaouira CAPITAL: Rabat www.visitmorocco.com
Mozambique
Maputo Elephant Park Gorongosa National Park Bazaruto Archipelago CAPITAL: Maputo www.futur.org.mz/index-en.html
Namibia
Mahongo Game Reserve Etosha National Park Skeleton Coast CAPITAL: Windhoek www.namibiatourism.com.na
Niger
Agadez ‘W’ National Park Igouloulef CAPITAL: Algiers www.niger-tourisme.com
Nigeria
Cross River National Park Emir’s Palace, Kano Benin City CAPITAL: Lagos www.tourism.gov.ng
Republic of the Congo
Loufoulakari Falls Loango (main embarkation port for slaves) Congo Rapids CAPITAL: Brazzaville Direction Generale du Tourisme et des Loisirs, Tel: 830 953
Reunion
Piton des Neiges Plaine d’Affouches Le Voile de la Mariée (The Bride’s Veil) CAPITAL: Saint-Denis
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Rwanda
Cards From Africa, Kigali Parc National des Volcans Gorilla Trek Nyungwe Forest Canopy Walk CAPITAL: Kigali www.rwandatourism.com/
São Tomé & Principe
Bom Bom Island Deep Sea Fishing Humpback Whale Watching Agua Izé Plantation CAPITAL: São Tomé www.saotome.st
Senegal
African Renaissance Monument Retba (Pink) Lake Maison des Enclaves (House of Slaves),
Goree Island
CAPITAL: Dakar sentouroffi ce@aol.com
Seychelles
Marlin Fishing in Denis St Anne Marine National Park Aldabra CAPITAL: Victoria www.seychelles.travel
Sierra Leone
Outamba-Kilimi National Park Freetown Peninsula Bunce Island, Slave Trading Station CAPITAL: Freetown www.welcometosierraleone.org
Somalia
Hargeisa National Park Neolithic Paintings Las Geel Indian Ocean Coastal Beaches CAPITAL: Mogadishu www.somali-gov.info/Tourism/index.html
Somaliland
Hargeisa National Park Neolithic Paintings Las Geel Indian Ocean Coastal Beaches CAPITAL: Hargiesa www.somalilandgov.com (Ministry of Tourism & Culture 252-225-7917)
South Africa
Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory &
Dialogue, Johannesburg
Great White Shark Festival, Cape Town/
Gansbaai
The Elephant Coast, Zulu Kingdom CAPITAL: Johannesburg www.whitesharkfestival.org www.nelsonmandela.org www.zulu.org.za www.southafrica.net
South Sudan
Boma National Park Nimule National Park Nile River CAPITAL: Juba www.goss.org
Sudan
Port Sudan, The Red Sea Gemmeiza Tourist Village Pyramids of Meroe CAPITAL: Khartoum www.sudan-tourism.gov.sd/english/index.php
Tanzania
Bagamoyo Slave Trail Katavi Plains National Park Ngorongoro Crater Stone Town, Zanzibar
Bom Bom
m Island Resort Sao Tome & Principe pinterest.com
CAPITAL: Dodoma http://tanzaniatouristboard.com/
Togo
Koutammakou (World Heritage Site) Whale Watching, Gulf of Benin Fosse aux Lions (Lions’ Den) National Park CAPITAL: Lomé www.togo-tourisme.com
Tunisia
Desert Trekking from
Douz
Matmata (Star Wars film site) Sidi Bou Saïd CAPITAL: Tunis www.tourismtunisia.com
Uganda
Mountains of the Moon (Mount Rwenzori National Park) Bwindi National Park (view gorilla) Source of the
Nile,Owen Falls Dam, Jinja
CAPITAL: Kampala http://visituganda.com/ index.php City of El-Aaiún Dakhla (surfing) CAPITAL: El-Aaiún dajla47@hotmail.com
Zambia
Walking Safari, South Luangwa National
Park
Musi oa Tunya (Victoria Falls), Livingstone Zambezi White Water Rafting CAPITAL: Lusaka www.zambiatourism.com
Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe Lake Kariba Chizarira National Park CAPITAL: Harare www.zimbabwetourism.co.zw
Sources:
www.worldtravelguide.net/africa www.internationaltouristboards.com www.worldtourismdirectory.com/directory/africa/ index.html
