Tolagnaro, also known by its French colonial name Fort Dauphin, is Madagascar´s southernmost city, built on a peninsula at the south-eastern tip of the island at the place of the former settlement Tholongar. After a brief visit of Portuguese castaways in the Antanosy region at the beginning of the 16th century, it has been the […]
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Calheta
Calheta is located at the west coast of Maio and with more than 1.000 inhabitants the second-largest settlement on the island. It consists of two different villages, Ribona a bit inland and Baxona right at the sea. Most of the people live in Ribona where there are at least half a dozen informal bars, a […]
Vohemar (Iharana)
Vohemar, also referred to as Iharana, is the northernmost town in Madagascar’s north-eastern SAVA region. It is located right at the Indian ocean and vast Iharana bay which is subjected to the tides. Historically, Vohemar seems to be one of Madagascar´s oldest settlements, if not the oldest, where Swahili merchants installed a port for trading […]
Samfya & Lake Bangweulu – Samfya & Bangweulu-See
On the way to the north Samfya, Lake Bangweulu and the eponymous swamps are the gate to a, tourism-wise, completely undeveloped part of Zambia. Samfya is a sleepy little town with estimated 20.000 residents. It is the biggest village around the lake, which is 40 x 60 kilometers wide with seasonal variations, but the swamps […]
Lower Zambezi River – Am Sambesi-Unterlauf
Zambezi River is the fourth longest river in Africa next to River Nile, Kongo River and Niger River with a length of 2.574 kilometres. It rises in dense miombo woodland in Zambias utmost northwest. After a few kilometres, Zambezi River passes the border to Angola where it flows to the southwest for another 240 kilometres […]
Pakwach
We reached Pakwach in the emptiest minibus in history. At the end of the ride, we had been the only two passengers on the complete rear bench seat, and I wondered if this could be an indication of the upcoming apocalypse. But the world decided to exist a little longer, and we got the opportunity […]
Lake Bunyonyi – Der Bunyonyi-See
Lake Bunyonyi is located only 7 kilometres from Kabale at 1.900 m altitude, while the surrounding mountains reach heights of 2.500 m. The lake was formed around 8.000 years ago when lava blocked Ndego river, and that led to the flooding of the valley. Today, Lake Bunyonyi is 25 km long, 5 km at its […]
Lake Victoria – Der Victoriasee
Lake Victoria is the second biggest freshwater lake on the planet with a size of 68.800 km². Parts of it belong to Kenya and Tanzania, but the biggest part is Ugandan. It is not only the source of the river Nile but also a source of food and work for around 30 million people living […]
Likoma Island
The landscape of Likoma is even more characterized by baobab trees than the one of Chizumulu, stretching their bony fingers towards the sky everywhere. The island is completely deforested, except for the far north. Besides the baobabs, there are only few patches of bush or trees left on the hills of Likoma that become flatter […]
Chizumulu Island
One can hardly make up a more heavenly place than the Robinson-island of Chizumulu with its approximately 3.000 infinitely friendly, curious, and joyful inhabitants you get to meet inevitably while visiting the island. You get the chance to see behind the curtain of their quotidian lives in an immediate way, and this life is almost […]
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