 Spring 2000
Botswana's Makgadikgadi Salt Pans · Mavuradona Wilderness on Horseback · The Fish River Canyon · The Scenic Waterberg · Madagascar's Wildlife Hotspots · Lamu Island, Kenya · Uganda Country Profile · Dar es Salaam, City Profile · Sof Omar Caves - Ethiopia · The Language of Beads · Mole National Park, Uganda · Water Supply of Ancient Carthage · Zambia's Chimpanzee Sanctuary · Photoschool: Wildlife Portraits
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We were living in a high, narrow valley between two parallel ranges of the central mountains. A stream flowed down one side of the valley and found an outlet through a gorge in the southern range. |
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There is little in Africa that costs so little-or costs so much. From a simple necklace of colourful seeds, to a 3,000-year-old nugget of Chaldean glass, the value of African beads can range from a few farthings to a fat fortune. |
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Leg 2: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya |
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Reg Butler tracks the water supply of ancient Carthage. |
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Doug Cress visits the remarkable chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia. |
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There is nothing sophisticated about Dar es Salaam, but it stands alone in a world where cities struggle to retain some individual identity. Graham Mercer looks at the Dar enigma. |
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The Fish River Canyon is one of the largest canyons in the world. It offers a challenging hike or a peaceful place to enjoy the silence and wonder of nature. It's your call, says Willie Olivier. |
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Philip Briggs revels in the slow pace of this small island off the north Kenyan coast. |
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Sample Safari is a regular column designed to give you an insight to the range of safari options available throughout Africa. In this edition, Derek Schuurman reports on a whirlwind tour he undertook to some of Madagascar's prime wildlife hotspots. |
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In central Botswana is an area of exquisite beauty; a stark landscape quite unlike anywhere else on earth. Mike Main unveils the magic of the Makgadikgadi. |
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Early inhabitants, the Nok people, were producing terracotta and casting iron about 300 BC. The first Kingdoms acquired wealth through trans-Sahara trade-principally in slaves. |
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Every now and then you come across an area so beautiful and so unexplored you feel like the first person to discover it. Stephanie Debere ventures into one such haven in a remote corner of Zimbabwe. |
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Ewart Grogan was one of the most swashbuckling and controversial figures of African colonial history. A gentleman adventurer in the Elizabethan tradition, it was once said of him that he belonged to a type who either ended up buried in Westminster Abbey-or hanging from a yard-arm. |
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Southeast of Addis Ababa lies one of Africa's best kept secrets: the amazing underground world of the Sof Omar caves. Stephanie Debere travelled there for Travel Africa, visiting the Bale Mountains on her return journey. |
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There is more to Egypt than the Nile, says Jack Barker, as he sets out to explore the Oasis Route. |
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