Africa

There’s nowhere like it on the planet for wildlife, wild lands and rich traditions that endure. Prepare to fall in love.

KÉLIBIA (قليبية‎)

Late afternoon we have arrived in Kélibia, a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula. Its sand beaches are considered some of the finest in the Mediterranean, so we have decided to park at the famous El Mansourah beach. We have scrolled around the sandy beach and tasted local Bambalouni...

KERKOUANE (كركوان)

Around lunchtime, we have arrived at the site of an ancient Punic city in north-eastern Tunisia, near Cap Bon. Kerkouane town existed for almost 400 years and nowadays it’s one of the most preserved Punic settlements and it’s listed in UNESCO (entrance 8 TND). It was probably abandoned...

EL HAOUARIA PORT (ميناء الهوارية)

In the morning we made it through the busy town and its narrow streets to the El Haouaria Port on the other side of Cap Bon. We started our two-hour hike from the small quiet fishing harbor. There is a path leading to the great cliffs rising up from the turquoise wild sea, from there we...

EL HAOUARIA (الهوارية)

After 3 hours drive from Sidi Bou Said we have arrived at the tip of the Cap Bon Peninsula. A few kilometers behind the El Haouaria town is located its main attraction, the Roman quarry caves (entrance 10 TND). They are dramatically set at the ocean´s edge. The caves were first quarried...

TUNIS (تونس)

We spent a sunny Saturday in the heart of the capital city of Tunisia. We got there again by Bolt from Sidi Bou Said (20 TND, 30 minutes). Tunis was built by the Libyans in the 9th century BC at the end of the shallow Lake of Tunis, an inlet of the Gulf of Tunis. In 146 BC, during the...

CARTHAGE (قرطاج)

Today we took a short ride with Bolt (5,70 TND) to Carthage Archeological Area (entrance 12 TND). Nowadays, the ruins of ancient Carthage are surrounded by luxurious villas with gardens full of red hibiscus blossoms and purple bougainvillea. The scanty remains of the once-mighty...