African Odyssey

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African Odyssey - Robin TaylorTis is a photographer's journey across Africa with Robin Taylor. Rich and ancient cultures, unique flora and fauna, scenic wonders and immense silent landscapes combine to create a tapestry of great diversity disturbed only by the passing of many animals and a few privileged visitors.


African Odyssey - Kilombero RiverAfrican odyssey - Kilombero River
Load episode Kilombero River: "Just fifteen kilometres from the city, yet a million miles from anywhere, before setting out on our train ride to Ifakara. This is our jumping off point for the river trip on the Kilombero River into the Selous, the world's largest wildlife sanctuary a 50,000 square kilometres wilderness, with wondrous bird life, huge buffalo and elephant herds and the river full of dangerous hippo and crocs."

African Odyssey - Victoria Falls/HwangeAfrican odyssey - Victoria Falls/Hwange
Load episode Victoria Falls/Hwange: "We drive through the Zambezi National Park to Hwange National Park a 15000 square kilometres of Kalahari Sand country and home to a wider diversity of game than any other conservation area."

African Odyssey - Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, ZambiaAfrican odyssey - Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia
Load episode Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia: "We fly into Jeki Air Strip followed by a 40 minute drive to camp observing the dry, wide open savannah. Sausage Tree Camp-Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia.. Elephants roam freely through the camp."

African Odyssey - Uganda, East Africa, Semliki Wildlife ReserveAfrican odyssey - Uganda, East Africa, Semliki Wildlife Reserve
Load episode Uganda, East Africa, Semliki Wildlife Reserve: "A remote area of diverse terrain and vegetation. Lake Albert where we hope to find the rare and elusive Schubyll. Semliki Lodge is a haven in the middle of this marvelous wilderness."

African Odyssey - Return to Sausage Tree Camp, Lower Zambezi Valley, ZambiaAfrican odyssey - Return to Sausage Tree Camp, Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia
Load episode Return to Sausage Tree Camp, Lower Zambezi Valley, Zambia: "It is the magic of the river with it's huge flood plains that have lured us back. Huge swilring dunes at sunrise w/patterns on the sand tell a story of wildlife that emerge on ly at night to feast. It's images such as these that pulled me back to Lower Zambezi."

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African Odyssey - Dares Salaam/SelousAfrican odyssey - Dares Salaam/Selous
Load episode Dares Salaam/Selous: "Not much a city person but Dares Salaam sounded interesting and mysterious. A fascinating city, a fusion of African and Arabic cultures."

African Odyssey - Masa MaraAfrican odyssey - Masa Mara
Load episode Masa Mara: "One and a half million wildebeest accompanied by vast numbers of zebra will attempt the crossing of the Mara River. An awesome sight as many get swept away or are taken by crocodiles in the fast flowing current."

African Odyssey - Impalila IslandAfrican odyssey - Impalila Island
Load episode Impalila Island: "The saline and mineral residue of the Pan and moisture from the summer rains attract an immense number and variety of game animals from the highly endangered black rhino to the elusive tiny damara dikdik and the rare endemic black faced impala."

African Odyssey - SimbambiliAfrican odyssey - Simbambili
Load episode Simbambili: "The dense vegetation of the northern sector of the famed Sabi Sand Reserve provided the perfect cover for the wildlife and it requires all our tracker's skills to find them as we track elephant and rhino on foot."

African Odyssey - Sabi SabiAfrican odyssey - Sabi Sabi
Load episode Sabi Sabi: "Part of the Greater Kruger Park, one of the world's great game reserves. Home to many predators. We encounter lions with their cubs and track the endangered and increasingly rare wild dog."

African Odyssey - Susawe Island/Bwabwata National ParkAfrican odyssey - Susawe Island/Bwabwata National Park
Load episode Susawe Island/Bwabwata National Park: "Surprisingly many animals have adapted to the harsh environment, among them elephant, lion, leopard, oryx and the rare mountain zebra. We explore by light plane, landing on beaches and rough strips, and by 4-wheel drive vehicles. There are no roads among the huge dunes."

African Odyssey - Deception Valley Lodge, Botswana, KalahariAfrican odyssey - Deception Valley Lodge, Botswana, Kalahari
Load episode Deception Valley Lodge, Botswana, Kalahari: "Botswana, from the caravan ride i t appears to be a desertw/no sign of any surface water, yet it supports a vaired wildlife population. A refuge for bushmen,the last of hunters and gatherers descendents of Southern Africas earliest residents."

African Odyssey - Jaci's Safari Lodge, Makikwe Game Reserve, South AfricaAfrican odyssey - Jaci's Safari Lodge, Makikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
Load episode Jaci's Safari Lodge, Makikwe Game Reserve, South Africa: " We descend 1500 feet into this ancient caldera to explore this most beautiful and natural wildlife haven. Black-maned lions, huge-tusked elephants and black rhino roam freely protected by the walls of the crater itself. We move on through the Olduvai Gorge, said to be the birthplace of man, into the Serengeti to witness the migration north of millions of wildebeest and zebra with the big predators following them. "
Africa Odyssey
Africa - General Africa

Map Africa
Map Africa
Africa is a land of great diversity. If you were to trek across the continent, you would pass through lush, green forests and wander vast, grassy plains. You would cross barren deserts, climb tall mountains, and ford some of the mightiest rivers on Earth. You would meet diverse people with a wide range of cultures and backgrounds and hear hundreds of different languages. You would pass through small villages where daily life remains largely the same as it has been for hundreds of years, as well as sprawling cities with skyscrapers, modern economies, and a mix of international cultural influences.

Africa is the birthplace of the human race. Here, early humans evolved from apes between 8 million and 5 million years ago. Modern human beings evolved between 130,000 and 90,000 years ago, and subsequently spread out of Africa. Ancient Egypt, one of the world's first great civilizations, arose in northeastern Africa more than 5,000 years ago. Over time many other cultures and states rose and fell in Africa, and by 500 years ago there were prosperous cities, markets, and centers of learning scattered across the continent.

People Swakopmund
People Swakopmund
During the last 500 years, however, Africa became increasingly dominated by European traders and colonizers. European traders sent millions of Africans to work as slaves on colonial plantations in North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Europeans also sought Africa's wealth of raw materials to fuel their industries. In the late 19th century, European powers seized and colonized virtually all of Africa.

Through slow reform or violent struggle, most of Africa won independence in the 1950s and 1960s. Independent Africa inherited from colonization a weak position in the global economy, underdeveloped communication and transportation systems, and arbitrarily drawn national boundaries. The citizens of these new nations generally had little in terms of history or culture to bind them together.

There are 53 different African countries, including the 47 nations of the mainland and the 6 surrounding island nations. The continent is commonly divided along the lines of the Sahara, the world's largest desert, which cuts a huge swath through the northern half of the continent. The countries north of the Sahara make up the region of North Africa, while the region south of the desert is known as sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is sometimes referred to as "Black Africa," but this designation is not very helpful, given the ethnic diversity of the entire continent. North Africa consists of the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia. Sub-Saharan Africa is generally subdivided into the regions of West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and southern Africa. For the purposes of this article, West Africa consists of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, and Togo. East Africa consists of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Central Africa consists of Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. Southern Africa consists of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. The island nations located off the coast of Africa are Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Príncipe in the Atlantic Ocean; and Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

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