We often forget how large Africa actually is. This map is such a wonderful representation of how the continent stacks up against a few other countries and continents.
The following landmasses could fit within Africa:
China: 3,705,390 sq. mi
USA: 3,618,770 sq. mi
India: 1,266,595 sq. mi
Europe: 1,905,000 sq. mi
Argentina: 1,065,189 sq. mi
New Zealand: 103,736 sq. mi
TOTAL: 11,664,680 sq.
The area of Africa is 11,700,000
The Passage To Africa 2012 Photo Competition has begun!
Send us your favourite pictures from safari by July 20th to enter July's competition! For this first month we are looking for African wildlife photos.
Monthly winners will receive a year subscription to Africa Geographic Magazine and will be considered for our end of year Grand Prize a pair of Swarovski binoculars. We will choose a child, amateur and professional each month.
by Richard Coke
One of the highlights of my last trip was an evening I spent with the Samburu people in northern Kenya.
The Samburu are ethnic cousins of the Maasai in the south of the country. We joined a big group of warriors at a social event beside a river bank.
by Michael Lorentz
Our next few updates are breaking new ground for us in a couple of ways. Firstly, Sandor, Richard and myself all travelled to a destination together. That’s something that we’ve never managed before. Secondly, we headed somewhere that was, until a few years ago, way too dangerous to be on any tourist itinerary: the Democratic Republic of Congo.
by Richard Coke
I recently went hiking up the flank eruptions of Nyamuragira Volcano in Virunga National Park. It was actually erupting up until a week before we arrived. We were the first people to walk on the fresh lava flow. It was like a moon landscape, with sulphur gas coming up through vents. The residual heat from the rock melted our shoes if we weren't careful as to where we stepped.
Katavi, Tanzania
Katavi lies in remote, southwest of Tanzania. It is isolated and untrammelled, providing the intrepid traveller with a true wilderness. The National Park extends across 4471 square kilometres of rugged hills, flat alluvial plains, marshes, lakes, and original miombo woodlands, all located within a truncated arm of the Rift Valley.
Lead by Grant Atkinson and Richard Coke
January 25th - 03rd February 2013
Passage to Africa offers the unique opportunity to explore the Serengeti through the lens of a camera.
by Richard Coke
Maasai Mara, Kenya
Photographing a mother and her young is always a joy. These hyena cubs fought to feed until the mother couldn't take anymore and aggressively snarled, and back to play they went.
by Michael Lorentz
Okavango Delta, Botswana
A couple of lionesses had brought down a giraffe on the edge of a floodplain. The water was unusually deep due to high flood levels in 2010 and the carcass was hard to get at. Frustrated scavengers hung back impatiently, waiting for the last lioness to leave.
East of Lake Tanganyika, Chada Katavi is located in the heart of the 4471 square kilometre Katavi National Park. As Tanzania’s third largest national park, it is home to extensive flood plains, mud rivers, and borassus palms which welcome a diversity of wildlife.