Here are more interesting facts in Africa Travels, complementing previous post about some more fun in Africa travels (1) and fun Africa travels (2):
1. Sierra Leone’s capital city Freetown was founded by freed slaves in the 1790′s. They settled near an old cotton tree that is still alive today and one of the city’s main tourist attractions. Just imagine what that tree has seen.
2. Many exciting volunteer conservation jobs are available throughout Africa. You can train to become a ranger, help track animals, work with elephants in Cameroon and much more.
3. A salt lake in Djibouti called Lake Assal is Africa’s lowest geographic point. Salt caravans, manned by the Afar who travel by donkey and camel, still? move hundreds of slabs of salt from the Lake to the Ethiopian Highlands every single day.
4. David Livingstone, the great Victorian explorer died trying to find the source of the Nile River in 1873. Today, by white-water rafting down the source of the great Nile River, you can defy death, which is in the district of Jinja, (Lake Victoria) Uganda.
5. On nose jobs and other plastic surgery procedures, you can enjoy some real bargains in Egypt, Tunisia and South Africa. Medical tourism is starting to boom and “scalpel safaris” are becoming increasingly popular.
6. Mopane worms are a very popular food source in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The larvae of the Emperor Moth is eagerly harvested (the head is plucked off and the guts squeezed out), dried and sold throughout the region. In most local supermarkets, you can buy cans of Mopane worms soaked in brine.
7. When in August 2008 the government issued a 100 billion Zimbabwe Dollar (Z$) note, Zimbabwe’s economy is so dire. The official rate of inflation stands at 230 million percent, in November 2008. Experts think the real rate is actually higher. It’s probably best to exchange your money daily, If you’re visiting.
8. Over 1500 languages are spoken in Africa and most Africans are bi-lingual at the very least. South Africa has no less than 11 official languages. So what phrasebook should you get before you visit?!
9. You can hone your bow and arrow hunting skills on a cultural safari with the Hadzabe tribe in Tanzania and the San Bushmen of Namibia and Botswana.
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