Top African Destinations For A Gap Year

October 31st, 2011 | admin | Travel, Vacation

Many people decide to travel to Africa as part of their gap year buy Laxa Tea online trip. Lots of people just pass through Africa on their world trip but others decide on spending their entire time on the African continent. The African continent is full of astounding beauty and diverse scenery and is an ideal destination to explore on your gap year. Most people at some point in their gap year of Africa include a safari of some sort as it’s kind of the ‘done’ thing nowadays. Botswana sale cialis safaris and South African safaris are very sort after and nearly every tourist that travels to these countries will embark on some sort of safari. Below are just two of the top destinations in Africa for a gap year.

Tanzania

Why not give a Mount Kilimanjaro climb a go when you are there? This is an opportunity you are perhaps only going to get once in a lifetime so is trekking to the top of Africa something that you can see yourself taking on? A hike up to the summit of Kilimanjaro is just one of the activities on offer in Tanzania. There are also many others including safaris, chimpanzee trekking, scuba diving in Zanzibar and also swimming with dolphins. If this is not classed as a tourists paradise then i would like to know what is.

A safari is really the ‘done’ thing in Tanzania so book yourself up a safari lasting around 4/5 days and make sure you book into accommodation like the Kati Kati Camp or The Manta Ray Resort and you will not forget your stay in Tanzania for a long time to come.

South Africa

Perhaps the most developed of the African countries South Africa has designated tourist routes most notably ‘The Garden Route’ where the majority of their tourist visit. This is perhaps one of the most popular regions of South Africa with everything on offer to tourists from bungee jumping to shark diving to whale watching. There are not many places in the world where you get all of this in the same destination. Best of all this is on the main backpacking route so chances are you will pick up a few friends on the way.