AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST

Travel to EGYPT Egypt is a country located in north-eastern Africa. Bordered by the Mediterranean and Red Seas and geographically dominated by the mighty Nile river and its valley, Egypt is best known as the home of the ancient Egyptian civilization, with its temples, hieroglyphs, mummies, and pyramids. Egypt stimulates the imagination ...

Travel to MOROCCO Morocco is a North African country that has a coastline on both the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. It has borders with Western Sahara to the south, Algeria to the east and the Spanish North African territories of Ceuta and Melilla on the Mediterranean coast in the north. It is just across the Strait to Gibraltar ...

Travel to NAMIBIA Namibia boasts remarkable natural attractions such as the Namib desert, the Fish River Canyon, Etosha National Park and the Kalahari desert. Its people speak nine different languages, including some of the Khoisan languages which include the 'clicks' that present an enigma to most native English-speakers ...

Travel to the SEYCHELLES Seychelles is an archipelago nation of islands in the Indian Ocean, some 1,600 km east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar. The local climate is tropical, tempered by marine influences and fairly humid. The southwest monsoon is a generally cooler season which lasts from late May to September ...

Travel to SOUTH AFRICA South Africa is a vast country with widely varying landscapes and with 11 official languages, an equally diverse people. South Africa is renowned for its wines and is the world's largest producer of gold. South Africa has a strong economy and is an influential player in African politics ...

Travel to BAHRAIN The Kingdom of Bahrain is a Middle Eastern archipelago in the Persian Gulf, tucked into a pocket of the sea flanked by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It's an oasis of liberalism – or at least western-friendly moderation - among the Muslim countries of the region. It's popular with travelers for its authentic 'Arabness' ...

Travel to JORDAN Jordan is a country in the Middle East. Almost completely land-locked (save for a small outlet on the Red Sea and a frontage on the Dead Sea), Jordan is bordered by Israel to the west, by Syria to the north, by Iraq to the east and by Saudi Arabia to the south. The land that became Jordan forms part of the history-rich Fertile Crescent ...

Travel to OMAN Until the ascension of Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 1970, Oman was a very underdeveloped nation. In the 35 years since that time, education, public works and tourism have taken off throughout the country, although outside of Muscat there are many regions which still remain true to their Bedouin roots ...

Travel to SAUDI ARABIA The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or KSA is the largest country of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south. The Persian Gulf lies to the northeast ...

Travel to the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES The United Arab Emirates is a modern and dynamic country. One of the noteworthy and most interesting things about the UAE is that it is a developed country which has maintained its culture, and not become westernized. Arab culture is rich and has a long history ...

Travel to TURKEY A country of sun and history, Turkey is located where the three continents making up the old world, Asia, Africa and Europe are closest to each other and straddle the point where Europe and Asia meet. Sea side resorts like Antalya, Bodrum or Kusadasi are very popular with tourists from Europe ...