FeatureAn Expedition to Gabon with EL PAÍS Travel, Africa’s Last Eden
This Central African country overflows with pure, untouched nature. If you want to live an adventure into the unknown, this is your destination.
Correspondent in Ciudad del Cabo
Zanele Dlamini
Southern Africa, nature and urban culture.
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An in-depth and rigorous analysis of the transport system sustaining the Okavango Delta in Botswana, exploring how navigation in traditional mokoros and bush pilot…
FeatureThe Desert-Gauge Labyrinth: Railway Engineering, Salt, and Connectivity in the Omboué Branch
A rigorous analysis of the rail and logistical system defying swamps and sand in western Gabon, examining the symbiosis between century-old embankments, okoume timber,…
FeatureThe Labyrinth of the Southern Gauge: Railway Engineering, Steppe, and Connectivity in Southern Angola’s Branch
A rigorous analysis of the railway system defying the savanna and the Namib Desert in southern Angola, examining the symbiosis between century-old workshops, mining…
FeatureThe Okavango Delta Intermodal Labyrinth: Bush Planes, Poling Mokoros, and the Fragile Connectivity of an African Wetland
An in-depth and rigorous analysis of the complex transport system sustaining the Okavango Delta in Botswana, exploring its amphibious engineering, bush aviation, and the…
FeatureThe Namib Desert Intermodal Labyrinth: High-Traction Vehicles, Sand Tracks, and the Fragile Connectivity of the Skeleton Coast
An in-depth and rigorous analysis of the transport system structuring Namibia's arid western coastline, exploring the complex network of desert tracks, adapted vehicles, and…
FeatureThe Okavango Delta Intermodal Labyrinth: Traditional Mokoros, Bush Planes, and the Fragile Connectivity of Flooded Islands
An in-depth and rigorous analysis of the transport system structuring northern Botswana, exploring the complex network of shallow-water river navigation, light bush aviation, and…
FeatureThe Intermodal Labyrinth of the Okavango Delta: Papyrus Channels, Bush Planes, and the Fragile Connectivity of Flooded Islands
An in-depth and rigorous analysis of the transport system sustaining northern Botswana, exploring the complex network of traditional mokoros, dirt airstrips, and amphibious logistics…
FeatureThe Mineral Pulse of the Benguela Railway: Colonial Engineering, Austral Traversal, and Connectivity in the Heart of Africa
An authoritative analysis of the Benguela Railway, the transcontinental artery linking Angola's Atlantic coast to the mineral mines of the Democratic Republic of the…
FeatureThe Great Namib Desert Traverse: Expedition and Survival Guide Across the Namib Dunes
A rigorous and exhaustive analysis of land expedition planning, critical water resource management in hyper-arid environments, terrain dead-reckoning navigation in the Namib, and self-sufficiency…