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Angola

04 August - 17 August / From 4.090€

Tribal trip to Angola: tribes, giant baobabs and desert landscapes

This tribal trip to Angola has been designed with the objective of exploring the remote southwest of the country, living with the and thus being able to photograph all its beauty.

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Angola

18 August - 31 August / From 4.090€

Trip to Angola: tribes, giant baobabs and desert landscapes

In this trip to Angola we will explore the remote southwest of the country, live with different ethnic groups and photograph all its beauty.

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Traveling to Angola offers the opportunity to meet the most traditional tribes in Africa, lush ecosystems and a unique cultural heritage. Angola has a stunning coastline filled with beautiful sandy beaches and a mountainous interior that gives way to deep gorges and waterfalls. This African country offers a wide range of tourism opportunities to travelers. The Portuguese legacy left behind magnificent architectural examples of the Art Deco style and tropical modernism. Leaving aside cultural diversity and natural beauty, Angola also has a rich gastronomy (fusion between African, Portuguese and Brazilian cuisines). Angolan cuisine provides travelers with delicious culinary specialties. Furthermore, the Angolan people are characterized by their hospitality and kindness. Discover why should you travel to Angola.

Why should you travel to Angola?

► Trips to Angola stand out for the great diversity of tribes that you can meet

Great cultural diversity concentrated in the southwest of the country. Last Places has classified 16 different tribes in the provinces of Huila, Cunene and Namibe. In the remote region of Kwando Kuvango are the last nomadic San (hunter gatherers) tribal groups of Africa. In the northern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, you can visit the remains of ancient trading kingdoms and admire the art of the Kongo and Tchokwe peoples.

► Discover the tribes of Angola with the book 'Last Tribes of Angola'

If you want to know more about the tribes of Angola, you have the book 'Last tribes of Angola' available for sale, the result of the joint work of the anthropologist Joan Riera and the ethno-photographer Aníbal Bueno. Written in both English and Spanish (bilingual edition), and enriched with a wealth of photographs, illustrations, and maps, the book is a unique visual guide to the most remote tribes of southwestern Angola. Click here if you are interested in buying it.

► Explore the virgin ecosystems of Angola

Virgin ecosystems yet to be explored: Iona Desert (Namib extension) in the south and primary forest in Cabinda. Thousands of kilometers of virgin beaches on the Atlantic coast and the wetlands of Kwando Kuvango, one of the wildest areas in Africa and the mythical place where the Okavango River is born. Endemisms in Mount Moco and in the Kangandala Reserve, refuge of the sable antelope, the national symbol of Angola.

► Admire Portuguese colonial architecture and vernacular architecture

The Portuguese were in Angola from 1575 to 1975 and left a cultural legacy of great anthropological and architectural interest. The churches and forts in the Baroque style, the Art Deco buildings of the coastal cities and the ‘tropical modernism’ style that lasted from 1945 to 1975 stand out.

© Photos by Aníbal Bueno

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    Blog Posts about Angola

    Our Blog is a space intended to share experiences of other travelers, knowledge of our experts and all types of content related to our trips to Angola and many other destinations. Below you will find the latest posts about Angola. You will discover more about Angola, the ethnic groups that live in its lands, its architecture, tribal customs, ecosystems, etc.

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    The Cubal tribe of Angola, the warrior people

    The Cubal tribe of Angola are a semi-nomadic group, whose economy is based on livestock and agriculture. Their territory is quite wide, although it is mainly located in the Namib Desert. It is the last people to succumb to the Portuguese in colonial times. Cubal women wear an original and unique headdress. Likewise, they use belts to tighten their breasts, as a bra.

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    The Ngendelengo of Angola, the forest tribe

    The Ngendelengo inhabit the Serra da Chela mountains in southwestern Angola. They are semi-nomadic subsistence herders, hunters and farmers. Living in a forested environment has allowed them to develop a rudimentary charcoal business. Machetes are an essential part of their attire, as well as large crests for unmarried boys and multiple topknots for women. The rest of their traditional culture includes two-storey barns and bull worship rituals.

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    The Hakaona tribe of Angola, “the black Himba”

    They are mainly goat shepherds, their heads of cattle being a marker of social status. They tend to take charge of the herds of the Himba as a sign of social submission. The Hakaona men are renowned traditional doctors and the women are valued as excellent craftswoman. The women wear a striking headdress and they usually removed some of the lower teeths.

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    Now available the book “Last Tribes of Angola”

    Last Tribes of Angola is the first book of collection that plunges into the last “islands of cultural resistance” on the planet.

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    The Gambue tribe of Angola, the people in cultural transition

    The Gambue tribe has the tradition of wearing beaded clay necklaces and shaping their hair into complex forms to show their marital status. Nowadays, the Gambue can only be found in remote villages and only in the older generations can traditional tribal clothing be seen,

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    Art Deco, sixteen tribes, and the oldest desert in the world

    Angola is a beautiful country full of contrasts, with desert giant dunes, stunning rivers, misty mountains, and impenetrable jungles. You have a huge diversity of traditional tribes inhabit its territory and are barely known to the outside world. Angola is beginning to have the same success Ethiopia had fifteen years ago.

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    The Dimba tribe of Angola, the artisan people

    The Dimba tribe is a livestock society that mainly inhabits the savannah on the outskirts of the town of Cahama, Angola. Their towns are characterized by being surrounded by robust palisades and having houses decorated with colorful geometric patterns. Women still preserve a fascinating hairstyle culture, wearing different and amazing styles.

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    The Plain Muila of Angola; the rainbow tribe

    The Last Places team of anthropologists has been working in Angola since 2014. In this period he has been able to differentiate 4 different Nyianeka groups (ethnolinguistic nation of the Huíla Plateau): the Handa, the Gambue and he has divided the Muila into 2.

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