This trip to Congo will start in Brazzaville, one of Africa’s cleanest and safest capitals. Here, we will meet the mythical Sapeurs and learn about Congo’s French connection. The trip will continue northwards, to explore a beautiful natural area situated on the Bateke Plateau. Here, we will be able to observe western lowland gorillas, and […]
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Mar
Mar
Trip to Chad designed to attend the Gerewol Festival and explore the Ennedi Desert and Ounianga Lakes. During the month of October, nomadic Peul-Mbororo herders gather on the Massenya plains to celebrate Gerewol, the goal of which is to unite clans and, for Mbororo women, find a mate. We will have the opportunity to discover […]
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Feb
Feb
Trip to Niger specially designed to experience the Gerewol Festival, organized by the Wodaabe nomadic shepherd tribe. The Gerewol is a courtship ceremony that consists of a kind of beauty contest. Its participants are the young Wodaabe, whose objective is to attract the attention of the unmarried girls of the clan in order to be […]
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Jan
Jan
This trip to West Papua is designed to explore the remote communities that inhabit this unknown corner of the world. To do this, we will fly over one of the most virgin areas on the planet in a small plane, we will cross its dense jungles on foot and cross rivers using small boats; all […]
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Nov
Nov
Last Places have designed this trip to southern Nigeria in October 2024 with the objective of learning about the worldview of the Yoruba ethnic group as well as the Orisha religion, also known as Voodoo. This trip has been designed for lovers of cultures and religions, passionate about history and adventurers. In this trip, focused […]
28
Nov
Nov
Last Places have designed this trip to northern Nigeria in October 2024 with the objective of getting to know the Hausa people‘s culture. To achieve it, we will visit the emirates of Kano, Zaria and Dutse, where we can admire old Hausa-style adobe palaces as well as meet members of royalty. During this time of […]
24
Aug
Aug
Ethnographic trip to Ivory Coast: unknown tribes and traditional ceremonies Ethnographic trip to Ivory Coast to fully explore the country. Culturally speaking, it is one of the richest countries in West Africa. Once, a country ‘spoiled’ by France and the world’s leading cocoa producer. Nowadays, Côte d’Ivoire is reborn from its ashes after a bloody […]
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Jun
Jun
Ethnographic trip to Mali to get to know different traditional tribes of the country. We will start the trip in Bamako, the chaotic and multi-cultural Malian capital. We will continue along the Niger River to the Bambara tribal area to admire adobe mosques, colonial buildings standing still in time, and the tribes of the region. […]
Ethnographic Trip to Niger: Gerewol Festival and Sudano-Sahelian architecture Ethnographic trip to Niger specially designed to experience the Gerewol Festival, organized by the nomadic Wodaabe herders. The Gerewol is a courtship ceremony that consists of a kind of beauty contest. Its participants are the young Wodaabe, whose objective is to attract the attention of the […]
20
Mar
Mar
Ethnographic trip to Chad in October: Gerewol Festival and Red Arabs Ethnographic trip to Chad in October specially designed to experience the Gerewol Festival of the Peul-Mbororo nomadic tribe. During the month of October, the nomadic Peul-Mbororo shepherds meet in the region of Dourbali, three hours away from the capital city of Chad: Ndjamena. This […]
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