Cairo is Egypt's capital city and is the largest city in both Africa and the entire Arab world. The historic Pyramids are located in the suburb of Giza. The city has a population of 19 million and downtown Cairo is the city's modern day hub with streets lined with cafes, restaurants, and shops. On the southern tip of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula lies one of the most popular tourist destinations in North Africa and the Arab world. Sharm el-Sheikh has a sunny Red Sea location and is called the "City of Peace.""

Located in the shadow of Table Mountain, Cape Town is the second largest South African city and is over 350 years old. This is Africa's most southern city and is close to both the vineyards of the Cape Winelands and to the Cape of Good Hope The South African people sometimes call Johannesburg Egoli, the City of Gold. This is a reference to the gold mines that lie beneath the city and to the heady Gold Rush that led to the city's founding in the late 1800s. Johannesburg offers you the opportunity to walk in the footsteps of history-makers like Nelson Mandela, Gandhi and Archbishop Desmond Tutu...

Located 2,400 kilometres from the southeastern coast of Africa, Mauritius is an island nation and tourist paradise in the Indian Ocean. It is part of the Mascarenhas Archipelago along with Rodrigues Island and French Reunion, sharing with them a common geologic origin. The official language in Mauritius is English with French being in more common everyday usage. Dotting the Indian Ocean to the south of the Indian subcontinent, the Maldives is a group of over a thousand tiny islands and atolls. Offering its visitors luxurious pampering combined with beauty and seclusion, the Maldive islands...

Morocco is a sunshine-rich, North African tourist destination with a peaceful mix of religions, cultures and age-old traditions. Morocco is geographically close to southern Spain but its culture and religious traditions transport the visitor far from Europe. The country has endured years of French and Spanish colonialism and its heritage. Morocco's imperial city of Marrakech is characterised by its fortified walls and is known as "the rose city" because of the red earth and colours that permeate this sunny tourist destination. The city streets reflect the centuries gone by with their snake...