World Map
Rivers Travel is a one-stop travel site where you can find information or book direct with the airline or tour operator. You will find household names like Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines to take you to many worldwide destinations. Or you can organise your airport parking and airport hotel for any UK airport.
You may prefer something closer to home like a short break in the UK or Europe. Even then you can check out our Adventure Travel categories to find a holiday to challenge you.
Holidays in Africa
Africa is the world’s second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million kms (11.7 million sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth’s total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area. With about 922 million people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for about 14.2% of the world’s human population. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. There are 46 countries including Madagascar, and 53 including all the island groups.
Africa straddles the equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones. Because of the lack of natural regular precipitation and irrigation as well as glaciers or mountain aquifer systems, there is no natural moderating effect on the climate except near the coasts.
A trip to the great continent of Africa will take you to one of the great rail journeys of the world on the Blue Train in South Africa from Pretoria to the beautiful city of Cape Town, or a safari in Kenya, or to Botswana where you can find the unspoilt Kalahari or the Okavango – the largest inland delta in the world.
The View of Cape Town from Table Mountain