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A trip to Madagascar with La Maleta de Carla and Viajes Tuareg

The great trip to Madagascar organised by Viatges Tuareg with journalists, travel agents and bloggers has now ended, and the whole team has returned home. It is time to reflect on the journey and discover a few more details of what it brought us.

Now we have the perfect opportunity to get to know a little more Carla, the winning blogger of the competition we organized to travel to Madagascar (#MadagascarConTuareg ), and hear about her experience of spending two weeks travelling around the great African island.

We will chat with her about her adventures, without giving away anything she will soon be publishing on her blog.

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New reviews, new prize winners

By now you must be aware that We raffled €200 among all the travellers who give us opinions of their travels. In fact, in Viajes Tuareg we believe there is no better way to grow than by hearing our customers’ experiences first hand. We have new opinions and, therefore, new winners. Congratulations to the lucky winners!

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Trip to Madagascar – Results of the third test of #MadagascarConTuareg

The date of departure is approaching to Madagascar And so we move on to the next stage of our competition. #MadagascarConTuareg and sadly we have to say goodbye to some of the finalists.

In the third challenge to choose the female blogger who would join the Madagascar expedition, we asked all the entrants to show just how essential travel is to them. This stage in the contest to select the winner was therefore called Travelling Passion. In many ways they have expressed this in their publications.

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Travel to Ethiopia. The Timkat in Gondar

A trip to Ethiopia to discover the exceptional vitality of Ethiopians on the occasion of the celebration of their most outstanding religious festivities.
The Timkat celebrations in Ethiopia reveal the spirituality and emotion of the people of Gondar, reaching their climax at the bathing pools during the re-enactment of Jesus’ baptism.

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Painted youth, Ethiopia | Photo © José Miguel Sebastián

7 photographs that take us to Ethiopia

We've already talked about the trips to Ethiopia in this space before, but we love the country so much that we cannot resist returning to it. This time, we suggest a visual introduction to this beautiful corner of Africa. For this, we have looked beyond our photographic archives but on social media. We want to see the snapshots travellers bring home from the country and share with their friends and followers online. We have searched the instant photo-sharing network Instagram and show you the results below.

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Travel talks: Botswana

Our travel talks continue, and this time, Ana Isabel Alia Mopane Safaris tells us about their experiences in Botswana through photos and comments.

Next Thursday 12 March at our offices of Viajes Tuareg.
In the talk we will give you a notebook of safari with a short guide to Botswana that can be very useful for planning your trip.

Places are limited; please confirm your attendance in advance.
Tel.: 93 265 23 91
Our trips to BOTSWANA

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Ethiopia: a talk introducing our itineraries

Ethiopia presentation: Thursday, 23 October at 19:00.

On Thursday 23 October, our colleague Juancho Pozuelo, who has guided several of our expeditions to Ethiopia, will share first-hand insights into this spectacular and unique route.

During the presentation, photographs and videos from previous expeditions will help us get a feel for the trip and discover the details of what awaits us.

Surma Expedition - Travel to Ethiopia
Surma Expedition | Trip to Ethiopia

Please confirm your attendance by calling 93 265.23.91 during office hours.

Upcoming trips to Ethiopia

✔️ Ethiopia
✔️ 18-day trip
✔️ Departures 7, 28 JUL > 11 AUG > 8 SEP > 6 OCT 2023
✔️ From 3375€

The north is the land of Christians who have left their ancient monuments as testimony.
In the south, in sub-Saharan Africa, culturally diverse peoples live alongside one another along the Omo River.

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Ethiopia + The Omo Valley and Ancient Abyssinia

Timkat celebrations in Axum | Tuareg archive
Timkat celebrations in Axum | Tuareg archive



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Tanzania: the spectacle of the Great Migration 2014

Accompanied by Marc Magrans, our naturalist friend and collaborator for more than 15 years, our special trip departs on 24 February for Tanzania to witness the great spectacle of the African migration.

The spectacle of the Great Migration, on a special departure led by a naturalist.

TANZANIA. The Great Migration Spectacle 2014.// Noemi Lopez
TANZANIA. The Great Migration Spectacle 2014.// Noemi Lopez

The migration in the ecosystem is always associated Mara – Serengeti with a very small part of its incessant circular route. Migration is much more than that.

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A photography trip to Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression: the return

The trip is over, now it's time to process the experience at home.

The group reached Addis Ababa on the 17th. After a day of rest following the final stage in Tigray and discover the unusual churches in the capital of Ethiopia, they boarded their flight home. Many feelings, including climb Erta Ale, need to be fully digested.

Here is a selection of photos and comments from Juancho Pozuelo , a friend and collaborator of Mirada Viajera, the photographer accompanying us on this trip to Ethiopia.

«We are in Kombolcha, you might say the last trace of urban life before heading into the Danakil. The market for Sembete is very colourful and noisy.”

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Photography trip to the Danakil Depression: the latest news

«More than a photography trips is a personal and photographic experience. It is impossible to imagine a better place to take photographs.»

This is how this journey is defined Juancho Pozuelo, the guide and photographer accompanying this trip.

The group has arrived at the Lake Afrera and, after spending the night in a spectacular setting, they headed towards the Erta Ale volcano.

“After seeing the first traces of lava and spending five hours bouncing along a track, we reached Lake Afrera and its salt mines. Tonight we’re sleeping at the exact spot shown in the photo published on 5 November, taking night photographs and bathing in the extremely salty Lake Afrera.”

Ethiopia | Photo © Pau Toneu
Ethiopia | Photo © Pau Toneu

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Ethiopia: a photography itinerary in the Danakil Depression

There are currently only 5 active lava lakes on the planet. This December we travelled to the east of Ethiopia to photograph one of them: the Erta Ale.

See details of our photography route through Ethiopia.

Salt lakes as white as ice, spectacular volcanic eruptions and black lava flows, lakes and geysers painting the surface in a multitude of colours… This is the Danakil, where temperatures reach 50°. The only people able to live here are the Afar pastoralists, who trade in salt extracted from the plain.

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