Africa’s 11,730,000 Square Miles

Africa is majestically vast, larger than three contiguous United States, with more than 131 Connecticuts thrown in for full measure. Its 54 countries—the most of any continent— range from the world’s 10th largest (Algeria) to its 198th largest (the Seychelles). The continent’s geographies are fabulously varied: it contains the earth’s fiercest desert, the Sahara, and—with much magnificence in between—the glaciated peaks of East Africa (yes, Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains still have glaciers!), with just about every climate zone on earth (except, perhaps, polar, though it’s pretty cold on those icy peaks). And that’s not to mention that the continent has more, and more unique, animal species than any other…something this website goes into some length about, just about everywhere.

We’re map browsers, so please pardon the geo-trivia. And if you are too, read on about the eight red-bordered countries Tanzania & Beyond Safaris in, and we’ll tell you a bit about them, with links to more info. (Oh, and there’s one with a red border around it that we don’t safari in, little Lesotho, near the middle of South Africa.)