Angola among CNN's top travel destinations for 2024!

The CNN Travel Team has revealed its list of the world's 24 best places to visit in 2024. According to the travel experts of the multinational news channel and website, all these destinations "are still largely undiscovered, or alluring in the offseason, or frequently overlooked for their larger first cities or neighbors". Angola is the only African destination on the list of the 24. CNN writes about the country the following: "This southern African nation is trying hard to make a break on the tourism scene, having recently introduced a quick-approval tourism e-visa. While major tourism infrastructure might not be up to speed yet, it’s a chance to explore a country still off the travel radar." Congrats Angola!

CNN's best places to visit 2024 [src.]:

• Sumba, Indonesia
• Turkey’s Black Sea coast
• Tartu, Estonia
• Tainan, Taiwan
• Northwest Michigan
• Trans Dinarica Cycle Route, Balkans
• Culebra, Puerto Rico
• Angola
• Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
• South Korea
• Albania
• Chile
• Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
• Macedonia, Greece
• Panama
• Galicia, Spain
• Singapore’s offshore islands
• Mérida, Mexico
• Morocco
• Florida’s freshwater springs
• Texas Hill Country
• Fujairah
• Greenland
• Uzbekistan

Angola lifts tourist visa requirement for travellers from 98 countries! >>

CNN's "In 24 hours" explores Cape Town! (video)

In the February 2017 edition of "In 24 hours", the monthly travel television program on CNN International follows host James Williams spending a full day and night in Cape Town. He goes shark cage diving around Dyer Island, explores the Val de Vie Estate in Paarl, has coffee at "Truth Coffee Roasting", visits "The Test Kitchen", goes on a drive along the Chapman's Peak Drive and listens to some Jazz at "The Crypt Jazz Restaurant" in Cape Town's CBD. Enjoy!

CNN's "Culinary Journeys" explores the cuisine of South Africa! (video)

In the October 2016 edition of Culinary Journeys, the CNN TV series explores South Africa's cuisine (it is actually more the cuisine of the Western Cape) together with one of the country's most famous celebrity chefs, Reuben Riffel. Enjoy!

Part 1: Cape Town's cuisine
Chef Reuben Riffel stops off at some of Cape Town's most lively food locations - working the grills at Mzoli's before picking up spices in the Bo Kaap. (via CNN)



Part 2: Heritage
Reuben Riffel travels beyond the city to visit a garden of indigenous herbs used by the native people of southwestern Africa. (via CNN)



Part 3: Braai
Reuben celebrates with a braai in the heart of the Cape Winelands: a true appreciation of friends, food and hospitality. (via CNN)



Culinary Journeys is a monthly TV series on CNN International. In each episode, a world-renowned chef invites CNN into their kitchen as they explore the foods that have shaped their careers.

CNN's "Inside Africa" visits the Eastern Cape in South Africa (21:10min)

CNN's "Inside Africa" recently visited the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Watch the three-part episode embedded below and get to know Laduma Ngxokolo, a knitwear designer who combines his Xhosa heritage with modern fashion design, the business of mohair in the Eastern Cape as well as the Shamwari Game Reserve and its focus on rhino conservation. Kudos CNN!

CNN's Inside Africa visits Zimbabwe (video, 23min)

In the latest edition of CNN's "Inside Africa" (27 Jan 2014), the show's host Errol Barnett travels through Zimbabwe. He visits Great Zimbabwe, located in the southeastern hills of Zimbabwe near the town of Masvingo, and the Antelope Park in Gweru, home to the world famous ALERT (African Lion & Environmental Research Trust) lion rehabilitation programme, as well as Harare, where Errol Barnett explores the night life of Zimbabwe's capital (> lostinharare.co.zw). Kudos Inside Africa & Errol Barnett!

Part 1: Ancient city, unique landscape

Part 2: Safari camp with a conscience Part 3: Is this really Zimbabwe?

Ranking: Supertubes in Jeffrey's Bay named second best surf spot in the World

About a month ago CNN named the "World's 100 best beaches" and listed 8 beaches in  South Africa (three), Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya and Zanzibar (each one) among those. Now the news network named, in cooperation with "Surfing Magazine" and with contributions from from pro surfers and their own experiences, the "World's 50 best surf spots". The lucky winner is not in Africa, but Supertubes in Jeffrey's Bay in South Africa came in second in the ranking of the World's 50 best surf spots". Congratulations!

2. Supertubes, Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa
The best right-hand ride in the world, according to our panel of Surfing Magazine editors, Jeffrey's Bay offers long, fast barrels off an intense point break.
The bay is divided into sections, so there are plenty of choices -- Kitchen Windows, Magna Tubes, Boneyards and, gnarliest of all, Supertubes.
Expert surfers flock here for rides up to 300 meters long. (via CNN)

World's 10 best surf spots:

1. Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii
2. Supertubes, Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa
3. Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia
4. Uluwatu and Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
5. P-Pass, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
6. Maverick's, California
7. Hossegor, France
8. Puerto Escondido, Southern Oaxaca, Mexico
9. Cloud Nine, Siargao Island, Philippines
10. Lance's Right, Sipora, Mentawais Islands, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia

CNN's "World's 100 best beaches": East & Southern African beaches

CNN recently named their very own "World's 100 best beaches" and listed eight beaches in East and Southern Africa among those best beaches in the world. Three beaches in South Africa made it to the Top 100, as well as one beach in each Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya and Zanzibar.


View East & Southern Africa's Top Beaches in a larger map

• 97. Coffee Bay, South Africa
• 96. Ifaty Beach, Madagascar
• 80. Cape Maclear, Malawi
• 78. Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
• 77. Vilanculos Beach, Mozambique
• 56. Diani Beach, Kenya
• 43. Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar
• 22. Boulders Beach, Cape Town, South Africa

Video: Zambia Tourism's new TV advertising campaign

Turner Commercial Productions (TCP), CNN International’s commercial department, has produced a new advertising campaign for Zambia Tourism designed to showcase Zambia's rich culture, wildlife, history and beauty. The campaign is being broadcast to CNN audiences in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South Asia and will also play across more than 50 airport screens in the US. How do you like it?