Sao Tome and Principe

  • Sao Tome & Principle

    Africa’s second smallest country

     

    An undiscovered destination

    I’ve just returned from Sao Tome and Principe, the largely unknown second smallest country in Africa. Often people have preconceptions of violence and corruption when you think of West Africa – but this is far from the case in Sao Tome and Principe, and remains an undiscovered destination. The two islands are situated approximately 250kms off the coast of Gabon and are about 150kms apart and are nicknamed “centre of the world” as it is the nearest land mass to where the equator crosses the zero meridian line. It is this positioning and climate which makes the soil so fertile.

    Traveller:
    Rachel
    Experience:
    Adventure
    Country:
    Sao Tome and Principe