ALGERIA. The Tassili (25')
telecasted by RAI for GEO & GEO
with the collaboration of: Algerian Tourist Office
Tour Operator Explorando
Air Algerie
Tom Taccardi
Giulio Badini
Nicoletta Massardi
Not only dunes, but also spectacular landscapes of various rocks, rupestrian engravings, telling an ancient and unexpected past, when the sea and the tropical forests preceded the savannas and the temperate prairies. In quest of the disappearance water, with the tuareg, who leaves their cars to tell ancient legends around the fire.
SUDAN. The wonders of the Sudan (23' e 13')
telecasted by RAI for GEO & GEO
with the collaboration of:
Compagnia del Mar Rosso
dott. Laura Brunelli

In the red hot rocky desert to the north of Port Sudan an oasis rises up, crossed by a river and by warrior Bedouin shepherds that follow its mysterious trail to the sea.
Going North by boat, you can be present at the mating of the jellyfish, visit the splendid lighthouse in San Sanganeb, dive among the thousands of barracudas and feed the sharks.
The visit continues to the islands where the rare golia herons live and goes on to the underwater houses created by Jacques Cousteau, arriving finally at the exploration of the Umbria: the wreck of the Italian ship that was scuttled at the beginning of the second world war.
ZANZIBAR. The spices island (25' e 13')
with the collaboration of: I Viaggi del Ventaglio
Amedeo Foroni
Enzo Tosi

Located at 6 degrees sud the equator the republic of Zanzibar consists of three islands: Latham, Pemba e Unguja, the largest, where the capital, Zanzibar taun, is situated. Only 36 kilometers of sea divide it from the african continent; dry and airy on the eastern side, it is instead humid and rich of vegetation on the western side; right here there are the spice and sugar-cane plantations. There are quiet and uncontaminated beaches where land fishermen on board of their pirogues and dao.
DJIBUTI. The Red See whale sharks (25' HD)
with the collaboration of:
Compagnia del Mar Rosso
Danilo Rezzolla

The shadow of the biggest fish of the world seems to darken the sea surface. The whale shark parades slowly over the men, waiting on the depth. Along the desert coasts of the Djibuti republic, at the border between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, the whale sharks sail the small coves with slow flick tails.
DJIBUTI (25' HD)
telecasted by RAI
with the collaboration of:
Compagnia del Mar Rosso

Overlooking Bab-El Mandeb, the Strait that joins the Rerd Sea with the Indian Ocean, the harbor of Djibuti is the vital heart of the trades of Eastern Africa. The villages are linked by almost impassable tracks, for the off-road vehicles too. In the nearest village, named Ardō, we find only women. They are young, and wearing colourful and refined dresses.