Beyond Routes

The true scale of Africa: now on the Equal Earth map

Anyone planning a self-drive safari through Southern Africa soon discovers the enormous scale of the continent. The driving distances between game reserves and cities are often vast. Yet Africa’s true size has been misrepresented for centuries on the most widely used world maps. But that is now changing.

Anyone planning a self-drive safari through Southern Africa soon discovers the enormous scale of the continent. Yet Africa’s true size has been misrepresented for centuries on the most widely used world maps. But that is now changing.