Rex Clarke

Both sites deserve a visit. That is the honest starting point. Lalibela and Axum are two of the most significant historical sites on the African continent, and asking which to …

Ethiopia does not issue a cultural immersion visa. What is issued is a standard tourist eVisa, valid for 30 days, applied for online, and processed in 1 to 3 business …

The market appears before you hear it. A dust cloud rises from the red earth outside Turmi, and then the sound hits. Hundreds of voices layered over the low percussion …

On 2 May 2026, 723 athletes from 40 nations walked into the Botswana National Stadium in Gaborone for the eighth edition of the World Athletics Relays. The stadium was full. …

The Atlantic is louder here than you expect. Standing at the edge of Goree Island, off the coast of Dakar, with the ocean throwing itself against the pink and ochre …

It is late evening somewhere in Lagos. A charcoal grill glows on a street corner, tended by a man who has been feeding his neighbourhood for thirty years. The smell …

The ferry from Dar es Salaam pulls into Zanzibar’s Stone Town at dusk. The light falls on carved wooden doors and coral-stone walls painted in the salt air. A man …

The African Travel and Tourism Association‘s 2026 Travel Trends report is unambiguous: cultural immersion, heritage storytelling, and slow, meaningful journeys are now the primary drivers of demand among global leisure …

The continent that fed the world has never received credit for teaching it to cook. Africa gave the world okra, which travels in the Creole gumbos of Louisiana. It gave …

The country you choose for your first safari determines everything that follows. It determines whether you spend your days surrounded by other vehicles queuing for a photograph or alone in …