Adventure Tourism

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 …

At five in the morning, the beach at Assinie is still dark, and the Atlantic is already moving. The groundswell has been building since midnight – long, organised lines from …

At the base of a 500-metre sandstone cliff in central Mali, the abandoned dwellings of the Tellem people are embedded in the rock face like wasps’ nests. The Tellem built …

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 …

Ethiopia does not issue a special visa for cultural or immersive travel. All visitors enter on a standard Ethiopia tourist eVisa, valid for 30 days, applied for online, and typically …

You hear it before you see it. From a kilometre away, the sound arrives as a low, continuous thunder that sits beneath every other sound in the landscape. Then the …

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 …

The Busanga Plains open before you at sunrise, and the scale stops conversation. Red lechwe leap through shallow water. A lion pride moves through the mist at the far edge …

When people talk about travel in Africa, the same names often come up: safaris in Kenya, beaches in Zanzibar, pyramids in Egypt, and Cape Town’s coastline. They’re popular for a …

Everyone talks about Zanzibar as Africa’s best beach. But is it really better than a hidden gem like Tarkwa Bay in Nigeria?  Many travellers are now skipping crowded, famous beaches …