Adventures

Djibouti is a country roughly the size of New Jersey, 23,200 square kilometres, that holds Africa’s lowest point on land, one of the world’s saltiest lakes, one of the planet’s …

In January 2026, BBC Travel named Algeria the second-best destination in the world to visit. In that same month, five governments issued travel cautions for the country. Both things are …

The bowl arrives before you have finished sitting down. It is wide enough to feed four people, its surface broken by two large pieces of grilled thiof – white grouper …

The plane touches down at Kotoka International Airport, and the immigration officer says “Akwaaba” before you hand over your passport. Welcome. For hundreds of thousands of people of African descent …

A Maasai landowner in the Mara does not receive his lease payment from a hunting operator. He receives it from a safari camp. The same land his grandfather once leased …

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 …