Destination Guides

Zanzibar keeps raising the bar. In 2026, the Tanzanian archipelago has cemented its place among the Indian Ocean’s most competitive resort destinations, and travellers are no longer settling for proximity …

Sprawling across the northeastern reaches of the Great Rift Valley, the Afar Region of Ethiopia is a geographical and historical marvel unlike any other on Earth. It is not merely …

When the world thinks of hotel brands operating across West Africa, names like Radisson, Marriott, and Accor tend to come up first. But one chain, built entirely from the continent …

Africa is no longer an afterthought on Marriott International’s global expansion map. With over 170 properties across the continent as of early 2026, Marriott now operates in more than 20 …

Every corporate traveller moving through Nigeria eventually faces the same question: Abuja or Lagos and more precisely, Transcorp Hilton or Eko Hotels? Both carry serious reputations; also, these two hotels have …

On 1 November 2025, the Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors to 39 heads of state and dozens of global dignitaries. The event was twenty years in the making. The …

Deep inside one of Africa’s most extraordinary wilderness systems, the luxury lodges of the Okavango Delta have rewritten the rules of high-end travel. These are not simply places to sleep …

Stand in the Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech at dusk, and you are standing in one of the most photographed public spaces on earth. Storytellers work the crowd in Darija. …

There is no flight route from Kinshasa to Lagos. The two cities are roughly the same distance apart as Paris and Madrid. A Paris-to-Madrid flight takes two hours and costs …

The door has a name. Ghana renamed it in 2019. What was once called the Door of No Return, the opening in Cape Coast Castle’s thick stone walls through which …