Tourism

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 …

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 …

Stand at the Door of No Return on Goree Island and watch the Atlantic. The door faces west. Ships once left through it carrying people who would never see this …

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 …

The Amani Nature Forest Reserve in Tanzania’s Tanga Region continues to captivate international travellers, emerging as a standout destination for those seeking authentic natural experiences beyond the traditional safari circuits.  …

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 …

Tourists press together beneath the Door of No Return, an ochre-and-gold arch rising from the beach at Ouidah in southern Benin. Carved into its face are the figures of chained …

The guide was not expecting visitors. It was seven in the morning on the Lasta Plateau, 2,500 metres above sea level in northern Ethiopia. He led the group down through …