Explore Africa

Planning a trip to Africa can feel overwhelming for first-time travellers. The continent has 54 internationally recognised countries, different climate systems, multiple visa rules, and travel experiences that vary dramatically …

Kenya’s travel and aviation industry no longer plays second fiddle to other sectors. New data reveal the staggering economic scale of this sector, from tourism earnings approaching half a trillion …

Ethiopia is rewriting its tourism story, and the numbers back it up. According to the Ethiopian News Agency, the East African country’s Ministry of Tourism revealed that Ethiopia attracted more …

There is a wall in Nigeria that rewrote the Guinness World Records. Not metaphorically. Literally. When archaeologists began to fully measure the earthworks surrounding the ancient Kingdom of Benin in …

There are six countries whose combined territory forms one of the most ecologically significant landmasses on the planet. Between them, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the …

When travellers plan island holidays, the destinations that come to mind first are rarely African. The Maldives. Bali. The Greek islands. Barbados. These are places that have been sold to …

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 …

only sounds are wind, the distant percussion of hooves, and the occasional whoop of a hyena working the edge of the plain. Then, in November, the wildebeest arrive. Tens of …

The Maoma drums begin before dawn. Their sound carries fifteen kilometres across the floodwater: not a warning, but a summons. By morning, hundreds of paddlers have assembled at Lealui Palace. …

Most destinations ask you to choose between good weather and interesting things to do. Eswatini does not have that problem. The Kingdom’s calendar is dense with events across all twelve …