Tourism

Every December, something remarkable happens in Lagos. The city’s population swells. Flights from London, Houston, Toronto, and New York fill up weeks in advance. Hotel rooms vanish. And across the …

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 …

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 …