This blog is a free resource filled with information that we have gathered from living and traveling in West Africa. We’d love to have you on one of our trips but from one traveler to another, we are just happy to see people visiting the region.
The blog is also a reflection of our travel philosophy. It’s possible to have quite the adventure in West Africa, but we are a bit tired of reading travelogues that make it seem like walking down the street in your average West African city is a death defying experience. We’d like to think that the advice provided in these pages will help you discover West Africa on its own terms, with an eye to the simple things that make this such a great place to visit.
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At our hotel in Bamako, the Sleeping Camel, you can drink a cold drink under the steady gaze of three women who refused to stay in the background of West African history. Their portraits hang together, not because their lives intersected, but because each left a...
The Imraguen are a small fishing community spread across nine villages inside Mauritania’s Banc d’Arguin National Park. If you travel with us on our Mauritania tours, you will almost certainly meet them. And if the wind and tides play along, we might take a sail in a...
Benin does not hold back when it comes to celebrating Vodun Days. Ever year on January 10, the coastal town of Ouidah transforms into the busiest town in Benin. At night it feels like half the country has descended to party into the early hours. Vodun Days is an...
We showed up on time, and for once in Lagos, it actually mattered. When you want to have a night out at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos, make sure you get there at exactly 7 and not a minute after. They don't mess around at the Shrine. The full band launched...
Travel from Guinea Bissau to Guinea Conakry is challenging. There are no direct flights and if you want to go overland, you have to work for it. I’m going to try and give you an idea of what we have done over the last few years on our scooter tours. Im mainly talking...