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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If you’ve heard of Cabo Verde in tourism circles, it’s probably the place for a cheap beach holiday. Package deals, charter flights, resort pools. The government pushed Sal and Boa Vista that way in the 1980s. It worked. For some visitors, that’s all Cabo Verde is....
On our tours, we have clients from all over the place but as an example, our clients from, Europe, the US and Canada can usually cross any border into Senegal without any preplanning. You just present your passport and get stamped in, but the Senegal visa for...
We need to start with the boring stuff because in the end, it’s actually what matters most. The Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) is the backbone of Mauritania’s economy. Operating in the remote Tiris Zemmour region, it extracts and transports iron ore...
For most of you reading this, the Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary of Senegal needs no introduction. A 16,000 hectare UNESCO World Heritage Site offering refuge to millions of birds, including over 100 different species of palearctic migrants. Djoudj is rightfully on...
The Nouakchott Airport is tiny. It is not going to win any awards for amenities or shopping and dining opportunities. But it's relatively new (it opened in 2016), and the modest size makes it easy to navigate. In this post we will cover which airlines fly to NKC, the...