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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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...
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...