Adventure travel in Africa
Meet Jayson, a Kenyan traveler who’s 5 to 8 entails planning his next travels. When I asked him to describe himself, he said he didn’t want to blow his own trumpet so he let his friends blow it. They were open enough to describe him as lovably cool, chilled and mysterious, random with a free…
I’ve always been an advocate of African travel because our continent with its diversity has so much to offer. It’s why I was motivated by my Nigerian Sister Funmi Oyatogun of TVP Adventures to create this guide for Kenyans that wish to explore the motherland. She created the exact same guide for her Nigerian family…
After a few minutes of paddling, our guide yelled ”Right hand steer” we all jumped to the right side. We were approaching a turbulent rapid and we needed to carefully heed his instructions to avoid falling into river Sagana. Now more than ever, it was expected of us to listen to the guide’s instructions because…
I recently wrote about flights between African countries being super expensive. I believe this is the main factor that discourages traveling in Africa. However, if you like me are a hardcore explorer, then there is the option of traveling in between African countries by bus. It’s not easy . One of things I learnt is that,…
By now, you should know Malawi stole my heart and I intend to go back there someday. I loved everything from the kampango fish, to enjoying a cold Carlsberg by the beach and watching the sun set over the lake. I made sure to explore this southern African country from Nkhata Bay to Cape Maclear…
Meet Hug Mathers, our very first traveller to appear on the #featuredsunday series. Hug is an African content creator from West Africa that is based somewhere in Africa. He is a 25-year old that loves travelling. He describes himself as an adventurous, passionate and curious person. On a scale of 1-10, how often do you…
“Traveling in Africa is too expensive” was a comment in response to a poll I conducted on my instagram stories a few days ago. The big question was “where would you go backpacking first between West Africa and Southeast Asia?” The countries in question were Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines for Southeast Asia and Ghana,…
Can you remember what you were doing on 14th November 2017 at around noon? Don’t go back to the calendar and see it was a Tuesday and say “duhh it was a weekday, of course, I was in the office.” Nope. That doesn’t cut it. I mean, what were you doing exactly? Or was it…
“The only man I envy is the one who has not yet been to Africa- for he has so much to look forward to.” Richard Mullin Were you excited the first time you got your passport? Did you imagine some of the places you would visit? Was it Europe by any chance or was it…
A few months back, I decided to backpack solo. Now, this would not be my first solo trip as an African woman traveling solo, but it would be the first time I travel through 5 African countries with a just a camera, a laptop and a backpack big enough to fit a baby inside. Most people,…