Seven countries. One continent, closely known.
Each destination is run by a team rooted in the country. Click through for the story, the seasons, the practicalities, and the tours we run there.
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Mali - kingdoms of the Sahel
Once a prosperous kingdom of scholars and traders, Mali today is one of the poorest countries on Earth - and…
Burkina Faso - land of the sincere people
Named by Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso means literally "the country of honest men." Some sixty ethnic groups,…
Togo - a thin green country
One of Africa's smallest nations - a 700 km strip from the Burkinabe border to the Atlantic, just 50–150 km w…
Bénin - where voodoo lives
Historically complex - royal kingdoms, the slave coast, French colonization, independence - and today one of…
Niger - desert, river, oasis
A Saharan country named after its mighty river. Giraffes at Kouré, the Guérewol ritual of the Wodaabe Fula pe…
Guinea - the adventurous one
Our most adventurous destination. Minimal tourism infrastructure, extraordinary landscapes - the Fouta Djalon…
Sierra Leone - beaches, forests, open water
"Salone" - as people call it - is our most tropical destination. Good roads, a laid-back capital, beaches on…