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Harare Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Harare

Where is it located?: Harare is in northeastern Zimbabwe.

Why do people go here: Most people make a stop in Harare before they travel through the rest of Zimbabwe. Harare has a nice mix of old colonial buildings worth a look.

How do travelers get there?: Most [...]

Durban Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Durban

Where is it located?: Durban is in KwaZulu Natal region on the Indian Ocean.

Why do people go there?: Durban is where tourists go to enjoy the beaches and the night life.

How do travelers get there?: There are flights into Durban and buses from throughout the [...]

Marrakesh Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Marrakesh

Where is it located?: Marrakesh is in southern Morocco, near the Atlas Mountains.

Why do people go there?: With narrow streets too small for a vehicles and a mind-boggling labyrinths of small alleys loaded with eclectic merchandise, the walled city of old Marrakech has developed a reputation as [...]

Cairo Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Cairo

Where is it located?: Cairo hugs the fertile Nile river on the Suez Canal in northern Egypt.

Why do people go there?: If you weren’t paying too much attention in history class, Egypt is perhaps home to one of the oldest civilizations in the world – and has [...]

Nairobi Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Nairobi

Where is it located?: Nairobi is in southern Kenya, a few hours from the boarder of Tanzania.

Why do people go there?: People use Nairobi as a transit point for heading elsewhere around both Kenya and Tanzania.

How do travelers get there?: Since it’s an international hub, [...]

Dar es Salaam Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Dar es Salaam

Where is it located?: Dar es Salaam is on the Indian Ocean.

Why do people go there?: Compared with Nairobi, it’s a big safe city, with nice beaches, good food, lots of expats, and friendly people.

How do travelers get there?: You can easily reach [...]

Accra Nutz and Bolts

City Name: Accra
Where is it located?: Accra is on the coast in southern Ghana.
Why do people go there?: Accra is a good starter city before traveling around West Africa. It has a good vibe and safer than most other capital cities.
How do travelers get there?: Accra can be reached by bus and plane by most [...]

Dakar Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Dakar

Where is it located?: On a small peninsula in Senegal sits the city of Dakar

Why do people go there?: Travelers tend to not spend much time in Dakar, as they prefer relaxing clean beaches, compared to the hot, dirty, chaotic street of the capital city. It does [...]

Cape Town Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Capetown

Where is it located?: Capetown is on the Cape of Good Hope on the the Atlantic Ocean in South Africa.

Why do people go there?: Located on the Western Cape, Capetown is known throughout the world for its amazing backdrop of Table Mountain and also being one of the southern [...]

Algeria Travel Facts

The Basics
Country: Algeria
Where is it?: Algeria sits in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea between Morocco and Tunisia
Why do people go here?: People generally don’t visit Algeria as a result of a decade long civil war
What are the main entry points?: You can reach Algiers, the capital, from plan via Europe. There is also [...]