Planning to travel off the beaten track or go on a beach holiday? There are many great travel bloggers in Africa who provide insider tips that will help you make your travel decision. Some of them write useful guides from personal experiences on their travel blogs. While others focus on sharing their stories and recommend places to visit in Africa and across the world. They delight their readers with tales of their adventures and inspire them to step out of their own comfort zone.
In no particular order, here are the top 15 travel bloggers in Africa that you should probably check out for some inspirations.
1 – Dawn Jorgensen
The Incidental Tourist is a rather interesting travel blog by Dawn Jorgensen who sold her tour operating company and started traveling across Africa. Dawn’s blog can be best described as personal and she has written interesting posts about Benin and Madagascar. She says how the diversity of Africa is fabulous and how she loves people’s rich traditions in Uganda and Mozambique.
2 – Sarah Duff
Sarah Duff used to work for the Getaway Magazine as a digital editor and today she runs one of the best travel blogs in Africa called the Duff’s Suitcase. Expect to find many personal travel stories on her blog, as well as hundreds of awesome photographs from her travel journeys across the African continent.
3 – Olive Majala Maloti
Olive Majala Maloti’s Zuru Kenya looks more like a high-end travel website than a personal blog. Olive’s page focuses on East Africa, as well as on the culture, food, and diversity in Kenya. Her page became quite popular ever since she was nominated for a Bake Kenyan Blog Award back in 2015.
4 – Meruschka Govender
Meruschka Govender runs a popular South African travel blog called Mzansi Girl. She is an African travel activist who is interested in creating a more caring tourism industry. She believes travel and tourism is a powerful way to understand and contribute to Africa. Some of the highlights of the blog include posts about road trips in the Western Cape. Meruschka’s blog is a huge thing on Twitter.
5 – Passainte Assem & Christina Wichert
Passainte Assem and Christina Wichert met in 2013 when both of them were attempting to reach the top of the highest peak in Africa, the incredible Mount Kilimanjaro. A couple of years later, they met for lunch and Passainte mentioned to Christina how she wants to travel more and not just write travel stories from her office desk. This is the story of how their Why Not Egypt travel blog was born!
6 – Amanda Ponzio- Mouttaki
Amanda Ponzio- Mouttaki is a foodie and a travel enthusiast from Morocco who documents her travels on her Maroc Mamma blog. Amanda lives in Marrakesh and likes visiting new destinations in the region and writing about food and drinks. On her blog, you will also find lots of tips for traveling in Morocco and guides to festivals and holidays in the country.
7 – Cameron Seagle and Natasha Alden
The World Pursuit is a travel blog run by an American couple, Cameron Seagle and Natasha Alden. The duo decided to take a trip across Africa and they documented their travel stories via vlogs and provided great tips for other fellow travelers.
8 – Vaughan and Lauren Manuel McShane
The Travel Manuel blog is run by a travel journalism duo from South Africa’s Cape Town, Vaughan and Lauren Manuel McShane. Their mission is to inspire people to travel to SA and have the time of their lives. They showcase their adventures through photography, travel stories, and videos.
9 – Zainob Fashola
Born and raised in Lagos, Zainob Fashola is a travel blogger who shares her travel stories within Nigeria, Africa, and around the planet on her ZeeGoes travel blog. Her travel bug started when she was 20 years old and hasn’t stop ever since then. Each year, Zainob thinks of a cool destination in Africa, packs her bags, and hits the road. She says how visiting a new country with little expectation is a rewarding experience and gives the best results.
10. Fay Kakai
Fay Kakai is an Ugandan sweetheart, such a beautiful and warm-hearted woman. She is a professional Marketer who is passionate about travel. She shares her travel shenanigans on her blog, Khukyenda, showcasing Uganda, “the Pearl of Africa” as well as several destinations across the world. She’s a such an inspiration if you are looking to explore Uganda and everything the country has to offer.
11 – Mofe Runsewe
Mofe Runsewe is the founder of the amazing Naija Nomads. Mofe was studying abroad when she got fascinated with different cultures of her classmates and this experience made her set out on a journey to visit new places. Her first trip was to Morocco where she spent a night at the Sahara Desert with Berber Nomads. Today, her blog curates the experiences of dozens of travelers from Nigeria and other parts of Africa
12 – April Nego
April grew up in Ghana and her Aprilnego travel blog is aimed towards finding new adventures and seeking lifestyle experiences. On her blog, April shares her travel stories, videos, and amazing pictures from places in Africa she had a chance to visit. She also likes writing about food and recommends great restaurants in Accra.
13 – Sidney Trompell
Discovering Kenya is an excellent travel blog run by Sidney Trompell, who is passionate about exploring Kenya and writing about his experiences. He shares amazing stories from all around Kenya, and he is well-known for his travel photography; you can check out the blog’s Instagram page for some inspirations.
14 – Valerie Bowden
Valerie decided to backpack all the way from Cape Town to Cairo alone by using public transport. This journey lasted for seven months and besides meeting many new friends along the way, Valerie also picked up lots of useful travel information that she decided to share on her Backpacking for African Beginners travel blog.
15 – Wangechi Gitahi
Wangechi Gitahi is a solo female backpacker and traveller from Kenya who is a marketer by profession. She has visited about 20 countries in the last couple of years and her stories about different cultures, people, and landscapes can be found on the Wangechi Gitahi Travels blog. She identifies herself as a traveler and not as a tourist.
Note: Images were sourced from each blogger’s website.
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