A travel publication about Africa, built on first-hand reporting. Every guide here comes from someone who was actually there.
I started Travelanders in 2017. I’m a digital strategist by trade and a traveller by habit, and I wanted a place where you could find out what somewhere is actually like before you book it.
For the first few years we covered the world. Then the gap became obvious. Most of what gets written about travel in Africa is written from a distance, by people who flew in for a week. So we narrowed the focus to one continent and went deeper instead.
A decade of moving around the continent, and of working with travel brands across it, sits behind every page on this site.
Every one of those has an answer on this site.
Cities, coastlines and parks, with what it costs and how long you actually need.
Visas, flights, safety, money and the practical questions nobody answers plainly.
What people eat, how they eat it, and the customs worth knowing before you arrive.
Hotels, lodges and self-catering homes we have stayed in ourselves.
Founded by Oluwakemi Ojo as a place to write honestly about places worth visiting, and about what they are really like once you get there.
Guides from Lamu to London and Seychelles to Dubai, written with a network of contributors around the world.
The scope narrows to one continent so the reporting can go deeper, and so the advice can be specific enough to act on.
Every guide, review and story on the site comes from someone who has been there. That is the whole standard.
We take on a small number of press trips, sponsored tours and brand partnerships each year. If you are a tourism board, hotel group or operator with something worth writing about, get in touch.
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