Travel Tips & Planning
Kendwa Beach vs Nungwi Beach: Which Should You Choose At the very northern tip of Zanzibar’s main island, where the coastline bends from the east-facing shore […]
Vipingo and Kilifi: Kenya’s Emerging Coastal Escapes North of Mombasa, past the long-established resort strips of Nyali and Diani, Kenya’s coastline shifts into a stretch that […]
Fumba Peninsula, Zanzibar: A Quiet Coastal Retreat Thirty minutes south of Stone Town’s crowded alleys and rooftop bars, the coastline slows down considerably. Fumba Peninsula sits […]
Best Time to Visit the East African Coast Stretching from Kenya’s Lamu archipelago down through Zanzibar and Mafia Island to the southern Tanzanian coast, the East […]
Zanzibar’s Best Family-Friendly Beach Resorts Travelling to Zanzibar with children changes the calculus of where to stay considerably. A stretch of beach that photographs beautifully but […]
A Guide to Zanzibar’s Local Taxi and Tuk-Tuk Transport Getting around Zanzibar rarely involves a straightforward metered taxi ride. Between shared minibuses that fill up before […]
Diani to Zanzibar: Planning a Two-Country Beach Trip Most travellers pairing Kenya and Tanzania build their itinerary around a safari on one side and a beach […]
A Fear Considerably Larger Than the Actual Risk East Africa’s climate and habitat diversity, spanning arid scrubland, dense rainforest, wetland, and open savannah, supports a correspondingly […]
East Africa Tourist Visa: How the Regional Visa Works Anyone planning a trip that crosses more than one East African border eventually runs into the same […]
Currency Guide: Managing Money Across Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania A traveler moving overland from Nairobi to Kampala to Kigali and on to Arusha crosses four […]
Mobile Data and eSIMs for East Africa Travel Staying connected across a multi-country East Africa trip used to mean hunting down a local SIM card at […]
A Complete Packing List for an East Africa Safari Packing for an East Africa safari is less about bringing a lot of gear and more about […]