Destination Guinea One World Heritage site, shared with a neighbor, holding a toad that bears live young and chimpanzees that use stones as tools. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Liberia Nothing on the World Heritage List, and three nominations of which two are extensions of properties the neighboring countries already hold. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Sierra Leone A rainforest inscribed in 2025 holding pygmy hippopotamus and the endangered white-necked rockfowl, in the Upper Guinean biodiversity hotspot. Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min read
Destination The Gambia An island documenting both the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade and its abolition, and a thousand stone circles shared with Senegal. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Algeria Seven World Heritage sites, more than any other country in this build, and a Sahara that current travel advice closes outright. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Djibouti No World Heritage site, ten nominations filed in 2015 and still waiting, and a system of oral customary law that is inscribed. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Eritrea A modernist city built as a colonial capital, inscribed together with the unplanned neighborhoods the planners did not design. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Comoros Six medina towns inscribed as one property, organized by matrilineal and matrilocal custom alongside patrilineal Islamic tradition. Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Burundi Burundi holds no World Heritage site, ten nominations still waiting, and one inscribed tradition: the ritual dance of the royal drum. Aug 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Guinea-Bissau The only World Heritage site in Guinea-Bissau was inscribed in 2025: the coastal and marine ecosystems of the Bijagos Archipelago. Aug 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Destination Mauritania Two World Heritage sites and nine elements on the intangible lists, in a country whose entire north current travel advice closes. Aug 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Travel Planning Best Time to Visit Kenya Kenya has two rainy seasons, two dry ones and a coast that ignores the highlands. A month by month reading of when to go and why. Aug 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Travel planning Kenya Visa and Entry Requirements Kenya no longer issues most tourist visas. You apply online for an Electronic Travel Authorisation instead, and it is not the same thing. Aug 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Travel planning Kenya Currency and Money Guide Kenya runs on mobile money to a degree that surprises visitors. What that means for a traveler carrying a foreign card and some cash. Aug 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Travel planning Kenya Packing List Kenya is hot at the coast, cold at altitude and dusty in a vehicle, often in one day. What to put in the bag, and the luggage limit that decides it. Aug 14, 2026 · 2 min read