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Which bag, and how much it may weigh: baggage limits on multi-leg African routes, and why the smallest aircraft decides what you can bring.

City in Kenya.

Human settlement.

Twenty African countries covered for travelers returning to the continent: what the journey asks, which sites hold the history, and what each has built for it.

99 heritage guides across 20 African countries, with what UNESCO World Heritage inscription means and what it does not tell a visitor.

Ghana and Senegal are where roots tourism is most developed. What each one offers, how the two differ, and what to read before booking either journey.

Accessible travel across twenty African countries: what varies between them, what to ask an operator before booking, and where the continent is misrepresented.

Border days, regional flights and the arithmetic that decides how much of a multi-country trip you actually spend traveling.

What to ask before joining a group, and what to settle before organizing one, including the money conversation nobody wants to have.

How to read an itinerary properly: counting nights rather than days, and telling a good one from a busy one.

The order to plan an Africa journey in, and which decisions have a lead time. What each stage needs, and where to check the things that change.

How to decide what to carry, by trip type rather than by destination, and the few things worth getting right before you leave.

Archaeological sites, rock shelters, Swahili coastal towns and a language spoken by 200 million people: a guide to the heritage landscapes of Tanzania, and how to travel among them responsibly.