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Abidjan

Abuja

Nigeria's purpose-built capital beneath Aso Rock — wide green boulevards, the National Mosque and Christian Centre, and gateway to the middle belt.

Accra

Ghana's Atlantic-coast capital — Jamestown street art, Makola market, Osu nightlife, and the heartbeat of the Year of Return.

Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia, located in the central highlands of the country at the foot of Mount Entoto.

Agadez

Agadez is a historic desert city in Niger, located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. It is the capital of the Agadez Region and one of the most culturally important cities in northern Niger.

Alexandria

Alexandria is one of the most famous cities in Egypt, located on the Mediterranean Sea in the northern part of the country. It is Egypt’s main seaport and the second-largest city after Cairo.

Algeria

Algeria is the largest country in Africa and is located in North Africa along the Mediterranean Sea. It is known for its vast Sahara Desert landscapes, historic cities, and ancient Roman ruins.

Algiers

Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa. The city is famous for its white buildings climbing the hills above the sea, which is why it is often called “Algiers the White.”

Angola

Antananarivo

Antananarivo (often called “Tana”) is the capital and largest city of Madagascar, an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa.

Arusha

Gateway to Serengeti and northern Tanzania safari circuit

Asmara

Asmara is the capital and largest city of Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa. The city sits on a high plateau about 2,325 meters (7,628 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest capital cities in Africa.

Aswan

Egypt's Nubian south — granite islands, white felucca sails, and living Nubian culture at the ancient gateway to the Kingdom of Kush.

Bagamoyo

Bagamoyo is a historic coastal town in Tanzania, located on the Indian Ocean about 75 km north of Dar es Salaam. It is one of the most historically important towns in East Africa.

Bahir Dar

Bahir Dar is one of the leading tourist destinations in Ethiopia, with a variety of attractions in the nearby Lake Tana and Blue Nile river.

Bamako

Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, situated on the Niger River in the southwestern part of the country.

Banjul

Banjul, officially the City of Banjul, is the capital city of The Gambia. The city of Banjul is located on St Mary's Island (Banjul Island), which is in the Gambia River where it enters the Atlantic Ocean.

Beau Bassin-Rose Hill

Beau Bassin-Rose Hill is a major urban center in the Plaines Wilhems District of Mauritius. Commonly known as the “twin towns,” it combines Beau Bassin’s quiet residential character with Rose Hill’s commercial and cultural vibrancy. Strategically located near Port Louis, it serves as one of the island’s key business, transit, and community hubs.

Benin City

Seat of the Benin Kingdom — the Oba's court, Igun Street's bronze casters, and the homecoming of the looted Benin Bronzes.

Benin Republic

Birthplace of Vodun and the old Kingdom of Dahomey — royal palaces, stilt villages, and the coast where the diaspora returns.

Blantyre

Blantyre is Malawi's centre of finance and commerce, and its second largest city, with a population of 800,264 as of 2018.

Bobo-Dioulasso

A major commercial crossroads, the city is also known for its crafts (masks, balafons, fabrics) and hosts the Semaine Nationale de la Culture.

Bolgatanga

Bolgatanga is the capital city of Ghana’s Upper East Region, situated near the country’s border with Burkina Faso. It serves as a commercial and administrative hub for northern Ghana, known for its vibrant handicraft traditions, bustling markets, and role as a gateway to the Sahel region.

Botswana

Africa's conservation success story

Bujumbura

Bujumbura is the economic capital, largest city, and main port of Burundi, located on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. Formerly the national capital until 2018, it is a vibrant hub featuring scenic lakeside beaches, colonial-era architecture, and a tropical savanna climate.

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million people.

Cabo Verde

Ten Atlantic islands of morna, mountains, and beaches — Africa's island nation of saudade, sun, and the world's most musical diaspora.

Cairo

Africa's mega-capital on the Nile — Giza's pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum, and a thousand years of Islamic Cairo in one restless city.

Calabar

Cameroon

Cameroon, on the Gulf of Guinea, is a Central African country of varied terrain and wildlife.

Cape Coast

Ghana's heritage coast — Cape Coast Castle's Door of No Return, Elmina's white ramparts, and Kakum's rainforest canopy walk.

Cape Town

Table Mountain, Robben Island, Bo-Kaap colour, and two-ocean beaches — Africa's most photogenic city, with its deepest freedom story.

Casablanca

Morocco's Atlantic powerhouse — the Hassan II Mosque above the ocean, Art Deco boulevards, and the unfiltered energy of the country's biggest city.

Central African Republic

The Central African Republic is a landlocked country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Republic of the Congo to the southwest, and Cameroon to the west.

Chad

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west.

Comoros

The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is a volcanic archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean, located between Mozambique and Madagascar.

Conakry

Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea.

Constantine

Constantine is regarded as the capital of eastern Algeria and the commercial centre of its region and has a population of about 450,000.

Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire is a West African country with beach resorts, rainforests and a French-colonial legacy.

Cotonou

Benin's buzzing economic capital — Dantokpa Market, zémidjan energy, and the gateway to Ouidah, Ganvié, and the Vodun coast.

Curepipe

Curepipe is a highland city in central Mauritius, often called “La Ville-Lumière” (The City of Light). Located on the island’s central plateau, it is known for its cool, misty climate, colonial architecture, and natural landmarks such as the extinct volcanic crater Trou aux Cerfs. It ranks among Mauritius’s major urban centers, blending historic charm with modern amenities.

Dahab

Dahab is a small town on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, approximately 80 km northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Dakar

Vibrant West African hub

Dar es Salaam

Tanzania's largest city and former capital

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Heart of Africa with vast rainforests

Diani

Djenné

Djenné is a town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. The town is the administrative centre of the Djenné Cercle, one of the eight subdivisions of the Mopti Region.

Djibouti

Djibouti is a small, strategic nation in the Horn of Africa bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, with a population of approximately 1 million.

Djibouti City

Djibouti City is the capital of Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa. It’s known for its 19th-century architecture and the port at the entrance to the Red Sea.

Dodoma

Dodoma is the official capital city of Tanzania, located in the central part of the country. It serves as the seat of government and the legislative capital, housing the Parliament and key national institutions. While not the largest city that distinction belongs to Dares Salaam. Dodoma is strategically important for its central location.

Douala

Douala is a coastal city in southwest Cameroon. Inland from the Wouri River, La Pagode, or the Palace of the Kings Bell, dates from the German colonial period.

Durban

South Africa's warm-water playground — Zulu heartland, Africa's biggest Indian community, bunny chow, and year-round beach weather.

Egypt

Where the Nile built one of humanity's oldest civilizations — pyramids, temples, Nubian heritage, and 5,000 years of African ingenuity.

Eldoret

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea is a Central African nation comprising a mainland region (Río Muni) and islands (including Bioko, home to the capital, Malabo).

Eritrea

Eritrea is a northeast African country on the Red Sea coast. It shares borders with Ethiopia, Sudan and Djibouti.

Essaouira

Essaouira, a coastal city in western Morocco, is a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its 18th-century, Atlantic-facing medina (formerly Mogador), vibrant fishing port, and windy, crescent-shaped beach.

Eswatini

Kingdom of culture and wildlife in Southern Africa — Hlane's Big Five, Umhlanga Reed Dance, and the Ezulwini Valley.

Ethiopia

Cradle of Humanity

Fes

Morocco's spiritual and scholarly capital — the medieval labyrinth of Fes el-Bali and the world's oldest continuously operating university.

Franschhoek

Franschhoek, known as South Africa's "French Corner" and culinary capital, is a picturesque town in the Western Cape famed for its 17th-century vineyards, Cape Dutch architecture, and world-class restaurants

Freetown

Freetown is a port city and the capital of Sierra Leone, in West Africa. It’s known for its beaches and historical role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Gabon

Gabon is a Central African nation on the Atlantic coast, known for its extensive rainforests, high biodiversity, and oil-dependent economy.

Gaborone

Botswana's modern capital city

Gambia

The Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. It's known for its diverse ecosystems around the central Gambia River.

Ghana

West Africa's Gold Coast — slave castles, kente, highlife, and the heartland of the Year of Return welcoming the diaspora home.

Gondar

Grand Baie

Grand Baie city

Grand Baie (also spelled Grand Bay) is a coastal city and major resort area on the northwestern tip of Mauritius, in the Rivière du Rempart District. Known for its turquoise lagoon, white-sand beaches, and cosmopolitan energy, it serves as the island’s leading hub for tourism, shopping, and nightlife.

Grand-Bassam

Guinea

Guinea is a country in West Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. It's known for the Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, in the southeast.

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau is a tropical country on West Africa’s Atlantic coast that’s known for national parks and wildlife.

Harar

Harare

Zimbabwe's capital and largest city

Hermanus

Ho

Ho is the capital city of Ghana’s Volta Region, serving as its administrative and commercial hub. Nestled between the Adaklu and Togo mountains, it is a key center for education, healthcare, and regional governance. Its location makes it an entry point to Ghana’s eastern highlands and a cultural heartland of the Ewe people.

Hurghada

Ibadan

Ifrane

Inhambane

Jinja

Source of the Nile and adventure tourism hub

Johannesburg

Africa's financial powerhouse and the home of the freedom struggle — Soweto, the Apartheid Museum, and a creative scene on fast-forward.

Kaduna

Kampala

Capital of Uganda

Kano

Kasoa

Kasoa is a rapidly growing city in Ghana’s Central Region, situated near the boundary with the Greater Accra Region. It serves as a major residential and commercial hub for commuters working in Accra, reflecting the city’s swift urban expansion and integration into the wider metropolitan area.

Kenya

Safari heartland of East Africa — the Maasai Mara, Swahili coast beaches, and Nairobi's creative energy, all under one eTA.

Kigali

Africa's cleanest city

Kigoma

Kigoma is a port city and the administrative capital of western Tanzania, located on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. It serves as the country’s main gateway to the Great Lakes region and an access point for Gombe Stream National Park and Mahale Mountains National Park, famous for wild chimpanzees. Its historic role in trade and rail transport makes it one of Tanzania’s most strategic inland centers.

Kinshasa

One of Africa's largest cities on the Congo River

Kisumu

Knysna

Koforidua

Koforidua is a city in southeastern Ghana and the capital of the Eastern Region. It serves as a major administrative and commercial center linking Accra to the northern and eastern parts of the country. The city is known for its educational institutions, markets, and proximity to scenic natural attractions.

Kumasi

The living seat of the Asante kingdom — Manhyia Palace, Kejetia market, and the kente and adinkra craft villages.

La Digue

La Digue is an island in the Seychelles, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa.

Lagos

Africa's loudest megacity — Afrobeats and art, island beach clubs, Balogun market hustle, and the Badagry heritage coast next door.

Lamu

Lesotho

Lesotho, the "Kingdom in the Sky," is a landlocked mountainous country completely surrounded by South Africa. With a population of about 2.3 million and capital in Maseru, it is known for its high-altitude scenery (entirely above 1,400 meters) and the Maloti Mountains.

Liberia

Liberia is a West African nation with a unique history as Africa’s first republic, founded in 1847 by freed U.S. slaves.

Libreville

Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest.

Lilongwe

Livingstone

Lomé

The capital that meets the beach at the border — grand markets, Nana Benz legend, fetish stalls, and West Africa's easiest hub city.

Lusaka

Luxor

Ancient Thebes — the world's greatest open-air museum, split by the Nile into a living East Bank and the West Bank's valley of kings.

Madagascar

Madagascar, located off the East African coast, is the world's fourth-largest island and a biodiversity hotspot where over 90% of its wildlife is unique, including lemurs and baobabs.

Mafia Island

Mahé

Mahé is the largest island of Seychelles, with an area of 157.3 square kilometres (60.7 sq mi), lying in the northeast of the Seychellois nation

Malawi

Malawi is a landlocked, democratic republic in Southeast Africa known as "The Warm Heart of Africa," bordered by Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique.

Mali

Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa and the 23rd largest country in the world, with an area of over 1,240,192 square kilometres.

Malindi

Maputo

Marrakech

The Red City at the foot of the High Atlas — Jemaa el-Fnaa's nightly spectacle, labyrinth souks, palace gardens, and a thousand years of imperial history.

Maseru

Mauritania

Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.

Mauritius

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located about 2,000 kilometres off the southeastern coast of East Africa

Mbabane

Mbeya

Mbeya is a highland city in southwestern Tanzania and the capital of the Mbeya Region. Situated between the Mbeya and Poroto mountain ranges, it serves as a key commercial, agricultural, and transport hub linking Tanzania with Zambia and Malawi through the TAZARA railway and the TANZAM Highway.

Merzouga

Mindelo

Cesária Évora's hometown and the cultural capital of Cabo Verde — morna bars, Carnival, and the prettiest harbour in the Atlantic islands.

Mombasa

Kenya's ancient Swahili port — Fort Jesus, carved doors, and spice-laden streets between two beach-lined coasts.

Monrovia

Morocco

Where Africa meets the Atlantic, the Atlas, and the Sahara — Amazigh heritage, imperial medinas, and mint-tea hospitality at the continent's northwest gate.

Morogoro

Morogoro is a city in eastern Tanzania, situated at the base of the Uluguru Mountains. It serves as a regional administrative and agricultural hub and is known for its scenic landscapes and proximity to the nation's capital, Dodoma, and the economic center, Dar es Salaam. The city plays a key role in Tanzania’s education and agribusiness sectors.

Mozambique

Mozambique is a southern African nation whose long Indian Ocean coastline is dotted with popular beaches like Tofo, as well as offshore marine parks.

Mwanza

Mwanza is a major port city in northwestern Tanzania, located on the southern shores of Lake Victoria. It is Tanzania’s second-largest city and an important commercial, industrial, and transport hub for the Lake Zone and neighboring Great Lakes countries.

Nairobi

The only capital on Earth with a national park at its edge — safari mornings, Silicon Savannah afternoons, Afrobeat nights.

Nakuru

Namibia

Land of Contrasts

Niamey

Niger

The Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to the northwest.

Nigeria

Africa's giant — 200+ million people, Nollywood and Afrobeats, ancient kingdoms from Benin to Kano, and the Door of Return at Badagry.

Nosy Be

Obuasi

Obuasi is a mining city in southern Ghana’s Ashanti Region, located about 64 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Kumasi. Known as “the Gold City,” it owes its growth and global recognition to the Obuasi Gold Mine—one of the world’s richest and longest-operating gold deposits. The city serves as both a municipal capital and a key industrial hub in Ghana’s economy.

Oran

Osogbo

Ouagadougou

Ouarzazate

Ouidah

The Door of No Return, the Sacred Forest, and the spiritual capital of Vodun — West Africa's most powerful place of memory and return.

Port Elizabeth

Port Harcourt

Port Louis

Port-Gentil

Porto-Novo

Benin's quiet capital of three names — Afro-Brazilian facades, royal Goun heritage, and a mosque built like a Bahian church.

Praia

Cabo Verde's capital on Santiago — Plateau streets, badiu soul, Atlantic sunsets, and UNESCO's Cidade Velha just down the coast.

Praslin

Praslin is the second-largest island in the Seychelles

Pretoria

Quatre Bornes

Quatre Bornes is a centrally located city on the island of Mauritius, about 14 km south of Port Louis. Known as “La Ville des Fleurs” (City of Flowers), it is a dynamic commercial and residential hub that blends modern urban life with Mauritian multicultural traditions. Its strategic position, lively markets, and proximity to beaches and business districts make it one of the island’s most desirable places to live and visit.

Republic of Congo

The Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) is a Central African nation, with its capital at Brazzaville. With a population of roughly 6.1 million (mostly under 18), the economy is heavily dependent on oil, which makes up roughly 50% of GDP and 80% of exports.

Rwanda

Land of a Thousand Hills

São Tomé and Príncipe

São Tomé and Príncipe is a two-island nation in the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of Central Africa. As Africa's second-smallest country, it is known for volcanic landscapes, rainforests, and high-quality cocoa.

Sekondi-Takoradi

It is the capital of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan District and the Western Region of Ghana.  Sekondi-Takoradi is the region's largest city as well as an industrial and commercial center, with a population of 245,382 people

Senegal

Land of Teranga (hospitality)

Seychelles

Sharm El Sheikh

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a West African nation bordered by Guinea, Liberia, and the Atlantic Ocean. Founded as a home for freed slaves in 1787, it became independent in 1961.

Silhouette Island

Silhouette Island lies 20 km northwest of Mahé in the Seychelles. It is the third largest granitic island in the Seychelles.

Siwa

Somalia

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. Stretching across the Horn of Africa, it borders Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the east.

South Africa

A world in one country — Table Mountain to Kruger's big five, township jazz to winelands, and freedom's monuments everywhere.

South Sudan

Stellenbosch

Sudan

Sunyani

Sunyani is the capital city of the Bono Region in central Ghana. It serves as an important administrative, commercial, and educational hub for the region, known for its cleanliness, greenery, and relatively calm urban environment compared with larger Ghanaian cities such as Kumasi or Accra.

Tabora

Tabora is a historic city in west-central Tanzania and the capital of the Tabora Region. Located about 750 km northwest of Dar es Salaam, it sits on the Central Plateau at roughly 1,200 m elevation. Once an Arab-Swahili trading post known as Kazeh, it remains an agricultural and transport hub linking the country’s interior with coastal and lake regions.

Tamale

Tamale is the largest city in northern Ghana and the capital of the Northern Region. It serves as an important commercial, cultural, and transportation hub for the northern part of the country.

Tanga

Tanga is a coastal city and major seaport in northeastern Tanzania, located on the Indian Ocean near the Kenyan border. It serves as the capital of Tanga Region and remains one of the country’s oldest urban settlements, known for its Swahili heritage, colonial architecture, and relaxed coastal atmosphere.

Tangier

Tanzania

Home to Mount Kilimanjaro and the Serengeti

Tarkwa

Tarkwa is a city in the Western Region of Ghana, known as one of the country’s principal mining centers. It lies about 85 km from Takoradi and has grown around extensive gold and manganese deposits, making it central to Ghana’s extractive economy and industrial development.

Techiman

Techiman is a major city in the Bono East Region of Ghana, located near the geographic center of the country. It serves as the administrative capital of the region and is widely recognized as one of Ghana’s largest market centers and a key trading hub between the northern and southern parts of the nation.

Tema

Ghana's planned harbour city on the Greenwich Meridian — West Africa's industrial gateway, fishing wharves, and quick access to Accra and the Volta estuary.

Timbuktu

Toamasina

Togo

A sliver of West Africa packing beaches, Vodun markets, coffee hills, and the mud-tower villages of Koutammakou into one long ribbon.

Tunis

Tunisia's capital blending ancient and modern

Tunisia

Where Africa meets Mediterranean

Uganda

The Pearl of Africa with mountain gorillas

Vacoas-Phoenix

Vacoas-Phoenix is a twin city located in the central plateau of Mauritius, within the Plaines Wilhems District. It serves as one of the country’s major urban centers, known for its cool climate, proximity to lush nature reserves, and its role as a residential and commercial hub.

Victoria

Victoria, on Mahé Island, is the capital city of the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean.

Victoria Falls

Adventure capital

Vilankulo

Wa

Wa is the capital city of Ghana’s Upper West Region, serving as its administrative and commercial hub. It lies in the country’s northwestern corner and functions as the main gateway for trade, transport, and governance in the region.

Western Sahara

Windhoek

Gateway to Namibia

Yamoussoukro

Yaoundé

Zambia

Zanzibar

Spice islands of turquoise water, Swahili culture and stone-paved heritage.

Zimbabwe

Home of Victoria Falls