Backpacking | Budget Travel | Living Abroad
An Africa travel blog. Featuring trip ideas for backpackers and budget travellers, tips on where to go, how to travel and how to save money on the road.
We’re going to take a look at the best places to live in South Africa featuring some of the most popular and less known places in the Rainbow Nation. At the bottom, you can also find a full South Africa cost of living comparison featuring estimated costs in 10 cities across the country. The living […]
This post looks at the estimated cost of travel in South Africa. Read on for a suggested shoestring and more comfortable South Africa backpacking budget. We also have some sample prices to give you an idea of how much things cost. South Africa Cost of Travel in 2023 Shoestring Backpacker Budget Although the cost of […]
This post will see us take a look at the estimated cost of travel in Morocco. We have two daily travel budgets – one for shoestring travellers looking to get by on less, and another for those with a slightly more comfortable backpacking budget. Further down, you will find more details on the local currency […]
We’re going to take a look at 10 of the most interesting work exchange opportunities in 2023. We’ve used the Worldpackers platform to scour the world in search of some of the most interesting placements for travellers looking for a new challenge or a fresh adventure this year. While anyone can view the opportunities, you […]
This is our first backpacking route in Africa and it also acts as a mini backpackers guide for Morocco with info on getting in, getting around and the cost of travel in the country. It takes in some of the best cities to visit as well as smaller towns either side of a quick dive […]
While their skies are by no means among the busiest in the world, most African countries have experienced an increase in demand for air travel during the first two decades of the 21st century. In this post, we look at the busiest airports in Africa and where the continent’s main air hubs are. There is […]
As of 2021, Africa’s population currently stands at somewhere between 1.3 and 1.4 billion and it is growing rapidly. Having only hit one billion for the first time in 2009, it’s estimated that there will be approximately 2.5 billion people in Africa by the year 2050 and potentially more than 4 billion by the end […]
Africa accounts for 20% of the world’s land area and is home to 1.3 billion people but in terms of tourism, only relatively few countries attract large numbers of visitors each year. In this post we will look at the five most visited countries in Africa according to official UN figures for global tourism. The […]
While California’s Death Valley and Libya’s El Azizia are frequently cited as the hottest places on Earth, there is more debate when it comes to determining the world’s hottest cities. In this post, we’ll run through the top five according to average temperature data – which is taken to be the mean of average daily […]
