The Best Places To Go In Africa In 2024

This past year saw a surge of travel throughout destinations in Africa, with air travel across the continent approaching prepandemic levels. Safari Camps from South Africa to Kenya were fully booked, and travelers lingered in popular destinations like Cape Town and Zanzibar well past peak season. What does this mean for the year ahead?

A wave of hotly anticipated luxury resorts – many of which were in the works long before grinding to a halt in the pandemic – are finally ready to throw open their doors, new air routes are making parts of the continent more accessible than ever, even popular events and festivals are enticing visitors to explore regions they may not have contemplated before.

Yes, there are plenty of thrilling safari camps in the pipeline that we are excited about, from iconic corners of Botswana to a less-visited park in Mozambique, but there is also a compelling food movement in Accra, Ghana, a milestone anniversary in Rwanda, a monumental new cultural landmark in Morocco’s capital city of Rabat, and so much more to look forward to.

Could this be the year Johannesburg pries visitors away from Cape Town with a cool new city hotel and a dynamic dining scene, or when sunseekers take another look at Mauritius instead of the Maldives?

Might you sail into Madagascar on an adventurous new cruising itinerary or consider adding Sierra Leone to your travel plans? Frankly, the hardest part will be choosing.