{"id":1302039,"date":"2026-10-22T23:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T23:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302039"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T09:55:39","slug":"africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-destination","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"The continent","hw_hub_hero_h1":"Africa Travel Guide","hw_hub_hero_intro":"Fifty-four countries that get discussed as one, which is the first thing to unlearn. Morocco is a three-hour flight and a cheap week; Cape Town is a European city with mountains; the east is where the overland routes run.","hw_hub_hero_image":"1302117","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_hero_cta":"Pick a country | #countries\r\nWhat it costs | #costs","hw_hub_why_title":"Not one trip, and not one place","hw_hub_why_body":"Africa is treated as a single destination in a way no other continent is, and it makes people plan badly. Morocco and Tanzania have less in common than Portugal and Poland. The flight between Cape Town and Cairo is longer than London to New York.\r\n\r\nThree regions carry almost all backpacker traffic. North Africa \u2014 Morocco and Egypt \u2014 is cheap, close to Europe and easy to do in a fortnight. East Africa, from Kenya down to Malawi, is the overland corridor with safaris, lakes and Zanzibar at the end of it. Southern Africa is the most developed for independent travel: hostels, hire cars, good roads and Cape Town as the obvious base.\r\n\r\nWest and Central Africa are genuinely harder \u2014 fewer hostels, more visas, less English \u2014 and worth it for exactly that reason, but not as a first trip.","hw_hub_why_link_label":"Read the full Africa backpacking guide","hw_hub_why_link_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/backpacking-africa\/","hw_hub_why_cards":"map-pin | Landscape at a scale nowhere matches | Dunes, deltas, craters and the Drakensberg. The distances between them are the trip.\r\nbus | The south is drivable | South Africa and Namibia on a hire car are as straightforward as Europe, at half the price.\r\ncoin | Morocco is three hours away | The cheapest way into the continent from Europe, and a complete trip in ten days.","hw_hub_stats":"33 | Countries on Hostelworld\r\n\u20ac28 | A day in Morocco\r\n\u20ac45 | A day in South Africa\r\n3h | Madrid to Marrakech","hw_hub_countries_title":"Start with a country","hw_hub_countries_intro":"Every country page carries its cities, what a day costs there, when to go and the hostels we would book ourselves.","hw_hub_featured":"Morocco | Marrakech \u00b7 Taghazout \u00b7 Tangier \u00b7 Essaouira | africa\/morocco | 1302118\nSouth Africa | Cape Town \u00b7 Durban \u00b7 Johannesburg \u00b7 Mossel Bay | africa\/south-africa | 1302119\nEgypt | Cairo \u00b7 Luxor \u00b7 Dahab \u00b7 Hurghada | africa\/egypt | 1302120\nTanzania | Zanzibar \u00b7 Arusha \u00b7 Dar es Salaam \u00b7 Nungwi | africa\/tanzania | 1302121\nKenya | Nairobi \u00b7 Diani \u00b7 Mombasa \u00b7 Watamu | africa\/kenya | 1302122\nNamibia | Windhoek \u00b7 Swakopmund \u00b7 Sossusvlei \u00b7 L\u00fcderitz | africa\/namibia | 1302123","hw_hub_regions":"North Africa | Closest to Europe, cheapest to reach | Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria\r\nEast Africa | Safaris, lakes and the overland corridor | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia\r\nSouthern Africa | The easiest region for independent travel | South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique\r\nWest Africa | Music, coastline and few other travellers | Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Benin\r\nThe islands | Diving, beaches and their own rhythm | Zanzibar, Madagascar, Cape Verde, Mauritius, Seychelles","hw_hub_hostels_title":"Where to stay while you do it","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"The African hostels travellers rate most highly. Prices and availability are live on each property page.","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Africa","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/africa\/","hw_hub_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"continent","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"6","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"Dry season is the season","hw_hub_when_intro":"Almost everywhere in Africa plans around rain rather than temperature. The dry months are when roads are passable, wildlife gathers at water and trekking is possible \u2014 and they fall at opposite times in the north and the south.","hw_hub_seasons":"December \u2013 February | Southern summer, northern winter | Split | amber | Cape Town at its best and busiest, Namibia hot and green, Morocco cool and quiet. East African short rains have passed. | Book Cape Town over Christmas months ahead; Morocco is mild and cheap; Zanzibar is hot and dry\r\nMarch \u2013 May | Long rains in the east | Cheapest | teal | The wettest window in East Africa, when lodges discount heavily and some close. Morocco is at its best, and the south is cooling into autumn. | Best prices of the year for safari; Some camps close entirely; Morocco perfect for trekking\r\nJune \u2013 October | The dry season | Best for wildlife | green | The months everyone means when they say safari. Animals concentrate at water, roads are passable, the Mara migration arrives from July. | Book safaris and gorilla permits early; Cold nights in the desert; Cape Town is wet and windy\r\nNovember | Short rains | Quiet | orange | Brief afternoon storms in East Africa, green landscapes and almost no other visitors. A good month for anyone who does not need guaranteed sun. | Green season prices; Newborn wildlife; Rain rarely lasts all day","hw_hub_costs_title":"What a day actually costs","hw_hub_costs_body":"Daily budgets cover a bed, food, local transport and one ordinary activity. Safari is the exception that breaks every budget: a two-night park trip costs more than a fortnight of everything else, because park fees alone run to \u20ac60\u2013100 a day.\r\n\r\nNorth Africa is the cheap end and the easiest to reach. Southern Africa costs more but gives you roads, hostels and hire cars. East Africa is cheap until the moment you enter a national park.","hw_hub_cost_rows":"Morocco | Marrakech, Fes, Essaouira, Taghazout | \u20ac8\u201314 | \u20ac25\u201335\r\nEgypt | Cairo, Luxor, Dahab | \u20ac7\u201312 | \u20ac22\u201332\r\nKenya & Tanzania | Nairobi, Arusha, Zanzibar | \u20ac10\u201318 | \u20ac30\u201345\r\nSouth Africa | Cape Town, Durban, the Garden Route | \u20ac14\u201322 | \u20ac40\u201360\r\nNamibia & Botswana | Windhoek, Swakopmund, Maun | \u20ac15\u201325 | \u20ac45\u201370\r\nSafari, per day | Serengeti, Masai Mara, Kruger | \u2014 | \u20ac150\u2013350","hw_hub_cost_note":"Indicative dry-season figures for a traveller in dorms eating locally. Safari costs are per person per day including park fees, guide and transport, and are the single largest variable on the continent.","hw_hub_money_reads":"Safari on a backpacker budget: what is possible | \r\nTwo weeks in Morocco: the full cost | \r\nSelf-driving South Africa and Namibia | \r\nVisa costs across East Africa |","hw_hub_rail_title":"Buses, shared taxis and hire cars","hw_hub_rail_body":"Rail exists in pockets \u2014 the Tazara line from Dar es Salaam, commuter routes in South Africa and Egypt's sleeper to Luxor \u2014 but buses and shared minibuses do almost all the work. They are cheap, frequent and leave when full rather than on a timetable.\r\n\r\nSouthern Africa is the exception and the easiest place on the continent to drive yourself: good roads, left-hand traffic, and campsites set up for it. Overland trucks, which carry a group for weeks at a time, remain popular on the Nairobi-to-Cape-Town corridor and solve the border paperwork for you.","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"Getting around Africa overland","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/inter-rail-europe-my-top-ten-tips\/","hw_hub_rail_image":"1302124","hw_hub_routes":"Two weeks | Morocco in a loop | Marrakech, A\u00eft Benhaddou, the Sahara at Merzouga, Fes, Chefchaouen, Tangier. Buses the whole way, and the cheapest introduction to the continent. | 6 stops \u00b7 1 country\r\nThree weeks | The Garden Route and beyond | Cape Town, Hermanus, Knysna, Jeffreys Bay, Addo, then Drakensberg. A hire car, a tent and the most comfortable road trip in Africa. | 6 stops \u00b7 1 country\r\nOne month | East Africa overland | Nairobi, Masai Mara, Arusha, Serengeti, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar. Safaris at one end, an island at the other. | 6 stops \u00b7 2 countries","hw_hub_events_title":"Worth building a route around","hw_hub_events_intro":"These are also the dates that will triple your accommodation costs if you turn up without a booking. Both facts are worth planning for.","hw_hub_events_source":"api","hw_hub_events_continent":"africa","hw_hub_events_count":"8","hw_hub_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"See all events in Africa","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/africa","hw_hub_events":"January | Timkat | Lalibela, Ethiopia | Ethiopian Epiphany at the rock-hewn churches. One of the most extraordinary religious festivals anywhere.\r\nFebruary | Cape Town Pride | Cape Town | A week of events in the city's warmest, busiest month.\r\nMarch or April | Ramadan begins | North Africa \u00b7 Egypt | Daylight hours change everything: restaurants shut, evenings come alive. Beautiful to travel in, but plan meals.\r\nMay | Rose Festival | Kelaat M'Gouna, Morocco | Three days of rosewater and dancing in the Dades valley.\r\nJuly | The Great Migration | Masai Mara, Kenya | River crossings from July to September. The single most booked-out wildlife event in the world.\r\nAugust | Marrakech summer | Marrakech | Too hot for most, and the cheapest month to see the city if you can stand 40\u00b0C.\r\nSeptember | Nyege Nyege | Jinja, Uganda | Four days of East African music on the Nile. The continent's best-known festival for travellers.\r\nDecember | Cape Town New Year | Cape Town | The Minstrel Carnival on 2 January, and a city that fills from mid-December.","hw_hub_events_pills":"When to see the Great Migration | \r\nFestivals across Africa worth planning around | \r\nTravelling during Ramadan |","hw_hub_reads_intro":"Written by our travel writers and the travellers who host them.","hw_hub_article_rows":"Things to do, city by city | Short itineraries you can follow as written, in the cities most routes pass through. | africa+things-to-do | All things to do in Africa | \r\nGetting around | Buses, shared taxis, hire cars and the overland routes worth taking. | africa+transport | All transport guides in Africa | \r\nEating well | Tagines, braai, street food and the markets worth a morning. | africa+food | All food guides in Africa | \r\nDoing it cheaply | What things cost, where the money goes and how to afford a safari. | africa+budget | All budget guides in Africa |","hw_hub_show_read_time":"1","hw_hub_all_title":"Everything we have written about Africa","hw_hub_all_body":"Filter by country, city or the kind of trip you are planning.","hw_hub_all_cta":"All Africa articles","hw_hub_trips_title":"Or start with how you travel","hw_hub_trips_note":"Same continent, filtered by trip","hw_hub_trips":"users | Solo travel | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/tag\/solo-travel+africa\/\r\ncoin | Budget | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/tag\/budget+africa\/\r\nmap-pin | Adventure | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/tag\/adventure+africa\/\r\nbus | Road trips | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/tag\/road-trips+africa\/\r\nsurf | Beach | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/tag\/beach+africa\/\r\ncamera | Wildlife | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/tag\/wildlife+africa\/","hw_hub_faq_title":"Africa travel questions","hw_hub_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_faqs":"Where should I go in Africa on a first trip? | Morocco if you want cheap, close and easy \u2014 three hours from Europe and a complete trip in ten days. South Africa if you want hostels, hire cars and good roads. East Africa if the wildlife is the point and the budget can take park fees.\r\nHow much does a safari cost? | Budget \u20ac150 to \u20ac350 per person per day including park fees, guide and transport. Park fees alone are \u20ac60 to \u20ac100 a day and are not negotiable. Camping safaris out of Arusha or a self-drive through Kruger are the cheapest real options.\r\nIs Africa safe for backpackers? | It depends entirely on where, which is why the continent should never be assessed as one place. Morocco, South Africa, Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya all have well-travelled routes and hostel networks. Some countries and border regions are not suitable for independent travel at all. Check current government advice per country, not per continent.\r\nWhen is the best time for a safari? | The dry season, June to October, when animals gather at water and roads are passable. The Masai Mara river crossings run July to September and book out a year ahead. Green season, March to May, is half the price with harder sightings.\r\nDo I need vaccinations? | Usually yes, and some are required rather than advised \u2014 yellow fever certificates are checked at several borders. Malaria prophylaxis is needed for much of East, West and Central Africa. See a travel clinic six to eight weeks before you fly, because some courses take time.\r\nCan I travel Africa overland? | The Nairobi-to-Cape-Town corridor is well established and done constantly, by public transport or on an overland truck. Cairo to Cape Town is possible but slow and paperwork-heavy. West and Central Africa are far harder on visas and roads.\r\nIs Morocco good for solo travellers? | Yes, and it is the most common first trip to the continent. Hostels in Marrakech, Fes and Taghazout are sociable and cheap. Solo women travellers report persistent attention in the medinas \u2014 worth reading first-hand accounts before going, and worth booking the first two nights somewhere central.","hw_hub_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Africa \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Africa | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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