Africa

Wide horizons and very early mornings

41Countries
25Destinations
37Family attractions
Best for children who can waitGame drives suit school age upwards; coasts and cities work at any age.
Short transfers, long viewsMost lodges and beaches are one flight and a short drive apart.
Wildlife at close rangeAnimals children have only seen in books, at the distance of a garden.
Outdoors and freeMarkets, beaches and city parks make up most of what they will remember.

1Explore countries in Africa

South Africa20 family attractionsEgypt7 family attractionsMorocco4 family attractionsKenya2 family attractionsRepublic of the Congo1 family attractionRwanda1 family attractionSierra Leone1 family attractionTanzania1 family attraction
View all 41 countries in Africa
AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurundiCameroonCape VerdeComorosDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEswatiniGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLesothoLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaRepublic of the CongoRwandaSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSouth AfricaSão Tomé and PríncipeTanzaniaThe GambiaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe

2Top family destinations in Africa

Cape TownSouth Africa · 7 attractionsCairoEgypt · 5 attractionsJohannesburgSouth Africa · 2 attractionsAugrabiesSouth Africa · 1 attractionPhalaborwaSouth Africa · 1 attraction

3Browse by interest

Nature & Hiking19 placesZoos & Aquariums9 placesMuseums5 placesHistoric Sites2 placesAmusement Parks1 placeViewpoints1 place

5Editor's pick

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6Travel planning for Africa

MoneyWest African CFA franc is used in 5 of 41 countries
Paying"Bring cash" in 39 of 41 countries
Getting aroundDrive on the right in 27 of 41 countries
PlugsEuroplug sockets in 28 of 41 countries
EnglishHigh or very high English level in 4 of 41 countries

Counted across the country pages in Africa. Each country page has the details.

7About travelling in Africa

Africa asks more planning than most family destinations and gives more back for it. Wildlife is the draw, and wildlife keeps its own hours — which is how children who fight bedtime every night at home discover that getting up at five is worth it when there is something to see.

Most safari lodges set a minimum age, often six or eight, and it is worth checking before falling in love with one. Below that age the coasts and cities do the work: Cape Town, Marrakesh and the Kenyan beaches all have short transfers, and a child who cannot sit still in a vehicle for four hours will be far happier there.

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