Question one of four

What kind of Africa
are you looking for?

Or say it in a sentence

Choose as many as are true. Every country here declares what it leads on, in its own words — this asks against that, so a match means something. Or say nothing and let us open the atlas for you.

CultureKingdoms, languages, festivals and the people who keep them.39 countries NatureMountain, forest, desert and the country between them.31 countries CoastAtlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and the lakes big enough to have surf.30 countries WildlifeWhere the animals are the reason you came.27 countries AdventureLong roads, thin air, white water and the walk in.19 countries HistoryRuins, empires, and the places that remember what happened on them.18 countries CitiesWhere the continent is loudest, newest and most itself.14 countries FoodWhat a country actually eats, not what it serves tourists.9 countries

Question two of four

When?

Every country carries the months it is actually good in. Pick one and the ones at their best then come first — the others are still here, and will say so.

I'm flexible

Question three of four

How long
have you got?

This decides the shape of the journey rather than the place: how many stages it is worth splitting into. It is a planning convention, not a claim about the roads.

A long weekendOne place, properly, instead of three badly.3–4 days Four to seven daysTwo places close enough that the road between them is not the trip.4–7 days Eight to fourteen daysA country properly, or two that share a border.8–14 days Two weeks and moreLong enough to stop counting, and to go where the road is slow.15+ days I'm flexibleWe will shape it round what you actually want to see.flexible

Question four of four

Who is coming,
and how do you travel?

Neither how you like to travel nor who you are travelling with is recorded against any country in this dataset, so neither one moves a country up or down the list. Both are carried into the enquiry, where a person who lives there reads them.

Slowly On foot where possible In a small group Away from other travellers Comfortably I don't know yet

What kind of Africa
are you looking for?

When?

How long
have you got?

Who is coming,
and how do you travel?

All fifty-four, and how each one answers.

The journey

What it is made of

Your flight gets you to Africa.
We get you through it.

We arrange these, at cost

And these stay yours

What kind of Africaare you looking for?

When?

How longhave you got?

Who is coming,and how do you travel?

All fifty-four, and how each one answers.

The journey

What it is made of

Your flight gets you to Africa.We get you through it.

We arrange these, at cost

And these stay yours

What kind of Africa
are you looking for?

How long
have you got?

Who is coming,
and how do you travel?

Your flight gets you to Africa.
We get you through it.