Welcome to Thorntree's Africa branch!

You'll find plenty of useful information about travelling to Africa here. We highly recommend that new users check out the Africa FAQ thread before posting a new thread as you may find many of the answers you seek there. It also has helpful information on how to search the forum and advice on how to post your questions. Returning users or Africa gurus, please help us keep the FAQ up-to-date by adding important information which is absent, or pointing out information which is no longer accurate.

SEEKING TRAVEL COMPANIONS OR SAFARI PARTNERS? Please post on our Travel Companions branch, not here on the Africa Branch. Any such topics posted on this branch will normally be moved by the moderators to the Travel Companions branch without notice. If you also have a travel question then please post it as a separate topic on the appropriate travel branch.

Choosing a country to post to:

When you make a post and choose a country from the drop down menu, your post will be added to that country but will also display in the general Africa branch. If your post covers more than one country, please only add it to the country it is mostly about, not to all the countries - it won't increase the number of replies you get and will mean your post will appear multiple times in the Africa branch.

Comments about Lonely Planet Guidebooks:

If you used an LP guidebook on your trip and want to share your take on things with other users, we'd be thrilled if you'd post your comments in our Guidebook Feedback branch. Just click on the link to the book you used and post your comments (links to all the African titles can be found below). When our editors and authors update that guidebook we'll make sure they receive your feedback so it can be taken on board for the next edition. You can also forward your feedback directly to Lonely Planet's Talk2Us team here.

A Algeria 1 B Botswana & Namibia 1 C Cape Town 5 E East Africa 7, Egypt 9, Ethiopia & Eritrea 3 F Fez Encounter 1 G The Gambia & Senegal 3 L Libya 2 M Madagascar & Comoros 6, Marrakesh Encounter 1, Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles 6, Morocco 8, Mozambique 2 S South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland 7, Southern Africa 4 T Tanzania 4, Tunisia 4 W West Africa 6

Walking guides
Trekking in East Africa 3

Older editions: Egypt 8, Libya 1, Madagascar & Comoros 5, Tanzania 3

Keeping it travel-related:

We want to remind you that this forum is a place for travellers and travel enthusiasts to share tips, information, and their experiences about Africa. Though we understand and respect that many of our posters have strong political beliefs, we ask that you debate these in a more appropriate environment, like a political forum or even your real life! Needless to say, starting and/or continuing such arguments will not be appreciated by our moderation team.

And a final reminder that commercial advertising of any kind is a breach of our Website Terms.

Thanks so much for being a part of our community and enjoy your time on the Thorn Tree.

Edited by: Yersinia