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Travelling to and in Africa

Media | Events | Organisations | Resources | Travel in Africa, general | Countries

Subcategories: Airlines | Embassies & Consulates | Literature | Parks & Reserves | Safaris | Tour Operators | Transportation in Africa | Travel Agents | Travel Guides |


Travel Searches

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Air (96)

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Hiking (0)

Hotels (0)

Insurance (0)

Literature (5)

Restaurants (0)

Tour Opertators (5) 

Train (0)

Travel Agents (3)

Travel Guides (8)


Travel Searches

Here a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about travelling when you search their database on a word like the name of a country. You should try to narrow your search, and preferably use narrow categories.

UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too some documents, reports, articles, etc. about travelling and tourism. You should try to narrow your search with words like the name of a country or "tourism".

Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find a lot of websites related to travelling, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...


Media

Here, you'll find links to international press, newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about travel in general. 

 

Media

 

International press

Backpacker is one of the principal magazines on the web about backpacking. It contains reports and some daily articles form around the world. English. Daily updated.

News & Discussion Groups

 


General

 

Events

 

 

Organizations

 

 

Resource Pages/Links

Atevo offers travel information about countries from around the world, with practical data and travel guides. 

Excite Travel has a site-page on all countries with some useful information and maps.

The INFOHUB travel guide to all countries has useful travel information, including links on accommodation and transportation.

The U.S. State Department files travel information and warnings for all countries, world wide. Their annually updated pages contain a short description of the country and useful information about safety, crime rate, health services and insurance. Aimed at U.S. citizens, but useful for anybody.

World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures has a page on all countries. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country.

World Travel Guide: This is a good, informative and well organised site. Lists all kind of practical information (passport, visa, etc.) and has an introduction to tourist sites from around the world. Guides exist to all countries. Also a German entry. Recommended.

 

 

 

 

Travel, general

 

 

 

 


Regions

 

 


Subcategories

Air

Africa, global
Air Afrique, with services in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa, Chad, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal has a website with all information about it. In French and English.

Argentina
Aerolineas Argentinas offers, in Spanish and English all information about airports, flights and services.

Another useful site on traveling to Chile and Argentina is Patagonia Austral, with lots of travel info. 

Australia
Ansett Australia offers in its website some info for travelers, special services and more.

Austria
Austrian Airlines offers, in English, complete information and practical data. The German version is out of order.

Lauda Air offers, in English, data about tickets and news.

Belgium
Sabena is one of the principal airlines in Belgium and with a lot of services in all Europe. Here you'll find all information about it. English. A new website comes soon.

Brazil
TransBrasil is one of the biggest airlines in Brazil. You can read its history and find a lot of data about it. Portuguese and English.

Varig offers all its information in Portuguese, Spanish and English: flights, booking, offers, etc.

Vasp contains in its website some data and practical information, only in Portuguese.

Bulgaria
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines inform you about the cheapest offers of the company. Besides it contains special pages about some tourist places. English.

Cameroon
Cameroon Airlines has a website informing about its travel destination, though it doesn't seem much updated.

Canada
Air Canada has its information in French and English: reservations, traveller services, aeroplan, etc.

Air Transat is one of the principal airlines in Canada. Here you'll find all information about its services and offers, in French and English

Canada 3000 has its information in English and French. You can consult its press releases, data on flights and the company, etc.

Canadian Airlines offers the rudimentary information and a ample news service about its new flights.

West Jet Airlines informs you about destinations, special fares, booking and more. English.

Cape Verde
TACV
(Air Transports of Cape Verde) is the national airway company. Informative site with fares, destinations, offices, schedules, etc. Regularly updated and in English.

China
Air China offers complete information about its services and some news about the company. The site is in Chinese and now in under construction, but it promises at the English version comes soon.

Cathay Pacific offers all information, in English, about its flights and local sites from around the world. Besides a Chinese version.

China Airlines has a lot of practical data and links to other sites related. English, Japanese and Chinese version.

Chile
LanChile is one of the biggest airlines in the country. It offers its basic information in Spanish and English

Another useful site on traveling to Chile and Argentina is Patagonia Austral, with lots of travel info. 

Croatia 
Croatia Airlines has a site that includes rudimentary data, photo gallery of the country, links and more...English.

Cyprus
Cyprus Airways is the biggest airline in Cyprus. Information in English about products and services.

Czech Republic
Czech Airlines informs you about its special offers, like connections to the Mediterranean, children's programm, etc. English and Czech.

Denmark
Maersk Air is one of the biggest airlines in Denmark. Here you'll find regularly news and some rudimentary dada about its flights. English.

SAS, Scandinavian Airlines is the principal airlines group in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Here it offers all its information in English.

Fiji
Sunflower Airlines offers online bookings and information about its destinations and flights. English.

France
Air France, the biggest French airlines company, has its information only in French. 

Finland
Finnair offers complete information about its flights and other services. English.

Germany
Augsburg Airways, member of team Lufthansa, offers all information about its services in English and German

Condor, from Frankfurt, is one of the important airlines in Germany. Here you'll find all about it. In German.

Eurowings Luftverkehrs Airlines offers in English and German lots of rudimentary data and special info services.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines offers its practical info in some different languages: English, Spanish, German, French and Italian.

Lufthansa is the biggest airline in Germany. Complete information in German and English: booking and services.

Great Britain
British Airways, the most important British airline, informs you about special offers and rudimentary data. In addition, you can consult its mini travel guides. 

British Midland, in co-operation with Lufthansa and Scandinavian Airlines, offers practical information and special offers. 

KLM uk offers its new call back service under flight information and more: offers, etc.

Virgin Atlantic offers a lot of well structured information and a nice design. 

Greece
Olympic Airlines is one of the biggest airlines in Greece. It offers all type of practical information.

Greenland
Greenlandair offers information about its domestic and international routes, charter service and more. English.

Hungary
Malév Hungarian Airlines contains its regularly updated information in English, Germany and Hungarian

Iceland
Icelandair offers all its information when you select your geographic region. English. 

India
Air India has a funny site with all necessary information about it and its services. English. 

Ireland
Aer Lingus contains practical information and special pages about Ireland: Dublin, maps, tourist data, etc. 

Italia 
Alitalia informs you about its news in the company, services, links, a travel guide to Italia and much more...English.

Lithuania
Air Lithuania offers regularly updated information about its flights and more. The site has received some prices. English. 

Luxemburg
Luxair is the principal airlines in Luxemburg, with a website in English with all its information. Regularly updated.

Jamaica
Air Jamaica is one of the biggest airlines to the Caribbean. Here you'll find practical data and some offers. English.

Japan
All Nippon Airways, ANA, has special offers and some interesting services. Here you'll find all information. English.

Japan 
Japan Airlines is one of the biggest Japanese airlines. Here you'll find a lot information about its services, in Japanese and English.

Jordan
Royal Jordanian contains all rudimentary information that you need, in English: departures, arrivals, news, offers and more.

Lebanon
MEA, Middle East Airlines is the principal airlines in Lebanon. It offers some data about general information. English.

Malaysia
Malaysia Airlines, The biggest airlines group in Malaysia contains a list of regional sites with a lot of information in English.

Malta
Air Malta offers information about the company, its services and some links to other airlines. English.

Mauritius
Air Mauritius today serves 29 destinations across 4 continents with more than 80 departures per week from Mauritius. Here you'll find all data about its services.

Mexico
Aeromexico inform you about its services in relation to where you come from. Spanish and English.

Mexicana Airlines contains some offers if you buy your ticket in its website. Besides a lot of information. Spanish and English.

Mongolia
MIAT, Mongolian Airlines has a website realized by the association Italia-Mongolia with some information about its flights, etc. Italian. 

Morocco
Royal Air Maroc offers in its website a lot of information about the company and their programs and projects, not too on practical data. English and French.

Norway
SAS, Scandinavian Airlines is the principal airlines group in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Here it offers all its information in English.

Widerøes has a constantly updated site with all its practical information and offers. Norwegian, English and German version.

New Zealand
Air New Zealand offers you all information when you select your country home or region. Good service.

Freedom Air has a website with a lot of information about it, its services and an original design.

Poland
LOT Polish Airlines is a good website with the complete information on this airlines. English and daily updated.

Portugal
SATA Group is one of the principal airlines in Portugal. It contains its information in Portuguese and English.

TAP Air Portugal offers all information about its different services and products in Portuguese and English.

Russia
Aeroflot is the principal airlines company of Russia. It offers a travel guide about the country and some information about its services. English.

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian Airlines offers you all information in English and Arab.

Senegal
SONATRA (Société Nationale de Transport Aérien du Sénégal) gives you information about the flights and tariffs of Air Senegal, useful addresses and more.

Singapore
Silkair contains, in English, data about its promotions, destinations and more.

Singapore Airlines is one of the biggest airlines in Singapore and here it informs you about its products and services. English.

South Africa
South Africa Airlink covers lots of destinations in South Africa. It offers all information on its flights and other practical data.

South Africa Airways is an excellent site if you find practical information about travel: hours, flights, money...they has  really a virtual clients service!

Spain
Air Europa offers, in Spanish and English, information on current flights situation, besides other practical data.

Iberia, the biggest airlines in Spain offers all information about its services and the company. Spanish and English.

Sri Lanka
AirLanka website contains practical information on its cargo services, passenger services, etc. Besides some tourist information on the country. English.

Sweden
SAS, Scandinavian Airlines is the principal airlines group in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Here it offers all its information in English.

Switzerland
Crossair offers some information in English and  Swiss about its special offers and normal services. 

Swissair is one of the biggest airlines in Switzerland, with a website where you'll find all data about its services. English.

Thailand
Bangkok Airway contains all information that you need about its services. Recommended tourist page about Bangkok. English. 

Turkey
Turkish Airlines has an interesting with sometimes news offers, besides the basic information about its regular flights. English.

Ukraine
Ukraine International Airlines has information about its services, new offers, booking, timetable, etc. English.

USA
Alaska Airlines informs you about hourly, flights, its special flight to Mexico...and more. 

American Trans offers some data about its products, services and flights. 

America West Airlines has a lot of information about its offers, in special to Mexico, and news.

Continental Airlines is one of the biggest airlines in the USA. Here you'll find all about its services. And they have some sites in different countries that you can choose. 

San Francisco Seaplane Tours offers an interesting form of travel and tou can take a virtual flight in its site. 

Southwest Airlines, from Texas, informs you about its programs, services and news in its website.

Sun Country Airlines, from Minneapolis, has a site with the most complete data about its arrivals, departures, offers, etc.

TWA is one of the biggest airlines in the USA. Here it offers all its rudimentary information and some more.

United Airlines has a website that contains a lot of well structured information. Here it's easy to find everything.

US Airways has a good site, with constantly updated information about its new offers, besides its regular services.

World Airways is a daily updated site with all its practical data.

United Arab Emirates
Emirates offers all information about its services: holidays, adventures, cargo, etc. English and Arab.

Vietnam
Vietnam Airlines contains passenger info, airline story and much more. Vietnamese, French and English versions.

Yemen
Yemenia, Yemen Airways, offers rudimentary information about its services, besides other services like tourist guide to Yemen. English, German and Italian

 

Backpacking

Backpacker is one of the principal magazines on the web about backpacking. It contains reports and some daily articles form around the world. English. Daily updated.

 

Backpacking is a service from About.com > Recreations/Outdoors. It has a daily updated backpacking news service, ideas,  advices, etc. 

 

Backpacking Around, from Australia, offers information about tours, hire cars/campervans, accommodation, etc, besides services like employment opportunities.

 

Backpacking Travelers Guide is a service with practical information about accommodation, hostels and other practical data, besides some links to related sites from around the world.

 

Backpacking Vacations, from USA, is not updated, but it offers some reports about the typical backpacking routes in  the USA. Photos and links.

 

BSA Troop 792 has a list with some books about backpacking. Regularly updated.

 

Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza is an American site which offers photos and data about its favorite backpacking places, links to related sites, and specials articles about wildlife, gear, food, etc. 

 

Classical Backpacking in Greece offers all information about travel in Greece, with special attention to backpacking. English, Spanish, German, French and Italian.

 

Eurotrip offers information about backpacking in Europe. Here you'll find  lots of travel destinations, budget guidebooks, travel basic data, links to related sites and chat service. Regularly updated. English.

 

Grand Canyon Backcountry Bookstore contains a list of books about backpacking, in association with amazon.com. 

 

Just Backpacking South Africa is a constantly under construction site, but it offers interesting data about hostels and  more in the Southern African countries. English.

 

Michael's Ultralight Backpacking Page is the site of Michael Connik, from Bradley Beach, NJ. He tells you about his last hikes, his favorite related sites on the web and more. 

 

The Lightweight Backpacker  is, from March 1996, a proven resource for researching and purchasing quality backpacking equipment. It has search service, comments, gear testing, etc.  

Virtual Backpacking is a photo gallery with short articles about some hikes. Specially  to people who doesn't know where to go.

WebPacking.com offers a lot of information, in English, about backpacking around Asia. They are an Australian couple traveling 18 months throughout South East Asia, China, UK, Greece, Turkey and Nepal. Here you'll find a lot of practical information about accommodation, etc in these countries.

 

Boat

BoatNet is one of the biggest resource sites for boaters on the mew. Here you'll find information and offers about boats for sale from around the world and other services. English.

 

 

Bus

 

 

 

Car

 

 

 

Cruises

 

 

 

Hiking

 

 

Hotels

 

 

Insurance

 

 

Literature

On Amazon.com  you can find a buy a lot of  travel books and literature. They have the most complete list of travel literature on the web. 

Infohub offers a service to help you in your holidays. Besides, it has a complete travel guides' list.

Insight Guides offers a large collection of visual travel guides from around the world.

Lonely Planet, the famous publisher of budget travel guides, has pages on each African country. On their countries pages you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money & costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning. Detailed facts only in the guide books.

Rough Guides is one of the principal travel editorials. Here you'll find information about more of 14.000 destinations. 

 

 

Restaurants

 

 

Tour Operators

Visit Africa Limited is a leading provider of safaris to East & Central Africa. There are pages in English, French and Spanish. Other tour operators include Safari Partners, Lexinda Tours and Technical & Study Tours, the last arranging a large number of excursions in Kenya.

The Kenya Association of Tour Operators, KATO,  offers all the possible information on tour operators in the country, with a list of its members. 

Kenya Web offers a complete list with the tour operators service in Kenya. Updated!

South Africa Travel Agents and Tour Operators offers a complete list whit the best travel companies  in South Africa.

Uganda Tour Operators is a list of the principal sites in Uganda dedicated to the tourism. Realized by Safariweb.

 

 

 

Train

 

 

 

Travel Agents

African Travel Agents to travel to Tunisia, by Focus on Tunisia is a list of sites that can help you to plan your holidays in this country.

South Africa Travel Agents and Tour Operators offers a complete list whit the best travel companies  in South Africa.

World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures in Africa has a page on all African countries. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country.

 

 

Travel Guides

Atevo offers travel information about countries from around the world, with practical data and travel guides. 

Excite Travel has a site-page on all African countries with some useful information and maps.

The INFOHUB travel guide to all African countries has useful travel information, including links on accommodation and transportation.

Kap Verde, Santo Antao - Wandern is a German guide to trekking and hiking in Cape Verde. Many photos. 

Lonely Planet, the famous publisher of budget travel guides, has pages on each African country. On their countries pages you'll find country background information and facts (overviews) for the traveler (money & costs, when to go, attractions, activities, getting there, getting around, etc.), if there's not a travel warning. Detailed facts only in the guide books.

The U.S. State Department files travel information and warnings for all countries, world wide. Their annually updated pages contain a short description of the country and useful information about safety, crime rate, health services and insurance. Aimed at U.S. citizens, but useful for anybody.

World Online Travel Agency for airlines, hotels, car hires, adventures in Africa has a page on all African countries. You won't find too much information, but they have detailed maps of the country.

World Travel Guide: This is a good, informative and well organised site. Lists all kind of practical information (passport, visa, etc.) and has an introduction to tourist sites from around the world. Guides exist to all African countries. You might want to go to their Africa Page. Also a German entry. Recommended.

 

 

 

 

 


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