Frommer’s Best Places to Go in 2023 (Africa Focus)

Frommer’s Best Places to Go in 2023

(Africa Focus)

By Frommer’s Staff

Cape Verde Islands

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West Africa by

Expedition Ship

The well-trod routes of modern tourism have connected so much of the inhabited globe, but one region has been left behind: West Africa. Despite the area’s critical role in the development of Western societies’ wealth and populations, Western visitors have proved reluctant to forge self-guided paths to places like Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, the Gambia, and the Cape Verde Islands (pictured above). Geting there has been cumbersome and touring options thin on the ground. But the current boom in expedition cruising, accompanied by a sharp rise in the number of specialty ships, has created a new channel for introducing travelers to lively and diverse cultures that stretch along the coastline.

Now it’s much easier to bear witness to some of the spots where human traffi cking changed the courses of our shared destinies all those years ago. Hurtigruten’s adventure ship Spitsbergen began by tentatively adding West Africa departures to its roster, and the voyages were such a success that more are

coming. Among the additional adventure vessels off ering odysseys into West Africa in 2023 and ‘24: Seabourn Venture and Azamara Journey. If you ever dreamed of visiting the shores of the Mother Continent, the way there has never been more mainstream. —Jason Cochran

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