Family Travel Africa – In this blog we chronicle and share our travel experiences. We also provide up to date recommendations and choices for families especially parents like ourselves who want to travel with their children to create impressions and memories in fun and exciting locations in Africa past those familiar places and spaces they once called home.

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Amelia Island ~ Where Learning Meets Leisure.

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Top Five Things to do with Kids in Nairobi

Between January and June of 2021, Kenya recorded 49,000 tourists from the United States. Nairobi is a city well known for its National Parks, bustling

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Destinations

Nairobi – Sights Beyond the City (2014)

I have found one of the best ways to explore a new place is to visit when you have someone living there. In 2014, Mark

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Closer To Home

High bluffs and scenic views! Torreya State Park~

Four months after the 2020 pandemic “shut down”, we visited Torreya State Park. Located about 65miles from home, this park is accessible off Interstate-10 and

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Beyond Africa

BEYOND AFRICA – MEXICO TWO WAYS. THE FOLK ART AND MYTHIC ON LAND….. Part 1!

RE-POST from January 2021…………It is another Google photos moment when you get those pics from this time of the year so many years ago. And

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Beyond Africa

Of Gold, Bravery and Nobility ~ Discovering Puerto Rico

Most of us who live in the coastal United States are familiar with the planning and preparation involved during hurricane season every year. More than

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Food

The Tamarind: A tree well-traveled

When the roots are deep there is no reason to fear the wind – African proverb Having spent most of my childhood in Africa and

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Closer To Home

A walk in Conservation Park

This year, spring break was anything but ordinary. Without any concrete travel plans, we defaulted to a “staycation” where we visited different sites and establishments

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Destinations

Soulful Senegal

(This blog post is updated and revised to include Covid-19 specifics) It is another rainy evening in Florida as I start writing this blog post.

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Family Fun

Travel Through Sound: A fresh “tune in” to not so fresh technology.

In a world of sound bites where every media outlet is vying for just “15minutes” of your time on a YouTube video, and after a

Nimae Awantang February 27, 2021 No Comments

Destinations

Step into Ancient History – Four Days in Egypt (2016)

Family vacations without kids anyone? When Mark and I first got married we took a couple of vacations together. However, the more kids we have,

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Beyond Africa

BEYOND AFRICA – MEXICO TWO WAYS. THE FOLK ART AND MYTHIC ON LAND….. AND SEA! PART II

Mexico…..My last post on Mexico recounted our first trip to Mexico, the Maya Riviera to be precise. Our second time to Mexico would be in

Nimae Awantang January 29, 2021 1 Comment

Health

STOWING AWAY THE NON-TRAVEL COVID-19 BLUES

Travel gives us something to look forward to. The anticipation of going to a new place and learning new things is often elating. Travel permits

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closer to home: Amicalola falls state park

Dawsonville, Georgia Sometimes you need to get out and take a hike. This has been truer since the dawn of the pandemic when physical distancing

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Air travel & covid-19 testing

Aerial view: Istanbul August 2017 It is a new year and after 2020 most of us would like to have flipped the switch to a

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Destinations

TRAVEL Poll

Travel Destination 2021 The beginning of the year is always a great time to plan travel. Its a great time to budget and explore destination

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Coming home – douala 2020

“Bonne anne! Bonne anne! Happy new year!” We were awakened on the flight from Casablanca to Douala to these phrases ringing through the plane. Festive

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Laying Over in casablanca

Most travelers will experience, every now and again, stumbling into unintended travel planning and end up exploring a destination unexpectedly. This was the case with

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Destinations

Returning to accra

“Akwaaba”. Welcome. The year is still 2020 and travel is virtually at a standstill with the covid-19 pandemic. The month was November and after much

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Wild Wednesdays!

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Amelia Island ~ Where Learning Meets Leisure.

Happy 1st anniversary familytravelafrica!

Top Five Things to do with Kids in Nairobi

Between January and June of 2021, Kenya recorded 49,000 tourists from the United States. Nairobi is a city well known for its National Parks, bustling

Nairobi – Sights Beyond the City (2014)

I have found one of the best ways to explore a new place is to visit when you have someone living there. In 2014, Mark

High bluffs and scenic views! Torreya State Park~

Four months after the 2020 pandemic “shut down”, we visited Torreya State Park. Located about 65miles from home, this park is accessible off Interstate-10 and