Want to travel to Africa but feel a little worried? In this video two solo female travellers who went backpacking around the continent share their best tips! I, Sabina, am at the beginning of a five month journey around Africa. I'll be travelling to Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Madagascar. My friend Val has been living in Ethiopia for five years and has backpacked around the continent on an epic journey from Cape Town to Cairo. She also runs the wonderful channel Backpacking Africa for Beginners where she shares tonnes of useful tips. You can find her e-book here: https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=284489&c=ib&aff=332739 Together we will share our best tips on safety, local travel, packing and everything in between. We are solo female travellers who explored the region on a backpacker budget, but even if you're travelling in a group or have a lot of money to spend you'll benefit from our general advice. 1. Africa is diverse (00:56) 2. Africa is safe (01:43) 3. Use common sense (03:55) 4. Don't trust history (05:06) 5. Find things locally (06:44) 6. Go beyond safaris (08:32) 7. People mean well (09:45) 8. Don't overpack (11:01) 9. You can dress well (12:27) 10. Come to Africa (13:44) ...FOLLOW VAL... YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0e7B2YWqUz84LxiCkacyDA BLOG: http://backpackingafricaforbeginners.com/ FACEBOOK: facebook.com/backpackingafricaforbeginners INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/journeyrebel ...FOLLOW ME... BLOG: http://www.girlvsglobe.com INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/girlvsglobe FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/girlvsglobe TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/girlvsglobe PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/girlvsglobe ...SIGN UP TO MY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER... http://eepurl.com/9KoZ9 Hi, my name is Sabina Trojanova aka girlvsglobe - a UK-based travel vlogger and blogger. I'm all about responsible travel, sustainable fashion, natural beauty and vegan food. If that's your kind of thing, subscribe for more! ...MUSIC... The majority of the music and SFX used in my videos are from Epidemic Sound https://goo.gl/uZsnTK
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As an African I must say I am impressed with this video. Initially when I saw the title I was a bit sceptical but you guys did a good job. I thing you forgot to mention though is that travelling within Africa is not cheap compared to travelling within Europe or SE Asia for instance. Because there are almost no budget airlines like in other parts.
This is a great video! I'm from Ethiopia, and am tired of all the stereotypes. I know if travelers come here, they'll love it! Thanks for making this video!
I live in Africa!! Love the video!
I loved this video. I recently went to Morocco and absolutely loved it. I can't wait to go explore more of Africa someday!
im so glad I watched this as an African(Kenyan). seriously thank you for this. Tbh I was skeptical but I'm so glad about everything you said
Now I want to go to Africa! haha awesome tips
I'm planning on going to Uganda, Madagascar and South Africa for 2 years and I can't wait! Doing so much research and this video really helped
YOU guys are awesome. All the points you mentioned are very good tips for someone who wants to travel to Africa. As you mentioned, the media has brainwashed most people and they scared to travel to Africa.
So I've wanted to visit every country, but I'm planning on going to Madagascar, Morocco, Ethiopia, and Egypt!
Have you put up a video about volunteering? I’d like to learn about this.
Ladies your both very well versed, and honest. Great video!
come to portugal and you will see a real beautiful country with lots of history and good waves to surf and very good food, look at these pictures
GIRLS! I just came back from a 3-week trip to South Africa. I was sincerely afraid to go but your video contributed to give me the courage to try it... AND OMG I LOVED IT!!!!! I was being more careful than at home, especially when it was dark. But other than that... I had a beautiful experience and actually can't wait to go back omg!!!! :) :)
Thanks for the video it was very informative! I went to Kenya last year (on a safari) and it was such an amazing experience, met some of the friendliest people and just had such a great time. I can't wait to go back to visit more countries in Africa. Could you do a video about how some volunteering does more harm than good? I know one day I would love to volunteer but I would want to make sure it was legit, also im interested in how some are not good. Thanks so much, hope you have a great rest of your trip!!
Well, now I just want to hop on a plane and go to Africa! Would love to volunteer somewhere worthwhile, a video on it would be super helpful :)
U guys are owe some! Ethiopia is a unique country nd I can’t wait go! 👏👏👏👍
I would like to visit Egypt
SO happy I found this video! I'm going to South Africa next year! A video about travel cost and how to budget would be great as well!
The African countries I would love to explore are South Africa, Egypt, and Tanzania!
This video is very genuine and well written - looked at this video, thought oh god a couple of white tourists talking about crap. Went away with 10 fantastic tips to travel around africa. great video!! Thank you :)