Helen, Author at Helen in Wonderlust

The Best Things to Do in Stone Town, Zanzibar

Let’s start with a little bit of history (if you’re just here for the best things to do in Stone…

If you’re travelling in East Africa, Swahili is a useful language to know, so I have written an English to…

Most nationalities need a visa to enter Tanzania. Your Tanzania visa also includes entry to the islands of Zanzibar. Many…

Most nationalities need visas for Kenya travel and Kenya has 6 types of visa for visitors. I will explain who…

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I absolutely love writing my Things To Know Before You Go posts, it’s like a brain dump of everything you…

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Benin in West Africa is probably most famous for being the home of the Vodun or Vodou (more commonly known…

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro was one of the reasons I wanted to travel to Africa in the first place. I’ve since…

Kenya vs Tanzania, which country do I choose? Which one is better? I get asked this a lot, especially when…

Malawi is perhaps, my favourite country (in the world) to backpack in. I first visited Malawi in 2009, but I…

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Sierra Leone had been a bucket list destination of mine for years before I finally got to visit in 2019…

How are you doing? I hope you are coping ok in the very weird and testing times we’re living in….

I might be one of the luckiest people on earth for the fact that I’ve been gorilla trekking 3 times…