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Best Food & Drink Destinations in Africa

69 city guides · 3-day food & drink itineraries

3-day city guides built around local cuisine, street food, markets and dining culture.

Africa
🇳🇬 Nigeria

Abuja

Charcoal-grilled suya at midnight, tuwo and miyan kuka in Wuse, and pepper soup joints where the cap…

Africa
🇬🇭 Ghana

Accra

Fermented maize breakfasts in Jamestown, waakye queues in Osu and grilled tilapia on the Labadi shor…

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Addis Ababa

Injera, doro wat, kitfo raw beef, Ethiopian coffee ceremony and tej honey wine…

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🇲🇦 Morocco

Agadir

Argan-oil amlou, quayside grilled sardines and Talborjt tanjia across Morocco's Atlantic food capita…

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🇪🇬 Egypt

Alexandria

The Anfoushi fish souk, Bahari pavement grills, calf-liver sandwiches and century-old Greek patisser…

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🇩🇿 Algeria

Algiers

Market mornings on Place du 1er Mai, chickpea flan in Bab El Oued and mint tea above the bay at Bast…

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🇲🇬 Madagascar

Antananarivo

Romazava broth, koba cakes, street mofo and Malagasy vanilla rum through the steep market quarters o…

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🇪🇷 Eritrea

Asmara

Teff flatbread and fiery zigni by day, Italian espresso and honey wine by night, in the Horn of Afri…

Africa
🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Bahir Dar

Lakeside fish grills, Amhara spice markets, jebena coffee ceremonies and the honey-wine houses of th…

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🇲🇱 Mali

Bamako

Grilled Niger perch on the riverbank, tô and zamè in Bozola courtyards, and dibiterie charcoal smoke…

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🇱🇾 Libya

Benghazi

Date souqs, harbour fish auctions, Cyrenaican bazin kitchens and Italian-era pasta houses across Lib…

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🇿🇦 South Africa

Bloemfontein

Farm-stall biltong, Mangaung township shisanyama, Loch Logan terraces and the Free State's craft bee…

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🇨🇬 Congo

Brazzaville

Cassava leaves pounded by hand, Congo River capitaine grilled over charcoal, and cold Ngok' beer in …

Africa
🇪🇬 Egypt

Cairo

Dawn bean carts, Zamalek molokhia houses, Imbaba offal grills and 1790s coffeehouses, eaten on Cairo…

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🇿🇦 South Africa

Cape Town

Saturday farmers' markets, Bo-Kaap spice traders, harbour-wall fish shacks, Athlone gatsbys and 340-…

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🇲🇦 Morocco

Casablanca

Atlantic sardines at the working docks, Habous pastry ovens, evening babbouche carts and Art Deco ba…

Africa
🇲🇦 Morocco

Chefchaouen

Bissara bean soup at dawn, fresh jben goat cheese from the Rif villages, and rooftop tajines above t…

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🇸🇳 Senegal

Dakar

Colonial-era market halls, Medina spice stalls, Plateau canteens and Atlantic-side grills where the …

Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam

Swahili coastal cooking, Indian Ocean seafood, Kariakoo spice alleys and the mishkaki grills of Kivu…

Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania

Dodoma

Grain markets, Gogo home cooking, roadside sunflower presses and the grape stands of central Tanzani…

Africa
🇨🇲 Cameroon

Douala

Leaf markets, mbongo tchobi, Youpwé pirogue catch and cold 33 Export across New Bell, Deido, Bonapri…

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🇿🇦 South Africa

Durban

Bunny chow, Durban curry, shisa nyama and the finest prawn peri-peri in South Africa…

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🇲🇦 Morocco

Fes

Spice souks, shared wood-fired ovens, snail carts at R'cif and the city's defining pigeon pastilla.…

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🇧🇼 Botswana

Gaborone

Pounded beef and sorghum porridge at the bus rank, Kalahari-raised steak on the grill, phane by the …

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🇪🇬 Egypt

Giza

Three days eating through Giza's koshary counters, Feteer bakeries, Bulaq al-Dakrur produce markets …

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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Harare

Mbare's maize sacks, roadside maputi, Avondale bistros and Zimbabwe's own gin — eaten the way Harare…

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🇪🇬 Egypt

Hurghada

Clay-pot tagines in El Dahar, pick-your-own fish grilled by the kilo, and ta'meya breakfasts the res…

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🇳🇬 Nigeria

Ibadan

Elubo yam flour by the sackful in Bodija, gbegiri-and-ewedu at Ibadan's legendary amala joints, Haus…

Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa

Johannesburg

Township braai fires, Fordsburg's Indian spice lanes, Neighbourgoods Market and the chef-driven tabl…

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🇺🇬 Uganda

Kampala

Charcoal-grilled muchomo, rolled chapati-and-egg rolex, Lake Victoria tilapia and Uganda's own coffe…

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🇳🇬 Nigeria

Kano

Millet gruel at dawn, charcoal flatbread from clay ovens, paper-thin spiced beef and wood-fired suya…

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🇸🇩 Sudan

Khartoum

Fava beans mashed at dawn in Souq Arabi, agashe skewers over Omdurman charcoal, and clay-pot coffee …

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🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa

Cassava-leaf stews, river fish grilled in banana leaves, malewa canteens and cold Primus on Matonge …

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🇬🇭 Ghana

Kumasi

Dawn market porridge, Bantama's fufu lanes, Ashanti soups at the old rest house and roadside palm wi…

Africa
🇳🇬 Nigeria

Lagos

Mainland bukas, Yoruba pepper stews, Ikoyi suya grills and Lekki craft beer across Nigeria's loudest…

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🇬🇦 Gabon

Libreville

Palm-nut nyembwe, wild-mango odika, charcoal-grilled capitaine and 65cl Régab, from Oloumi's market …

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🇦🇴 Angola

Luanda

Kimbundu funge and muamba de galinha, Atlantic seafood on the Ilha do Cabo, calulu and gindungo heat…

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🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lubumbashi

Katanga cooking from dawn market stalls to charcoal brochette grills and the copper city's own brewe…

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🇿🇲 Zambia

Lusaka

Charcoal-grilled village chicken, dried kapenta by the scoop, Mosi lager and Munkoyo — the Zambian c…

Africa
🇪🇬 Egypt

Luxor

Spice souqs, charcoal-grilled bolti straight from the river market, mudbrick West Bank kitchens and …

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🇰🇪 Kenya

Malindi

Dawn produce markets, beach-jetty fish auctions, mahamri breakfasts, Italian-Swahili kitchens and pa…

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🇲🇿 Mozambique

Maputo

Market prawns cooked to order, Zambezian chicken, cashew cake and rum-and-raspberry nights in Portug…

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🇲🇦 Morocco

Marrakech

Charcoal-roasted mechoui, clay-pot tanjia, Gueliz market produce and the Mellah's preserved-lemon st…

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🇪🇬 Egypt

Marsa Alam

Fishermen's lokandas, El Quseir's Ottoman spice lanes, desert-baked feteer and Port Ghalib's marina …

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🇸🇴 Somalia

Mogadishu

Xawaash-scented markets, coconut-braised Banadiri chicken, Italian-era pasta and dawn-caught kingfis…

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🇰🇪 Kenya

Mombasa

Mackinnon Market at dawn, bhajia at the Blue Room, chilli crab over Tudor Creek and viazi karai on t…

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🇹🇳 Tunisia

Monastir

Grilled sea bream on the marina, kaftaji and lablabi in the medina, and the Sahel's green olive oil …

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🇹🇩 Chad

N'Djamena

Sorghum boule with okra daraba, Chari perch over charcoal, karkanji by the bottle and cold Gala at s…

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🇰🇪 Kenya

Nairobi

Charcoal-grilled goat ribs, whole fried tilapia, Parklands chaat and single-estate coffee, across ma…

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🇲🇷 Mauritania

Nouakchott

Desert dairy, Saharan dates and Atlantic seafood eaten the way Nouakchott actually eats them — in ma…

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🇩🇿 Algeria

Oran

Chickpea karantika from street griddles, Mers El Kébir sardines straight off the boats, and the spic…

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🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Ouagadougou

Millet markets at dawn, poulet bicyclette off wood coals, and sorghum beer poured in courtyards acro…

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🇿🇦 South Africa

Port Elizabeth

Algoa Bay calamari and line fish, Richmond Hill bistros, Baakens Valley craft beer and New Brighton …

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🇳🇬 Nigeria

Port Harcourt

Roast plantain drums, Kalabari fish jetties, GRA kitchens and Rumuola nkwobi joints across Nigeria's…

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🇲🇺 Mauritius

Port Louis

Chinatown noodle shops, Muslim quarter briyani, roadside dholl puri and rum tastings across the Indi…

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🇪🇬 Egypt

Port Said

Grilled Mediterranean catch on Al Gomhoreya, fresh-fried fetir in Al Afrangi, and shrimp tagen eaten…

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🇸🇩 Sudan

Port Sudan

Dawn fish auctions, salt-crusted grouper on charcoal, kisra with mullah stew and ginger-clove coffee…

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🇨🇻 Cape Verde

Praia

Market mornings on the Plateau, grilled fish above Prainha cove, and sugarcane grogue straight from …

Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa

Pretoria

Saturday farm markets, Afrikaner boerekos institutions, Marabastad's Indian spice trade and Hatfield…

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🇲🇦 Morocco

Rabat

Dawn bissara stalls, ras el hanout ground to order, harbour-side sardine grills and lantern-lit riad…

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🇹🇳 Tunisia

Sfax

Bab Jebli's olive stalls, medina grill counters, Masmoudi baklawa and charcoal fish straight off the…

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🇪🇬 Egypt

Sharm El-Sheikh

Charcoal-grilled reef fish sold by weight, ful and feteer breakfasts in Sharm El Maya, cliff-top min…

Africa
🇲🇦 Morocco

Tangier

Strait-caught fish grilled at the port, Spanish-era calentita counters, cliffside tea terraces and B…

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🇱🇾 Libya

Tripoli

Spice arcades inside the walled Medina, charcoal-grilled fish on the Janzour shore, and a dry city w…

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🇹🇳 Tunisia

Tunis

Central Market spice pyramids, medina couscous houses, La Goulette grilled fish and Sidi Bou Said ba…

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🇸🇨 Seychelles

Victoria

Wood-fired bakeries, float-home fish shacks, Vancouver Island beer and a bar with no sign on the doo…

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🇳🇦 Namibia

Windhoek

Sizzling beef strips at Single Quarters, oryx and springbok on white tablecloths, and Reinheitsgebot…

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🇨🇲 Cameroon

Yaoundé

Three days eating through the Centre Region capital: bitterleaf stews, plantain grills, Mokolo marke…

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🇹🇿 Tanzania

Zanzibar

Clove-scented market halls, steam-counter octopus curry, a spice plantation lunch and sundowners ove…