About us
Aim of the site
Our aim with this site is to inspire and show you the very best of Africa! We’ve been smitten from early on and in our optic Africa is one of the most fascinating continents in the world. It is tempting to be biased after having experienced the “real” Africa and get overly positive when trying to describe Africas amazing array of feats but we hope to be giving you a balanced overall view. From our descriptions of the many beautiful destinations, the amazing African wildlife and the colorful people inhabiting the place where man originated, we hope to provide you with all the practical informations you need in order to confidently plan- and set out on a successful journey to the most interesting parts in Africa. With time we hope to be covering all of eastern and southern Africa and even some countries and destinations in central- and west Africa that havnt seen many tourists yet. We want to not only giving you the best informations about travelling in Africa but also we will help you plan your trip, arrange tours and journeys to be announced on this site.
Interactive features and day to day news about Kenya
As a handy supplement to the insightful articles and fine illustrations (click on any image and it will pop up in a separate window for better viewing), under “Practical Information” you can find out the precise value of your money in Kenya by using our currency converter. Also our map section provides you with a range of interactive tools and view modes to explore and plan your further adventures into the slightest detail. Here you can do specialized searches or just let your mind set adrift when zooming in on satelite images showing the almost surreal geological features of not only Africa but the whole world. In our news section you can become updated with the most recent news about Kenya from some of the leading news agencies in the world. As a result www.africa-expert.com has the potential to be used as an all purpose travelling guide and companion wherever you are, whenever you you need it and wherever you want to go to. Obviously it is our ambition at www.africa-expert.com to be the best, most user friendly and visually appealing site about Kenya on the world wide web and we are continously producing images, articles and new cool gadgets to pursue this goal.
Poverty reduction
Annually an average of about 1 milion tourists visit Kenya and during the past decades tourism has grown to become the biggest industry in the country as well as being a major economic generator in other african countries. Directly and indirectly hundreds of thousands of jobs are being created and supported by the revenues from tourism. Still poverty and unemployment is a serious problem for millions of africans but due to the social infrastructures in many parts of Africa it is estimated that about 10 people receives a financial spin off from every person having a paid job (Todaro and Smith; Economic Development, 2006). Therefore, by visiting kenya you contribute to help a vast number of people to survive and support their families. We at www.africa-expert.com hope that our site can inspire a growing number of people to consider destinations in Africa as the center stage for their next holiday. We are not being financed by anyone and of course we have had quite a few expenses along the way in order to capture all the images and to create this site. You will neither pay more or less by ordering your flights and hotels from our site, but as we earn a small percentage from this kind of indirect marketing, booking through www.africa-expert.com would be a great way to support our continued development of the site. For more information about travelling, our safari-itineraries, hotels, lodges etc. please feel free to contact us at info@africa-expert.com
We hope that you will enjoy the site as much as we have enjoyed making it. Welcome to www.africa-expert.com!
About us
Aim of the site
Our aim with this site is to inspire and show you the very best of Africa! We’ve been smitten from early on and in our optic Africa is one of the most fascinating continents in the world. It is tempting to be biased after having experienced the “real” Africa and get overly positive when trying to describe Africas amazing array of feats but we hope to be giving you a balanced overall view. From our descriptions of the many beautiful destinations, the amazing African wildlife and the colorful people inhabiting the place where man originated, we hope to provide you with all the practical informations you need in order to confidently plan- and set out on a successful journey to the most interesting parts in Africa. With time we hope to be covering all of eastern and southern Africa and even some countries and destinations in central- and west Africa that havnt seen many tourists yet. We want to not only giving you the best informations about travelling in Africa but also we will help you plan your trip, arrange tours and journeys to be announced on this site.
Interactive features and day to day news about Kenya
As a handy supplement to the insightful articles and fine illustrations (click on any image and it will pop up in a separate window for better viewing), under “Practical Information” you can find out the precise value of your money in Kenya by using our currency converter. Also our map section provides you with a range of interactive tools and view modes to explore and plan your further adventures into the slightest detail. Here you can do specialized searches or just let your mind set adrift when zooming in on satelite images showing the almost surreal geological features of not only Africa but the whole world. In our news section you can become updated with the most recent news about Kenya from some of the leading news agencies in the world. As a result www.africa-expert.com has the potential to be used as an all purpose travelling guide and companion wherever you are, whenever you you need it and wherever you want to go to. Obviously it is our ambition at www.africa-expert.com to be the best, most user friendly and visually appealing site about Kenya on the world wide web and we are continously producing images, articles and new cool gadgets to pursue this goal.
Poverty reduction
Annually an average of about 1 milion tourists visit Kenya and during the past decades tourism has grown to become the biggest industry in the country as well as being a major economic generator in other african countries. Directly and indirectly hundreds of thousands of jobs are being created and supported by the revenues from tourism. Still poverty and unemployment is a serious problem for millions of africans but due to the social infrastructures in many parts of Africa it is estimated that about 10 people receives a financial spin off from every person having a paid job (Todaro and Smith; Economic Development, 2006). Therefore, by visiting kenya you contribute to help a vast number of people to survive and support their families. We at www.africa-expert.com hope that our site can inspire a growing number of people to consider destinations in Africa as the center stage for their next holiday. We are not being financed by anyone and of course we have had quite a few expenses along the way in order to capture all the images and to create this site. You will neither pay more or less by ordering your flights and hotels from our site, but as we earn a small percentage from this kind of indirect marketing, booking through www.africa-expert.com would be a great way to support our continued development of the site. For more information about travelling, our safari-itineraries, hotels, lodges etc. please feel free to contact us at info@africa-expert.com
We hope that you will enjoy the site as much as we have enjoyed making it. Welcome to www.africa-expert.com!