Africa and the Middle East — the region travel media has historically underserved most. Facts From Upstairs treats it as the editorial priority it is. The country and city guides cover the high-impact circuits (Morocco’s Atlas-to-Sahara crossing, Tanzania’s wildebeest migration timing, Jordan’s full Petra-Wadi Rum-Dead Sea triangle) and the deeper cuts (Ghana’s Cape Coast slave-trade memorial path, Egypt’s southern Aswan-to-Abu-Simbel rail route, Tanzania’s Zanzibar spice-farm afternoons).
Our Middle East coverage leans into the cities that work as standalone trips — Petra and Amman in Jordan, Dubai’s old creek versus its skyscraper district, Jerusalem’s three-religion old city walked methodically. Each guide includes the visa logic for a Canadian passport, prayer-time scheduling where it affects opening hours, dress-code expectations for sacred sites, and the morning calendar that makes the trip work.
South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt anchor the continent’s major flight hubs. From those, the country guides walk you through the regional onward circuits and the city guides handle the first 48 hours.
