A poor country that has modelled itself on America. It is poor, few tourists go there, and a wonderful hotel in Monrovia has been left to rot which you can see on the video. Drew loved Liberia, unlike his travel in Sierra Leone. Few ships stop here, we found no tours.

Africa can surprise you. A favourite family stop with our children, inland Zambia. It was unexpected, we had to be persuaded to go there, and it is somewhere we loved, would go back to, and that was totally unexpected. Check the shots you need, carry your vaccination certificates. See Drew’s story of crossing into Sierra Leone.

Explore our Africa menu and see our own films and port guides – or be extreme, see our films in Brazil, or Iceland!