What To Wear In Africa
For advice on what to pack for your holiday in Africa, choose your destination country from the list below:
Canary Islands
Throughout the Canary Islands in the tourist resorts dress is casual...
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Cape Verde
The Cape Verdeans display a wonderful cultural mix of Africa and Brazil, with a dash of Portugal...
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Egypt
Egypt is a Muslim country and while its cities are modern and local women may wear makeup now, they always dress conservatively...
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Gambia
Casual, comfortable clothes are the key when travelling in The Gambia...
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Ghana
Ghanaian women wear both traditional and western clothes and there are no restrictions on what can be worn...
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Kenya
Casual, comfortable clothes are the key when travelling in Kenya...
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Morocco
In keeping with many Muslim countries you will find that people in the capital and other major towns are used to foreigners and are therefore likely to be more tolerant and more liberal...
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Mozambique
Mozambique is fast becoming one of Africa's most popular destinations with its stunning beaches, turquoise sea and much more...
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Namibia
Casual, comfortable clothes are the key...
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Nigeria
In Nigeria, casual wear is fine, tempered with the advice that in Muslim areas - including the coast - shorts and T-shirts can be frowned upon...
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South Africa
The dress code is generally casual even in most restaurants...
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Tunisia
Travel in a Muslim country is very different from Europe or North America...
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Uganda
In Kampala and most of the bigger cities western clothes such as jeans and T shirts are acceptable although our advice would be to avoid wearing shorts – most Ugandan women would not wear these, they wear skirts or dresses that usually cover the knees...
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Zambia
Casual, comfortable clothes are the key when travelling in Zambia...
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Zanzibar
This is a strong Muslim community and as tourism is very new there is no flexibility in the dress code...
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If you have travel clothing advice for any other parts of Africa then let us know!
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