Black Travel Sites

Travel groups, clubs, publications and events with the African-American traveler in mind. If you know of any other sites you’d like to see listed or reviewed, give me a shout. And if any of these ask how you found them, tell them you saw them here on I’m Black and I Travel!

IMPORTANT: SEE NOTE BELOW.

GENERAL
Discover Black Heritage
Soul of America
African American Travel Agency
BlaxMedia
Pathfinders Travel
RollingOut…ideas on destinations and affordable travel

CLUBS
On Land
Beckwourth Outdoors
National Brotherhood of Skiers

On Water
Black Boaters Summit
Natl Assn of Black Scuba Divers
Underwater Adventure Seekers

FACEBOOK: Black Travel Groups
African American Travel
Black Adventure & Travel Society
Black Americans — Need to Travel MORE!
Black Atlas with Nelson George
Black Bike Week
Black Diaspora Travels
Black Expats
The Black Expat Society
Black People Who Travel (Passport Edition)
Black Urban Travel Network
Brazil Tours – African-American Travel Group
Eboy etal.Black Succesful Singles Travel Club
Entrée to Black Paris
Ethnic Cities: A New Ethnic Network of Travel, Tourism and Event Promotion
Let’s Go Travel Group
Middle Passages: The Group for International Black Travelers
Sistah Sojourn
We Travel 2

CONFERENCES, MEETUPS ETC.
African American Travel Conference

LODGING
African American Inns


LUXURY TRAVEL
Odyssey Media

REGIONAL
Black N LA
Georgia’s Black Travel Club (a Yahoo! group)
Louisiana — The African American Heritage Trail

TOURS

GENERAL
Malachi Tour Group…Africa, Europe, Holy Land, specialized tours

UNITED STATES
Underground Railroad
Motherland Connextions

Chicago
Black Coutours
Tour Black Chicago

Washington DC
UCTours

PUBLICATIONS
Odyssey Media
Pathfinders Travel
Travel Beyond Borders

HISTORIC SITES
National Park Service 1…African-American heritage sites
National Park Service 2…National Registry of Historic Sites. Famous sites in the Civil Rights movement.

Discover Black Heritage…RECOMMENDED. An excellent site, both for the researcher into black history and the traveler looking for ideas and inspiration for black-oriented travel in the United States.

EUROPE
Afro-Europe…”An international blog” by and for Europeans of African descent. A good place to begin to connect and communicate with our brothers and sister on the other side of the Atlantic.

Cafe de la Soul…black Paris
Discover Paris
Entrée to Black Paris
Walking the Spirit w/Julia Browne

AFRICA
AdventuresAbroadGroup…West African tours lasting nearly a month.
InfoHub…African Tours
Kemet Nu…black-oriented tour group focusing on Egypt and Ethiopia
Sankofa World Tours…A New York-based Afro-centric business that speciaizes in tours of East and West Africa.
Spector Travel…a Boston-based travel agency specializing in central and southern Africa
Yates Tours…specializing in South Africa

NOTE: These links are presented for your perusal and examination only. Appearance of these links on this page in no way constitutes an endorsement of any of these sites, their owners or representatives, nor should it be taken as a validation of any claims made by them. Investigate any online business thoroughly before committing your time and money.

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  5. tomikaanderson

    Hi! Are you aware of any African American travel groups aimed at senior citizens? Or any groups designed to help Black folks learn different languages? Thanks!

  6. imblacknitravel Post author

    Hi, Tomika. Thanks for posting a couple of great questions.

    I’m not aware at this time of any African-American travel groups aimed specifically at senior citizens, but I believe two things:
    1) They do exist, but mainly as informal groups of family or friends.
    2) We need a LOT more of them, and formal organizations that anyone can join.
    And I hope to have a hand in creating them in the coming months.

    As for languages, we’re all pretty much on our own with learning how to communicate beyond our native English. And the cost of college and university classes, even extension courses, is now, in most cases, beyond ridiculous. That’s the bad news. The good news is that today we have alternative methods of learning languages — of learning anything, really — and you’re using it right now.

    The Internet is the most powerful learning tool ever created. The Web is CRAWLING with language tutorials — for Latin-based and non-Latin European languages, Native American languages, Asian and African languages. The best part: Many if not most of them are FREE. There are podcasts for learning languages online — again, often free.

    And once you’ve started to build yourself a grounding in a language, you have access to the world’s largest language lab in the form of Internet radio. You can listen to foreign radio stations that broadcast in the language you’re learning. You can build your vocabulary, acclimate yourself to your new language at the pace and in the accents with which the locals speak it, learn to detect differences in accent or dialect that tell you things about where the speaker is from. And as a fringe benefit, you introduce yourself to new music and news and opinions you otherwise might never hear.

    And that’s all free, too.

    The one downside from listening to Internet radio: You may find yourself spending a lot more money on music! But in the end, it’s a small price to pay for something that’s going to benefit you all your life.

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