African Travel Experience
Kumakonda is a tour operator specialized in the African continent. Since 2016 we have been offering our travelers the opportunity to enter the world of ancestral traditions, ceremonies and the most outstanding landscapes and natural scenery of Africa.
In these years of continuous travel throughout Africa and even being a small company, we are very proud to have become an international reference in terms of expeditions and trips off the beaten tracks in Africa.
Kumakonda means adventure, knowledge, experience and unique trips, no “copy and paste”. We try that almost all our trips combine the most interesting aspects of the African continent, mix of culture, ethnicities, contact with the people, landscapes, urban culture, music, nightlife and wildlife if they are present.
Creating these artisanal routes and experiences is only possible thanks to our extensive knowledge, great local contacts and experience on the ground.
We offer longer and shorter tours, but always interesting and with powerfull content.
Our long experience in countries such as Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo or Nigeria, with dozens of trips behind us, endorse us as a reference in these destinations. But our area of influence goes much further, offering our passengers some of the best routes and travel experiences in countries such as Angola, Zambia, South Sudan, Senegal, Niger, Benin, RCA, Guinea Conakry and a long etcetera.
Kumakonda also means “never stop exploring” and although the list of countries in which we offer unique experiences is extensive throughout Africa, we every year continue to offer new expeditions and new prospective trips. It is in our DNA.
Austerio Alonso
Co-founder and responsible for Kumakonda.
Content creation, route design and tour leader.
Since I visited Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time more than 15 years ago, the African continent became my second home.
My experience in Africa is wide and continuous, having spent more time in the African continent than in Spain in the last 12 years. I have done expeditions in 4×4 trucks, cars, motorcycles, public transport, hitchhiking, boats, canoes, on foot….
I love challenges, improvisation, keep exploring, getting to know new places and having new encounters with new people. All of this I capture in the trips I have been tour leader since 2016.
In this continent I have seen the birth, development and realization of many of my dreams, both personal and professional. This passion for Africa and for the adventure always out of the routines, is what pushes me to design unique trips and experiences and show the passengers I accompany all the realities of the African continent.
Alicia Ortego
Client management and content creation.
I’m Alicia Ortego, a tireless traveller for as long as I can remember.
I do content creation at Kumakonda, and I will probably be the one to answer you when you write to us by email.
I have also been sharing my travel experiences around the world on losviajesdeali.com Travel Blog for more than ten years.
I love Africa, and the proof is that I have been travelling around most of the continent for more than 20 years.
If you ask me about my favourite part of Africa, I would say the Sahel, the meeting point between black Africa and the Maghreb. In this part of the continent, nowadays one of the most complicated on the planet, I have made some of my best trips: Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, and in recent years Chad with Kumakonda.
I will never forget places like Dogon Country and Timbuktu in Mali, or Gorom Gorom and Bani in Burkina, not to mention the labyrinthine waterways of Lake Chad and the incredible desert.
Francesca Giustini
Social media, content creation and tour leader.
My name is Francesca, tireless traveler, storyteller and tour leader. For over 10 years, I’ve been traveling the world with curiosity and respect, choosing to travel at a slow pace to immerse myself in local cultures and tell their stories.
I love getting lost in bustling markets, sharing the silence of a sunrise in the desert and listening to the voices of those who preserve ancestral traditions. For me, travel is much more than moving from one place to another: it’s about connecting, learning and discovering new ways of looking at life.
If you are looking for a trip that is about discovery, excitement and genuine connection, you are in the right place!