Tella Travels connects travelers with Africa's most carefully vetted tour operators, guides, and experience creators — no WhatsApp back-and-forth, no surprise cancellations, no guesswork.
Whether you are visiting from London, moving back from Houston, or exploring Lagos, Accra, or Cotonou for a weekend — every experience on Tella Travels is verified before you ever see it.
Every operator on Tella Travels has passed our vetting process. Real names, real credentials, real photos. No anonymous listings.
Pay in naira, cedis, CFA francs, dollars, or pounds. Instant booking confirmation. No cash transfers to unknown accounts.
Your operator knows you're coming. If anything goes wrong, our refund guarantee covers you. No chasing, no excuses.
You've asked five people for recommendations. You've messaged three operators who didn't reply. You've booked one who cancelled last minute. Tella Travels fixes this.
You run a real business. You deserve real tools — a profile that builds trust, a booking system that works, and travelers who show up ready to pay.
Africa's outbound and domestic travel market represents billions in annual spend — yet most bookings still happen over WhatsApp, with no guarantee, no refund policy, and no reliable way for travelers to know who they are trusting with their time and money.
Tella Travels is building the infrastructure that African travel deserves: a marketplace where every tour operator is vetted before they list, where every traveler booking an experience has a guarantee to fall back on, and where the diaspora returning from the UK, US, and Canada can book local experiences with the same confidence they book flights.
We are starting in Lagos, Accra, and Cotonou — anchoring anglophone and francophone West Africa from day one — and expanding across Africa. Expansion to East Africa, Southern Africa, and beyond follows once the model is proven.
We are hand-picking our first 30 operators and 100 travelers across Lagos, Accra, and Cotonou. Tell us who you are.
Join the traveler waitlist. We'll let you know when verified experiences go live in Lagos, Accra, and Cotonou — and beyond.
Apply as a founding operator. We review every application directly — limited spots available.