Places ComradeChocobo Wants to Go

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.

Seven streams tumble over a cliff, resulting in this dazzling waterfall in the Nigerian rainforest.

Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.

Uganda's smallest savannah park is home to over 350 species of birds and mammals.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

A small Rwandan workshop where you'll find traditional works of art—made from cow dung.

Burial site of the world's most widely known researcher on the endangered mountain gorilla.

Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little-known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.

It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.

After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

One of the last refuges of the endangered eastern lowland gorilla.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.