L'Agulhas, South Africa
Cape Agulhas Marker
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
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L'Agulhas, South Africa
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Paarl, South Africa
The original goat tower, the one that started it all.
Paarl, South Africa
The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
Mossel Bay, South Africa
South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.
Keetmanshoop, Namibia
A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.
Bathurst, South Africa
The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.
Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa
Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.
Maputo, Mozambique
From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.
Howick, South Africa
Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.
Howick, South Africa
A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.
Kimberley, South Africa
Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
Dollaaskraal, South Africa
These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.
Vredefort, South Africa
The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.
Sun City, South Africa
A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.
Soshanguve, South Africa
An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.
Mogale, South Africa
Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.
West Rand, South Africa
Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.
Rivonia, South Africa
This unassuming farm complex was once the epicenter of an underground liberation group.
Soweto, South Africa
Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.