Places mossenmoons Wants to Go

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

Is this 200-meter-wide nature reserve the smallest desert in the world?

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

This beautiful waterfall is not easy to reach, but offers a stunning view of the pristine green valley.

This cave overlooking the Indian Ocean has been turned into a shelter and makeshift museum.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

A beautiful viewpoint on the Garden Route overlooking a naturally-occurring outline of Africa.

A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

Environmentally crucial raptors like eagles and vultures are kept and protected in this massive sanctuary.

The subterranean sanctuary home to local shamans is a sacred site for people of all religions.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

Largest cave system in Africa.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.