Cotonou, Benin
Ganvie Lake Village
Africa's Venice on stilts.
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Cotonou, Benin
Africa's Venice on stilts.
Bohicon, Benin
This subterranean town of over 50 dwellings lies thirty feet beneath the Earth's surface.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.
Akyem Kukurantumi, Ghana
Sample cacao fruit and learn all about bean production.
Paga, Ghana
The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.
West Gonja, Ghana
At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.
Assin South, Ghana
This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.
Poni, Burkina Faso
These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.
Bandiagara, Mali
These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.
Sierra Leone
This river island in Sierra Leone is home to impressive biodiversity and the country's first community conservation program.
Conakry, Guinea
The school produces some of Africa's most talented acrobats and contortionists.
Senegal
This park was designated by UNESCO as an Endangered World Heritage site.
Ndieulé Mbam, Senegal
A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.
Dakar, Senegal
Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.
Rufisque, Senegal
This deceptively salty lake looks like blushing pink lemonade.
Mauritania
A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.
Shinile, Ethiopia
The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.
Afar Zone 1, Ethiopia
An ocean in the making, in the Ethiopian desert.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.