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

The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

A large-scale steel sculpture entitled 'The Shadow Boxer' pays tribute to Nelson Mandela.

Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

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

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

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

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

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

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

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

Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

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

Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.

A replica of the first public theater built in California.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.