Places risingsperanza Wants to Go

Final resting place of one of Africa's most famous conservationists, murdered by bandits.

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

A remote island settlement off the coast of Tanzania is a storied archaeological site with an ancient past.

The culture that built these Tanzanian ruins displayed advanced knowledge of irrigation technology before mysteriously disappearing.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Stay in your own little bubble.

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

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

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

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

An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.

Human ancestor’s 3.6 million year-old footprints.

These caves are home to a small church and were used to age cheese.

This artistic temple brings together multiple architecture styles, but is only an example of one.

This military mausoleum captures the solemn grandeur that most memorials only aspire to.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Memorials at a Florence railway station remember the citizens who were deported from Italy and sent to extermination camps.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.