Places timfoster5mpu Wants to Go

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

Taxidermy of a famous hippo who spent three years walking over a thousand miles across South Africa.

It's estimated that half of the world's gold was mined from South Africa's "golden arc."

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

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

Over 60 species of birds inhabit this colorful aviary park in South Africa.

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

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.

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

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

The world's largest impact crater is mainly eroded but still remembers the planet's violent history.

“The oddest pub in South Africa,” inspired by a practical joke.

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

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.

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

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

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

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

The world's largest pineapple building honors Bathurst's favorite fruit.

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?