Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Bourke's Luck Potholes
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
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Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.
West Rand, South Africa
Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.
Soweto, South Africa
Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.
Johannesburg, South Africa
The home of Mahatma Gandhi during part of the 21 years he spent living in South Africa is now a guest house.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Over a million items cram the shelves at Africa's largest shop of used and rare books.
Mogale, South Africa
Home to some of the oldest hominid fossils ever found.
Nairobi, Kenya
Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.
Marafa, Kenya
Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."
Berbera, Somalia
A surprising number of shipwrecks visible just off the Somaliland coast.
Hargeisa, Somalia
This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.
Hargeisa, Somalia
A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.
Ethiopia
An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Tadjourah, Djibouti
Rimmed by white crusts of salt on every edge, Lac Assal is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world.
Djibouti
A salt lake dotted with steaming limestone chimneys.
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.
Nairobi, Kenya
This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.
Nairobi, Kenya
Strolling through these vintage locomotives offers a surprising amount of insight into the history of Kenya.
Lamu, Kenya
Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.
Mombasa, Kenya
This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.
Nairobi, Kenya
This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.