Places Will Wants to Go

Local lore says a serpent-like beast lurks in the deep basin below the falls.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

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

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

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

A growing popular hipster market with over 100 local specialties and live music.

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

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

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

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

The forgotten remains of the first steamship that launched on Lake Tanganyika.

This stunning waterfall is the backdrop to a site that has seen continuous human habitation for 250,000 years.

On one of the world's most active volcanoes, a pebble-filled crater changes color with the wind.

Réunion Island's highest point is a two-million-year-old volcano and a paraglider's paradise.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.

The abandoned tower is the last remnant of Lusaka's first major power plant.

A secluded natural oasis hidden deep along a rainforest trail.