Places Zechter Wants to Go

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

An abandoned water park overtaken by the dunes.

The spot where the first living specimen of the coelacanth was discovered.

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

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

A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

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

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

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

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

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

Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting.

A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.

Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

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

The subterranean sanctuary home to local shamans is a sacred site for people of all religions.

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

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.

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.