River of remote villages and carvings.
The US's only tropical rainforest.
Compact reserve rich in birdlife.
West Africa's last wild giraffes.
Forest-savanna mix of mandrills and gorillas.
Palm forest of the coco de mer, UNESCO-listed.
The "bridal veil" falls tumbling off the Fouta Djallon near Kindia.
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Aldabra giant tortoises roam free on Curieuse and La Digue — some over 150 years old.
Sacred pool of tame crocodiles.
One of the world's great bird reserves.
Transboundary savanna park, UNESCO-listed.
Boat upriver through the heart of the country.
Rainforest hike to bathing falls.
Central Africa's most spectacular waterfall, a 3-km-wide staircase of rapids in Ivindo National Park reached by pirogue.
Royal park of lions and elephants.
Zimbabwe's largest game reserve.
Barbuda lagoon with thousands of frigatebirds.
Dunes, canyons and dinosaur fossils.
Track habituated western lowland gorillas through Dzanga-Sangha rainforest with Ba’Aka guides.
Savanna park of tree-climbing lions.
Wide waterfall near the capital.
Cliff path above a wild coast.
Coastal park of millions of migrating birds.
Plankton light the surf electric blue on Vaadhoo and other islands on dark nights.
Twin waterfalls in the rainforest.
Big Five savanna on Rwanda’s eastern border, restored from near-collapse with lions and rhinos reintroduced.
A 160-metre suspension walkway 60 m above one of Africa’s oldest rainforests, with 13 primate species below.
The Nile forced through a narrow gorge.
River safari of elephants and hippos.
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