5 Hidden Destinations
Africa
Countries
Destinations
Mauritania · Adrar Plateau
A colossal, perfectly circular geological formation in the Sahara Desert, so massive it's often called the 'Eye of the Sahara' and is best appreciated from space.
Stretching 40 kilometers across, this eroded dome of concentric rings was once theorized to be an impact crater or the lost city of Atlantis...
Senegal · Fatick Region
Imagine an entire West African village where the very ground beneath your feet, and even the graves of your ancestors, are made entirely of billions of discarded clam and oyster shells.
For centuries, the Serer people of Fadiouth have built their entire community on an accumulation of shell middens, creating a dazzling white...
Ethiopia · Tigray Region
To pray in this ancient Ethiopian church, you must first scale a sheer 60-foot cliff face, traverse a narrow ledge, and then climb another perilous rock wall—all without ropes.
Perched precariously on a rock pinnacle over 8,400 feet above sea level, Abuna Yemata Guh is one of Ethiopia's oldest and most inaccessible ...
Ethiopia · Afar Region
Prepare to step onto what feels like an alien planet, where volcanic activity paints the landscape in surreal, toxic hues of green, yellow, and red.
This scorching basin, one of the hottest and lowest places on Earth, features kaleidoscopic acidic hot springs bubbling with otherworldly mi...
Namibia · ǁKaras Region
Witness a surreal ghost town being slowly swallowed whole by the relentless sands of the Namib Desert.
Once a prosperous German diamond mining town, Kolmanskop was abruptly abandoned in the 1950s after the diamond field became depleted, leavin...