2 Hidden Destinations in Africa

Mauritania

Destinations

Chinguetti

Mauritania · Adrar Region

Deep in the scorching Mauritanian desert, a ghost-like city of sand-blasted stone preserves a forgotten intellectual legacy from a time when it was a beacon of Islamic scholarship.

Once a thriving medieval trans-Saharan trade hub and a pivotal center of Islamic learning, Chinguetti now stands as a haunting testament to ...
Richat Structure (Eye of the Sahara)

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...