See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.

The world’s largest permanent desert lake is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Located in Nairobi National Park, this animal orphanage is the oldest of its kind in Kenya.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Where thousands of slaves passed through the "Door of No Return."

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.

Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.