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.

This tourist village in Nairobi celebrates the traditional lifestyles and customs of Kenyan tribes.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

One of the most detailed and historically accurate collections of Ugandan artifacts depicting Bahima tribal history, culture, and daily life.

The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.

An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

The abandoned tower is the last remnant of Lusaka's first major power plant.

The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

Known as "The People's Park," this verdant oasis is home to elephants and villagers alike.

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.