Thousands of colorful pirogues showcase ingenious craftsmanship at the largest fishermen port in Nouakchott.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

Annual rush for a sacred desert lake's fish stock.

These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

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

The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

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

Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.

A deserted Bedouin village lines the shores of this stunning desert oasis.

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.

Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.

This Liberian resort offers comfort, ecofriendly hospitality, and a mission of sustainability.

After surviving decades of medical testing and civil wars, these chimpanzees were abandoned on their own islands.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

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

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

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

Strange sandstone canyon known as the "place broken by itself."

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

A salty cave excavated by elephants and the location of a deadly disease vector.