Friday, August 1, 2014

The 1000+ places to visit before you die list, part III - Africa

Africa

Morocco

    Medina of Fez
    Medina of Marrakesh
    Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
    Historic City of Meknes
    Archaeological Site of Volubilis
    Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
    Medina of Essaouira (formerly Mogador)
    Portuguese City of Mazagan (El Jadida)
    Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage

Western Sahara
 

Algeria

    Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
    Djémila
    M'Zab Valley
    Tassili n'Ajjer
    Timgad
    Tipasa
    Kasbah of Algiers

Tunisia

    Amphitheatre of El Jem
    Archaeological Site of Carthage
    Medina of Tunis
    Ichkeul National Park
    Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
    Kairouan
    Medina of Sousse
    Dougga / Thugga

Libya


    Archaeological Site of Cyrene
    Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
    Archaeological Site of Sabratha
    Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
    Old Town of Ghadamès

Egypt

    Abu Mena
    Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
    Historic Cairo
    Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
    Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
    Saint Catherine Area
    Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
    Citadel of Qaitbay - built on the site of the Alexandrian lighthouse, using some of the same stones.
    The New Library of Alexandria

Pyramids of Giza is the only one remaining Antique Wonders of the World.
 
Sudan

    Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region
    Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe

South Sudan

Eritrea
 

Ethiopia

    Simien National Park
    Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
    Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
    Aksum (Don't forget to go and see the stelae of Aksum when you're in Ethiopia!)
    Lower Valley of the Awash
    Lower Valley of the Omo
    Tiya
    Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town
    Konso Cultural Landscape

Erta Ale Volcano


Djibouti

Somalia


Kenya


    Lake Turkana National Parks
    Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest
    Lamu Old Town
    Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
    Fort Jesus, Mombasa
    Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley

Maasai Mara National Reserve and Mara river
Explore Kenya’s coral coast
Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
- Here you can tick off such goals like bottle-feeding an elephant, cuddling an elephant, bathing an elephant, hanging out with elephants...
 

Suggested as the 8th wonder, a natural wonder of the world;
The great wildebeest migration in the Maasai Mara, Kenya and Serengeti, Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

    Ngorongoro Conservation Area
    Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo Mnara
    Serengeti National Park
    Selous Game Reserve
    Kilimanjaro National Park
    Stone Town of Zanzibar
    Kondoa Rock-Art Sites

Lake Natron

The snow on Kilimanjaro is melting... Might be all gone before 2040


Uganda

    Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
    Rwenzori Mountains National Park
    Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi

Rwanda

Burundi


Malawi
    Lake Malawi National Park
    Chongoni Rock-Art Area

Zambia

    Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Devil's Pool)

Mozambique

    Island of Mozambique

Comoros

Mauritius
    Aapravasi Ghat
    Le Morne Cultural Landscape

Seven Colored Earths

Madagascar

    Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
    Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
    Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Isalo National Park


Seychelles

    Aldabra Atoll
    Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Zimbabwe

    Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
    Great Zimbabwe National Monument
    Khami Ruins National Monument
    Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Devil's Pool)
    Matobo Hills

Botswana
    Tsodilo
    Okavango Delta

South Africa

    Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
    iSimangaliso Wetland Park
    Robben Island
    Maloti-Drakensberg Park
    Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape
    Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
    Vredefort Dome
    Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape

Lion's Head Mountain, Signal Hill and Table Mountain in Cape Town

Swaziland

Lesotho

    Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Namibia

    Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes
    Namib Sand Sea

Namib-Naukluft Park

Angola

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaïre)

    Virunga National Park
    Kahuzi-Biega National Park
    Garamba National Park
    Salonga National Park
    Okapi Wildlife Reserve


Congo, Republic of the Congo


    Sangha Trinational

Gabon

    Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda

Equatorial Guinea

Central African Republic

    Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
    Sangha Trinational

Chad

    Lakes of Ounianga

Cameroon

    Dja Faunal Reserve
    Sangha Trinational

Nigeria

    Sukur Cultural Landscape
    Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

Niger

    Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
    W National Park of Niger
    Historic Centre of Agadez

Benin

    Royal Palaces of Abomey

Togo

    Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba

Burkina Faso

    Ruins of Loropéni

Ghana

    Forts and Castles, Volta, Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions
    Asante Traditional Buildings

Côte d'Ivoire

    Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
    Taï National Park
    Comoé National Park
    Historic Town of Grand-Bassam

Liberia


Sierra Leona


Guinea


    Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Guinea Bissau

São Tomé and Príncipe


Cabo Verde

    Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande

Gambia

    Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites
    Stone Circles of Senegambia

Senegal

    Island of Gorée
    Niokolo-Koba National Park
    Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
    Island of Saint-Louis
    Stone Circles of Senegambia
    Saloum Delta
    Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes

The pink lake Retba

Mali

    Timbuktu
    Old Towns of Djenné
    Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
    Tomb of Askia

Mauritania

    Banc d'Arguin National Park
    Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

The Richat Structure

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