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UNESCO sites, ancient cities, monuments. 4773 destinations across the continent.

Aapravasi Ghat
Heritage & historyEditor’s pick
Mauritius

Aapravasi Ghat

Port Louis District

UNESCO World Heritage immigration depot where 500,000 indentured labourers from India first landed.

Cour Royale de Tiebele
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Burkina Faso

Cour Royale de Tiebele

Nahouri Province · Centre-Sud Region

Kassena royal court at Tiébélé, where women paint intricate geometric murals on every earthen wall.

Ecomusée de la Lopé
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Gabon

Ecomusée de la Lopé

Ogooué-Ivindo Province

The Lopé–Okanda UNESCO site: 5,000 km² of ancient rainforest, savanna, and forest elephants.

Great Zimbabwe National Monument
Heritage & historyEditor’s pick
Zimbabwe

Great Zimbabwe National Monument

Masvingo Province

A 1,800-acre stone city built without mortar — the medieval capital that gave Zimbabwe its name.

Khami Ruins (World Heritage Site)
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Zimbabwe

Khami Ruins (World Heritage Site)

Near Bulawayo · Matabeleland North

A Torwa-dynasty stone capital famed for chevron-patterned walls, a UNESCO site since 1986.

Lamu Fort
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Kenya

Lamu Fort

Lamu Old Town · Lamu County

Heart of the UNESCO-listed Lamu Old Town. Coral-stone fort and library, with a sea-front of dhow boats and Swahili courtyards a thousand years old.

Palais des Sultans Bamouns
Heritage & historyEditor’s pick
Cameroon

Palais des Sultans Bamouns

Foumban · West Region

The 1917 royal palace of the Bamoun kingdom in Foumban, still home to the reigning sultan.

Twyfelfontein Rock Engraving
Heritage & historyEditor’s pick
Namibia

Twyfelfontein Rock Engraving

Kunene Region

More than 2,000 San rock engravings on red sandstone, among the largest concentrations in Africa.

Fort Jesus
Heritage & historyEditor’s pick
Kenya

Fort Jesus

Mombasa Old Town

Sixteenth-century Portuguese fort on the Mombasa harbour, UNESCO-listed. The bastions trace four centuries of trade, conquest, and Swahili resistance.

Fortaleza de Maputo
Heritage & historyEditor’s pick
Mozambique

Fortaleza de Maputo

Maputo

An 1881 Portuguese fort of red brick in the capital, now housing a small military museum.

Livingstone Railway Museum
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Zambia

Livingstone Railway Museum

Livingstone · Southern Province

Zambia's railway heritage museum in Livingstone, with steam locomotives from the colonial era.

Heritage & history
Ethiopia

“Red Terror” Martyrs’ Memorial Museum

museum

Heritage & history
Cabo Verde

✠ 1140-1640-1940 Paróquia des Vicente

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

14 octobre 1960

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
South Africa

18 Gangster Museum

museum

Heritage & history
South Africa

1820 Settlers Monument

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Kenya

1998 Bomb Blast Memorial

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Angola

1ª Câmara Municipal

Historic ruins

Heritage & history
South Africa

2010 FIFA Host City

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Kenya

20th Anniversary Monument

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Egypt

21 KM Square

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
South Africa

24 Beresford

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

24 jolay 1976

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Kenya

25 Years Uhuru Monument

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

26 jiona 1960

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

26 jona 1960

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

26 jona 1960 - 26 jona 2010

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

26 juin 1960

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Mali

26.March Monument

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Madagascar

27 octobre 2000 Jumelage

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

29 Mars 1947

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Tunisia

2e Dar Romdane Bey

Historic castle

Heritage & history
São Tomé and Príncipe

3 Fevereiro

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Chad

4 dots

Historic Archaeological site

Heritage & history
Algeria

4 Horloges

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Botswana

4 palms

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Botswana

4 ways

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Angola

4th February Historical Landmark

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
South Sudan

5 burned MSF cars

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Madagascar

50 Taona

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

50 Taona 1960-2010

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

50ème anniversaire de l'Indépendance

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Zimbabwe

542 Home

Historic castle

Heritage & history
Nigeria

63 BDE CENTRAL MOSQUE ASABA

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Algeria

8 Mai 1945

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Madagascar

8 mars

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Botswana

8k Xing

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Cabo Verde

A memorial do U.J.B.S Olivera 1912

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Togo

A. WICKE 1888-1899

memorial for the first official German M.D. in Togo · Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Ethiopia

Aba Gada Monument

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Burkina Faso

Abandoned Factory

Historic ruins

Heritage & history
South Africa

Abandoned house

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Somalia

Abasa

Historic ruins

Heritage & history
Kenya

Abasuba Community Peace Museum

museum

Heritage & history
Tunisia

Abbir Maius

Historic Archaeological site

Heritage & history
Sudan

Abdallah hassan

Historic monument

Heritage & history
Morocco

Abdelkrim Al Khattabi

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Libya

Abdo Ismail Place

Historic castle

Heritage & history
Egypt

Abdul Moneim Riad

Historic memorial

Heritage & history
Sudan

Abdul Qayyum Gate

Historic ruins

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