Why a Wonder: These sprawling, golden-color sand dunes create an enthralling, breathtaking and inviting vista for as far as the eye can...

Why a Wonder: Lower Zambezi is renowned for an abundant array of wildlife species, including elephants, cape buffalo, baboons, hippos,...

Why a Wonder: The crossing, known as the Great Migration of the Zebra and Wildebeest, is perhaps the quintessential wildlife migration on...

Why a Wonder: “The place where the land runs on forever.” That’s the meaning of the Maasai word “siringet,” from which Serengeti is...

Why a Wonder: Tarangire is a protected and well-managed national park in Tanzania that covers about 1,1000 square miles. This natural...

Why A Wonder: Often referred to by naturalists as "The Garden of Eden," Ngorongoro Crater is home to an estimated 25,000 animals –...

Why a Wonder: Gelada monkeys are often called "bleeding-heart monkeys" because of their distinctive red chest markings. With thick golden...

Why a Wonder: More than 1,000 animals from 50 species call Fossil Rim home. This unique conservation center offers an Africa-like photo...

Why a Wonder: Fes (or Fez) is one of the best places in the world for street photography. The medina of Fes is the old medieval city,...

Why a Wonder: Kirindy, a privately managed dry deciduous forest, is home to several species of lemur—including the exotically beautiful...

Why a Wonder: This beautiful nature reserve is home to a high concentration of ring-tailed lemurs, as well as other species. The lemurs...

Why a Wonder: The Red Tsingy (Tsingy Rouge) are jagged stone pinnacles revealed by erosion with remarkable sculpted forms, making them an...

Why a Wonder: Actually called fony baobabs (Adansonia rubrostipa), these reddish trees with bottle-shaped trunks look like giant sprouted...

Why a Wonder: Beautiful rainforest filled with photogenic wildlife surrounds the rural community of Andasibe. Highlights include indri...

Why a Wonder: This spectacularly colorful geothermal area found in the Danakil Depression of Ethiopia is one of the most inhospitable—and...

Why a Wonder: This white clay pan is surrounded by massive orange sand dunes and contains dozens of photogenic dead trees. Its name means...

Why a Wonder: The ultimate ghost town, this German mining settlement was abandoned in the 1950s, and the desert has been reclaiming it...

Why a Wonder: Also known as Mosi-oa-Tunya—"The Smoke That Thunders"—and over a mile wide, Victoria Falls forms the largest curtain of...

Why a Wonder: Nyiragongo is one of the world's most active and beautiful volcanoes, hosting the world's largest persistent lava lake. The...

Why a Wonder: The Okavango Delta is home to the largest lions in Africa. Elephants, white rhinos and black rhinos, zebras, hippos and...