South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, stands as the most southern country on the African continent. Embraced by approximately 2,798 kilometers (1,739 miles) of coastline bordering both the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, it shares boundaries to the north with Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. Its eastern and northeastern borders are shared with Mozambique and Eswatini. Notably, it entirely surrounds the landlocked country of Lesotho within its borders.

South Africa

Johannesburg Art Gallery

The Art Gallery is located in the Joubert Park area, a few blocks from Johannesburg's main railway station. The building was designed by British architect Sir Edwin Lachens and consists of 15 exhibition rooms, as well as several outdoor exhibi... read more

South Africa

Kimberlite pipe "Big Hole"

The Big Hole Kimberlite Pipe (Big Hole) is an open pit diamond mine of yesteryear in the Kimberley. The first diamonds here were found on the hill by members of the "red cap party" from the town of Colesberg on the Vooruitzigt farm owned... read more

South Africa

Shushluvi-Umfolozi Park

Shushluvi-Umfolozi Park is the oldest game reserve in Africa, it is a 96 000 hectare hilly area 280 km north of Durban in the centre of Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal.

South Africa

Eddo-Elephant National Park

Eddo-Elephant National Park extends over an area of 180,000 hectares from the semi-arid high loamy Karoo Plateau in northern South Africa, along the Zuurberg Mountains, between the mouths of the Sundays and Bushman's Rivers southwards to the s... read more

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Egypt

Khan Al-Khalili Market

Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more

Greece

Ancient Agora

In the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more

Mali

Niono

The city of Niono is known as the "Venice of Mali" because of its system of canals and channels that criss-cross the entire city, and the local brick mosque is almost as famous as the famed Djenné Mosque.