Stay in your own little bubble.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

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

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

Mosques carved from coral and dozens of well-preserved stone structures fill this 500-year-old Swahili trading center.

The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

This stunning waterfall is the backdrop to a site that has seen continuous human habitation for 250,000 years.

A small but beautiful waterfall hidden away in the north of Zambia.

Arrogance and quarreling are forbidden near these three sacred waterfalls.

A secluded natural oasis hidden deep along a rainforest trail.

This fascinating cave is packed with prehistoric rock art and Stone Age tools.

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

This rusted shipwreck directly in front of a century-old abandoned lighthouse looks almost surreal.

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.

These naturally balancing rocks were pictured on every Zimbabwean banknote, up to the 100 trillion-dollar note.

The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

From neon green watering holes to bleached elephant foetuses, this Mozambique museum makes natural history weird.

Jurassic Park in South Africa.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.