A monument with a complex history dedicated to one of South Africa's greatest heroes.

This cave overlooking the Indian Ocean has been turned into a shelter and makeshift museum.

A beautiful viewpoint on the Garden Route overlooking a naturally-occurring outline of Africa.

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.

A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.

All that remains of a Japanese fishing vessel that ran aground in 1982.

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.

Fascinating collection of Khoisan rock engravings, still situated in their original setting.

A supply store for traditional healers, this shop sells the hair of a dog--and its skin, skeleton, and reproductive organs, too.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

One of the tallest buildings in Africa provides a great view of Johannesburg's unique geography.

Two giant painted cooling towers make for one of the world’s most epic bungee jumps.

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

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

Mined to a depth of 240 meters with a perimeter of about 1.6 km, the largest hand-dug excavation in the world.

These pillars are one of the few remnants from the mysterious lost empire of Makuria.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

Largest cave system in Africa.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.