Africa

Regions of Africa in travel priority order:

Aït Benhaddou
Aït Benhaddou World Heritage Site (Photo: pippasperegrinations.wordpress.com)

1. Maghreb

Morocco (including Western Sahara and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic), Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya

      • Marrakesh, Morocco
      • Camel trek, Sahara Desert
      • Toubkal National Park, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
The Pyramids of Giza
The Pyramids of Giza (Photo: travelplanet.in)

2. Northeast Africa

Egypt, Sudan (including Darfur), and South Sudan

Church of St. George, Lalibela
Church of St. George, Lalibela (Photo: thepinkbackpack.com)

3. Horn of Africa

Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia (including Somaliland)

      • Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia
      • Blue Nile Falls, Ethiopia
      • Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (Photo: www.colettecoleman.com)

4. East Africa

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi

      • African safari (Mount Kilimanjaro and Serengeti National Park, Tanzania; etc.)
      • Mountain gorillas (Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda; etc.)
      • Stone Town/Mji Mkongwe, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Victoria Falls, Zambia-Zimbabwe
Victoria Falls, Zambia-Zimbabwe (Photo: wanderlustmovement.org)

5. Zambezi Basin

Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and Angola

      • Victoria Falls/Mosi-oa-Tunya, Zambia-Zimbabwe
      • Great Zimbabwe National Monument, Zimbabwe
      • Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia (Photo: thetopophile.com)

6. Southern Africa

South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, and Eswatini (Swaziland)

      • Sossusvlei and Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
      • Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
      • Etosha National Park, Namibia
Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar
Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar (Photo: www.ritebook.in)

7. Indian Ocean Africa

Madagascar, Seychelles, Comoros, and Mauritius, plus Réunion (France), Mayotte (France), and French Southern and Antarctic Lands (France– no permanent population)

      • Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar
      • Masoala National Park, Madagascar
      • Rafting the Mangoky, Madagascar
Western Lowland Gorilla
Western Lowland Gorilla (Photo: www.worldwildlife.org)

8. Francophone Equatorial Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Central African Republic

      • Congo River cruise, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo
      • Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo
      • Loango National Park, Gabon
Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali
Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali (Photo: www.worldalldetails.com)

9. Western Sahel

Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad

      • Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali
      • Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons), Mali
      • Timbuktu, Mali
Stone Circles of Senegambia (Photo: wikidata.org)
Island of Gorée, Dakar, Senegal (Photo: britannica.com)

10. Upper Guinea Coast

Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, and Cape Verde

      • Stone Circles of Senegambia, Senegal and Gambia
      • Island of Gorée, Dakar, Senegal
Koutammakou (Photo: africatopsuccess.com)
Koutammakou (Photo: africatopsuccess.com)

11. Middle Guinea Coast

Togo, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

      • Koutammakou – the Land of the Batammariba, Togo
      • Asante Traditional Buildings, Ghana
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Yoruba land, Nigeria
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (a World Heritage Site), Yoruba land, Nigeria (Photo: philipcarr-gomm.com)

12. Lower Guinea Coast

Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Príncipe

      • Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Yoruba land, Nigeria
      • Royal Palaces of Abomey, Benin