When it comes to choosing the best places to visit in Africa, you are spoiled for choices. Be it natural beauty, unique wildlife, and stunning vistas, Africa has it all. There’s nowhere else quite like it on this planet. Africa is rich in flora and fauna, archaeological wonders, and cultural diversity.
Here is the list of the nine best places to visit in Africa.
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Botswana
Chobe National Park.
[Photo by andBeyond]
Natural landscapes in Botswana are awe-inspiring too, from baobabs on the salt pans to stunning desert sands.
Botswana is among the best places to visit in Africa for wilderness camping, spend a night or two under the stars for a real treat.
Kenya
Kopje Elewana Elsa in Meru, Kenya. [Photo: Luxury Travel Advisor]
In Kenya, you have plenty of opportunities to see lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, and the endangered black rhino.
Kenya’s Masai Mara is the home of the Great Migration, where millions of wildebeest move around Tanzania’s Serengeti and the Masai Mara. Other species to look out for during the great migration are the baboons, flamingos, and giraffes.
Kenya’s landscape also has more to offer to visitors beyond the acacia trees. There are snow-capped mountains, vast deserts, thick jungle, and beautiful coastlines and beaches – the perfect relaxing place for visitors.
Namibia
Footsteps in the sand of the Sossusvlei Dunes – Siyabona Africa
Namibia is known for its landscapes, rich wildlife, and excellent national parks. Visitors can enjoy the Namib (the world’s oldest desert), the orange sand dunes of Sossusvlei, the barren clay pans of Deadvlei, shipwrecks off the Skeleton, Coast, and the abandoned town of Kolmanskop, half-submerged the in the sand.
Namibia is also home to diverse native groups, including the Herero, the San of the Kalahari and the Himba, recognisable by the ochre cream they apply on their skin and hair.
Namibia boasts more wild animals than people. It is a fantastic Big Five safari destination. With well-maintained roads and mapped routes, it is also popular as a self-drive place to visit. Etosha National Park is home to elephants, giraffes, zebras, jackals, lions, and leopards, as well as endangered black and white rhinos.
Rwanda
Rwanda is a primate haven in Africa. Trekking through the country’s thick rainforests, you’ll meet native golden monkeys, colobus monkeys, chimpanzees, and some of the world’s last remaining mountain gorillas.
A close encounter with the mountain gorillas of the rainforest in Rwanda will stay with you for a lifetime. Track silverbacks and their troupes in the dense forest.
At an elevation of over 6,000 feet, the Nyungwe National Park is an isolated region, covering over 386 square miles across southwest Rwanda. Tourists can meet a vast range of primates and also traverse the canopy.
Although Rwanda is a much smaller country compared to other African safari destinations, it has astounding natural beauty with mountain ranges, shimmering lakes, and lush tropical rainforests.
South Africa
South Africa is fun for visitors because of Table Mountain, surfers, scenic coastal drives, world-class wines, and stunning beaches.
South Africa is a Big Five safari destination in Africa, with an elusive black and white rhino at Kwandwe and Amakhala. Big cats such as the lions and leopards are also common, whilst the shy cheetahs in central Kruger.
The cities of Durban, Cape Town, and Johannesburg in South Africa offer culture and excellent international cuisine. Visit the Winelands and enjoy gourmet vineyard tours, whilst the dramatic peaks of the Drakensberg escarpment descend to beautiful tropical beaches.
Morocco
Marrakech in Morocco is famous for its sound or markets, and Souk Semmarine is the biggest of them all. You will find lots of products to buy such as rugs, leather goods, silverware, and crockery of all shapes and sizes there.
Activities one can partake in at Marrakech include camel riding, visiting the Jewish cemetery, the markets, and much more.
Tanzania
Tanzania’s geography covers the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, and a coastline of surprisingly quiet beaches.
Watch millions of mammals on the Great Migration, the largest herds of elephants in East Africa, and an abundance of diverse wildlife living on the microcosmic crater floor.
Watch tree-climbing lions, pods of bathing hippos, migratory birds including flocks of pink flamingos, hyenas, cheetahs, giraffes, elephants, jackals, the endangered African wild dog, the zebra, wildebeest, and gazelle during the migration around the Serengeti into Kenya’s Masai Mara.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is one of the best places to travel in Africa for an adventure. Mana Pools National Park is a place to go if you are looking for a safari destination that has no restriction on unguided and guided walking. canoe Zambezi River and a network of associated pools. At Mana Pools National Park, expect to see an abundance of elephants, hippos, buffalos, crocodiles, and water-associated birds, It also harbours healthy populations of lions and leopards.
Uganda
Uganda boasts of green mountains, gorgeous lakes and streams, and the source of the Nile, the world’s longest river. This lush landscape creates a multitude of different habitats for wildlife, making Uganda one of the best places to visit in Africa.
Take a Nile cruise at jinja with the crocodiles, chase waterfalls, enjoy white water rafting, go for a game drive to tick off your Big Five, and then meet a mountain gorilla in their natural habitat. Trek to watch gorillas in Bwindi and participate in the Gorilla Habituation Experience.
Watch the endemic bird species such as shoebill, green-breasted pitta, and gray crowned crane among others. Uganda is one of the world’s best birding destinations.
