Mindelo
The restored two-storey food market from 1784 is a great place to see sweet-talking vendors hawking local produce and medicinal herbs.
Must-see attractions in Africa
Dire Dawa
This large building is the former imperial residence of Haile Selassie. It's not open to the public and difficult to see from outside.
Western Cape
There's an impressive private collection of vintage cars here, including two Daimlers from King George V's 1947 visit to South Africa.
Sunshine Coast
Covers a mishmash of subjects, from early human history to astronomy. The collection includes some impressive taxidermy and skeletons.
Sunshine Coast
Grocott’s Mail is one of Grahamstown's best examples of a preserved historic shopfront. It still houses a working newspaper office.
Botswana
There is a small, dusty museum at Main (Rhino) Camp with a handful of ethnographic exhibits and wall-sized quotes about the rock art.
Giza
On the east side of the Great Pyramid of Khufu note the solar barque pits that housed the giant ritual boats buried with the pharaoh.
Swakopmund
The 1912 baroque-style Old German School was the result of a 1912 competition, which was won by budding German architect Emil Krause.
Port Elizabeth
This museum-house, occupying a picturesque cottage dating from 1827, evokes a settler family's life during the mid-Victorian period.
West Coast & Swartland
Built in 1936, the diminutive lighthouse is worth a brief pause. You can also stay over here in a simple cottage (double from R650).
Cairo
One of the first independent galleries, Mashrabia is bit cramped but represents the bigger names in painting, video and sculpture.
Mombasa
The Swaminarayan Temple is stuffed with highlighter-bright murals that’ll make you feel as if you’ve been transported to Mumbai.
Rio Muni
Built in 2011 to celebrate Equatorial Guinea's independence, this imposing structure is surrounded by gardens and overlooks the sea.
Carthage
Owned and operated by photographer Mohamed Ali Essaadi, this space stages individual and group shows by young and emerging artists.
Mwanza
Mwanza has a Maasai Market, with a couple of dozen Maasai selling beaded jewellery and medicines on both sides of the footbridge.
Madagascar
Located below, and visible from, the Haute-Ville, this lake is surrounded by flowering trees and is a popular place for a stroll.
Cape Town
This art deco building facing Greenmarket Sq is constructed from sandstone and decorated with an attractive diamond-theme design.
Jinja
This commercial market is across from the bus stand with vendors selling fruit and vegetables, among other produce, and clothing.
Zimbabwe
One of the national park's more well-known caves, a 40-minute walk from the mountain hut.
Cape Town
The main entrance to the Castle of Good Hope, crowned by a bell tower, replaced the original sea-facing entrance to the fortress.
Northern Cape
Cecil John Rhodes is immortalised sitting atop his horse, map in hand, gazing northwards to the continent he wanted to colonise.
Bloemfontein
Atop Naval hill, the Franklin Nature Reserve is a great place for a walk or a short drive to spot zebras, antelope and giraffes.
Cape Town
This granite memorial commemorates seven young black activists from the townships who were murdered by the police here in 1986.
Central Tanzania
West of the centre, the enormous Catholic cathedral has Roman-style mosaics showing some saints, including the Ugandan Martyrs.
Cairo
The several galleries here host rotating contemporary exhibitions, but it was closed for restoration when we were last in town.
Harar
North of Fallana Gate the weekday livestock market features cows, goats and sheep, but no camels – these are sold at Babille.
Cairo
Off Sharia Mahmoud Bassiouni, as much a clubhouse as an exhibition space, frequented by Cairo’s art-world new and old guard.
Tunis
Final resting place of Sidi Mehrez, Tunis’ patron saint. Women offer prayers here to be endowed with a husband or children.
Sunshine Coast
This small nature reserve, set up to preserve the area's coastal fynbos (fine bush), has several footpaths.
Ijoukak
The small Wednesday souq is a reliable place to fill up on fresh vegetables and packaged goods before leaving on a long hike.
Green Point & Waterfront
Get some putting practice in at this fun course on the promenade at Mouille Point. Note, it's closed if there's bad weather.
Dar es Salaam
This bronze statue, dedicated to Africans killed in WWI, is now a favourite haunt of street touts and dubious moneychangers.
Durban
The windy location makes surfing less popular here than at other beaches on the Golden Mile. It has a very hairy shorebreak.
Pemba
When you get to the end of Avenida Eduardo Mondlane, stop and take in the view of the world's third-largest natural harbour.
Port Said
The old and decrepit Woolworth's building on Sharia Memphis is one of Port Said's most lovely, rickety colonial remnants.
Boa Vista
The Morro Negro lighthouse, standing atop a 150m-high cape, is Cabo Verde's most easterly point. The views are spectacular.
Southwestern Uganda
On the highest hill behind Lake Nyamirima, from this viewpoint you can see up to five lakes (depending on the air clarity).
Serekunda & Atlantic Coast Resorts
Art lovers should visit Njogu Touray's Sakura Arts Studio for a private viewing of the acclaimed painter's colourful works.
Western Ethiopia
An important landmark for the town's Orthodox Christian community, although it's a fairly standard modern Ethiopian church.
Blyde River Canyon
Crashing down the cliffs, this waterfall is at its most impressive in summer (October to March), when there is most water.
