Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

ForestUgandaUNESCO World HeritageProtected area

A dense, ancient montane rainforest sheltering roughly half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas.

Highlights

Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco

A sea of wind-sculpted Saharan dunes rising up to 150 metres near Merzouga, glowing orange at sunrise and sunset.

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Africa’s highest peak at 5,895 metres, a free-standing dormant volcano rising from savanna through rainforest to an arctic summit.

North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

An active stratovolcano in Virunga National Park holding one of the world’s largest and most persistent lava lakes.