Algeria

Algiers *

• Palais des Rais
• National Museum of Fine Arts (views)
• Museum of Occupation
• Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography

Timgad: Roman ruins

Burkina Faso

Banteay Chhmar: archaeological site
Tiebele: painted village

Egypt

Cairo *

• Egyptian Museum
• Citadel
• Khan al Kalili Souq bazaar
• Hanging Church
• Coptic Museum
• Fortress of Babylon
• Al-Azhar Mosque: one of Cairo’s oldest
• Muhammad Ali Mosque
• Al-Muizz street

Pyramids of Giza *

• Grand Egyptian Museum
• Sphinx

Saqqara tomb *
Memphis: town of statues
Alexandria *

• Bibliotecha
• Library of Alexandria ruins
• Citadel of Qaitbay
• Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
• Montazah Gardens
• Alexandria National Museum
• Pompey’s Pillar
• Cleopatra’s Palace (underwater)
• Ras El-Tin Palace

Aswan *

• Philae Temple
• Nubian Museum
• Felucca Ride
• Nubian Village
• Aswan Museum
• Elephantine Island

Luxor *

• Karnak Temple
• Luxor Temple
• Luxor Museum
• Mummification Museum
• Tomb of Nefertari (highly recommended)
• Valley of the Kings Tombs
• Valley of the Queens Tombs
• Hatshepsut Temple
• Mortuary Temple of Ramses III
• Valley of the Artisans
• Tombs of the Nobles
• Howard Carter House

Abu Simbel Temples *
Abydos

• Temple of Seti I

Dendera Temple *
Edfu Temple

Ethiopia

Gondar: fort archaeological site
Harar *

• Rainbow house
• Juma mosque
• City walls
• Hyena feeding
• City Museum
• Harar brewery
• Harar jugol

Lalibela churches *
Addis Ababa *

• Red Terrors Martyr memorial museum
• Ethnographical museum
• National museum (has Lucy!!!)
• Holy Trinity cathedral

Kenya

Lamu Town

• Lamu Fort
• Lamu Museum
• Swahili house
• Shela village/manda island (more touristy – has ruins)

Masai Mara * Mombasa

• Fort Jesus
• Mombasa marine park

Nairobi

• National museum
• Karen Blixen museum (writer, has colonial history)
• Giraffe Centre
• Elephant orphanage
• Bomas of Kenya (cultural museum)
• African heritage house (architecture)

Gede Ruins: ancient Swahili village

Madagascar

* Nosy Be
* Lemur Island
* Antananarivo

• Ambohimanga – palace/burial site (Rova Palace)
• The Queen’s palace
• Andafivaratra museum – history of Madagascar
• Museum of art and archaeology
• Andravoahangry market

* Avenue of the baobabs
* Ile-Sainte Marie

• Pirate Cemetery
• Whale watching

Mali

Timbuktu
Djenne

Mauritius

Mahebourg: Seaside city
Port Louis

• Blue Penny Museum
• Aapravasi Ghat
• Madurai Mariamen Temple

Flic en Flac: Beach town
Poudre d’Or: Beach town
Grand Baie: Beach town
Grand Bassin: Lake with Hindu statues
Curepipe

• Domaine des Aubineaux house

Morocco

Rabbat

• Hassan Tower
• King’s Palace
• Andalusian Gardens
• Chellah area

Marrakech *

• El Badi Palace (ruin)
• Bahia Palace
• Jardin Majorelle
• Ben Youssef Madrassa school
• Saddian tombs
• Dar Si Said Museum (folklore in mansion)

Asilah: cute colorful town
Chefchaouen *

• Spanish mosque (views)

Fes *

• Bou Onania Madrasa
• Al Atterine Madrassa
• Royal Palace
• University of al Karaouine (oldest university in the world)
• Blue Gate
• Dar Batha Museum (decorative arts)
• Nejjarine Square and Museum (views)

Essaouira *

• La Fromagerie (camel milk cheese)
• Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Museum (not recommended)

Casablanca

• Hassan II Mosque
• King’s Palace
• Mahkama du Pacha
• Musee de la Fondation Abderraham Slaoui (art)

Ait-Ben-Haddou: desert town
Volubilis archaeological site
Meknes

• Dar Jamai Museum

Ouarzazate

Namibia

Windhoek

• Independence Memorial Museum
• National Museum
• Namibia Craft Center

Luderitz: seaside town
Swakopmund

• Swakopmund Museum
• Woermannhaus (views)
• Camel farm
• Craft market
• Fine Art Gallery
• Kristall Galerie

Etosha National Park

Nigeria

Lagos

• Nike Center for Art and Culture
• Kalakuta Republic Museum
• Nigerian National Museum
• Lekki Conservation Center

Badagry

• Former slave city, now has museums and memorials

Benin City

• Oba’s Palace
• Benin City National Museum

Kano *

• Emir’s Palace
• Gidan Makam Museum (ancient relics)
• National Gallery of Arts

NOK: ancient village
Calabar *

• National Museum Calabar
• Chief Ekpo Bassey’s House
• Mary Slessor’s House
• Slave History Museum
• Obong Palace

Reunion

St. Denis

• Le barachois area
• Maison Kichenin
• Temple Kalikamble
• Musee Leon Dierx (French art)

St Paul

• Villele historical museum
• L’Eperon handicraft village

St Louis

• Museum of Decorative Arts

St Andre

• Vanille Roulof plantation (vanilla)
• Dan’Tan Lontan Museum (personal collection)
• Martin-Valliamee House
• Garden of 1001 flavors
• Temple Mardevirin

Hell-Bourg *

• Maison Folio

Cilaos: small mountain village

• Embroidery centre

St. Pierre cute town

Senegal

Dakar *

• Goree Island
• Village des Arts
• IFAN Museum (art)
• House of Slaves
• Kermel Market
• Museum of Black Civilizations

Saint Louis: seaside town

South Africa

Cape Town *

• Waterfront
• Boulder Beach
• Muizenberg Beach
• Bo Kaap Area & museum
• District 6 Museum (apartheid)
• Kirstenbosch Garden
• Cape Point Peninsula
• Robben island prison (tours lead by former civil rights leader prisoners)
• Kalk Bay

Johannesburg

• Museum of Apartheid
• Constitution Hill
• Johannesburg Art Gallery
• Origins Center

Cradle of Humankind
Kruger National Park
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Stellenbosch

• Hop on hop off wine bus

Tanzania

Serengeti *
Stone Town *

• Forodhani Gardens food market
• Prison island tortoises
• Palace museum
• Slave market museum
• National Museum (house of wonders)
• Spice Tour
• Freddie Mercury House (exterior)
• Old Fort
• Emerson on Huruzami restaurant (rooftop)
• Mrembo Spa (has workshops)
• Jaws Corner
• Darajani Spice Market
• Beach House Restaurant

Arusha

• Arusha Cultural Centre
• Old Boma Museum (history)
• Tanzanite Museum

Dar es salaam

• Karikoo market
• Coco beach
• National Museum
• Village Museum
• Temple Road
• Tingatinga art centre (shop)

Zanzibar, other *

• Jozani National Park
• Nungwi beach
• The Rock Zanzibar restaurant

Bagamoyo Town: colonial ruins

Tunisia

Tunis

• Medina
• Bardo Museum (mosaics)

Carthage: ancient Roman ruins
Kairouan

• Great Mosque
• Medina

Sidi Bou Said

• Museum Dar el-Annabi
• Palace Dar Nejma Ezzahra

Sousse

• Traditional Museum of Kalaout el-Koubba
• Dar Essid mansion
• Catacombs