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Sanniquellie Home Base

East Nimba Nature Reserve

East Nimba protects Liberia’s flank of a mountain range where lowland forest, upland grassland and steep relief create an unusual concentration of life.

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Lodwar Home Base

Eliye Springs 1 video available.

A palm-lined Lake Turkana shoreline stop south of Kalokol.

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Elmina Home Base

Elmina Castle

St George's Castle rises above Elmina's harbour as one of the oldest surviving European buildings outside Europe. Its long history includes trade, colonial competition …

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Elmina Home Base

Elmina Harbour and Historic Town

Elmina's harbour keeps the town's coastal identity in motion through fishing boats, markets, streets and views toward the castle and Fort St Jago. See …

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Grootfontein Home Base

Etosha National Park

An immense salt-pan landscape where a network of waterholes organizes wildlife viewing across Namibia's dry north.

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Stone Town Home Base

Forodhani Gardens 1 video available.

A waterfront garden that becomes an evening gathering and food space beside Stone Town.

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Mombasa Home Base

Fort Jesus

Fort Jesus stands on a coral-rock spur between Mombasa Old Town and the Indian Ocean. Built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1596, the …

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Fort Portal Home Base

Fort Portal Crater Lake Country 1 video available.

A green volcanic landscape of crater lakes and ridges south of Fort Portal.

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Lusaka Home Base

Freedom Statue 1 video available.

A central Lusaka memorial associated with Zambia's independence story.

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Yamoussoukro Home Base

Félix Houphouët-Boigny Foundation for Peace Research

A Yamoussoukro institution dedicated to peace research, dialogue, archives and education, housed in a purpose-built complex.

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Phalaborwa Home Base

Giriyondo Border Post

The formal tourist crossing linking Kruger National Park with Limpopo National Park.

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Kenema Home Base

Gola Rainforest National Park

Gola protects Sierra Leone’s largest surviving block of Upper Guinea rainforest and, with Tiwai, forms the country’s first World Heritage property.

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