A country · 22 places · 7 regions
Angola, all of it.
22 curated places across 7 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Luanda Province, Huíla Province, Cuando Cubango Province and Malanje Province — read below as chapters, with 3 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Luanda Province · 9 places
Luanda Province
Angola's Atlantic capital pairs a curving bayfront promenade with the 16th-century São Miguel Fortress and the striking mausoleum of Agostinho Neto. The Ilha do Cabo sandspit lines the bay with beach bars and seafood restaurants popular at sunset.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Huíla Province · 4 places
Huíla Province
The Serra da Leba escarpment splits open near Lubango in a sheer volcanic fissure dropping roughly 1,000 meters to the coastal plain below. On clear days the view stretches toward the Atlantic, and the surrounding plateau grasslands invite short hikes along the rim.
✦ May to September, for the clearest escarpment views · $
Chapter III · Cuando Cubango Province · 2 places
Cuando Cubango Province
A vast conservation area in Angola's southeast, part of the Kavango–Zambezi transfrontier region, whose miombo woodland and rivers are slowly recovering elephant and antelope populations. Sandy tracks cross remote wilderness.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Malanje Province · 2 places
Malanje Province
One of Africa's largest waterfalls by volume, the Lucala River spills over a 105-meter, 400-meter-wide horseshoe of cliffs wrapped in rainforest mist. Viewpoints above and a rough trail to the base offer very different perspectives on the thundering curtain.
✦ February to April, at the end of the rains when flow peaks · $
Regions of Angola
Every place in Angola
