Experiences

The things worth the trip.

A short list of the experiences that travelers tell us made their visit unforgettable.

Hand-picked

Eight experiences for a first trip.

If this is your first time in Angola, build a route around two or three of these and you will leave with a full picture of the country.

One of the largest waterfalls in Africa by volume — and far quieter than its famous cousins.

The most photographed road in Angola — a thousand-metre drop from plateau to lowland.

The country's biggest park — desert, oryx and the ancient Welwitschia plant.

Kizomba on Ilha de Luanda; grilled fish at a beach restaurant; the bayfront after dark.

A multi-day 4×4 trip into Cuando-Cubango, the wildest piece of southern African wilderness.

The black rocks rising from the savanna — the petrified kingdom of Angolan legend.

The most important museum on the Atlantic coast, in the chapel where the Atlantic trade began.