Jo Richards's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

Jo Richards

I'm a Digital Nomad, adrenaline junky, born and raised in South Africa. Lover of extreme sports and traveling. I also just happen to be a freelance content writer for a few bloggers.

http://extremepedia.com/

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The Underwater Room at Manta Resort

Stay in your own little bubble.

Molly McBride Jacobson

Added by Molly McBride Jacobson

The Iron Palace

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

Added by losthermarbles

Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar

Aven Cave

This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.

Added by Ashawnta

Blantyre, Malawi

Saint Michael and All Angels Church

This amateur-built East African church with mismatched towers is an architectural abnormality.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Gorongosa, Mozambique

The Lion House

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.

Added by meganodonnell

Lusaka National Museum's Witchcraft Exhibit

Artifacts showcasing the witchy history of Zambia.

jamesboneill

Added by jamesboneill

Gcwihaba Caverns

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

Added by rusieckijmr

Durban, South Africa

Wood's Cycad

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Sossusvlei, Namibia

Dead Vlei

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.

King William's Town, South Africa

Huberta the Hippo

Taxidermy of a famous hippo who spent three years walking over a thousand miles across South Africa.

Allison

Added by Allison

Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa

Owl House

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.

Paarl, South Africa

Afrikaans Language Monument

The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.

Added by panicembryo

Paarl, South Africa

The Goat Tower of Fairview Cheese & Wine Farm

The original goat tower, the one that started it all.

Dylan

Cape Town, South Africa

Seal Island

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

Allison

Added by Allison