Zimbabwe

On its route between Dete and Ngamo Sidings, the "Elephant Express" offers guests an utterly unique safari experience.

The ancient city of Great Zimbabwe was an engineering wonder. But archaeologists credited it to Phoenicians, Babylonians, Arabians – anyone but the Africans who actually built it.

The annual contest shines a light on the Ndebele matrilineal tradition of home painting using natural materials like ash, clay and ant hill soil.