The Lasta mountains conceal the monastic city of Lalibela, whose temples were cut out of volcanic rock, to emulate the Holy Lands on African soil. A dark-skinned hermit wearing a white tunic, with Bible in hand, emerges from a reddish cave dug into the mountain. It is dawn in North Ethiopia and the anchorite begins studying the sacred texts, in...

The oldest National Park in Africa is home to over 1,100 species, including the mountain gorilla. After years of armed conflict, it has been reopened to tourism. Maisha is one of just over 800 mountain gorillas surviving in the world. She has the good fortune to live in the Senkwekwe Centre in Virunga National Park, and to have André Bauma...