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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Angola

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Angola

Updated January 26, 2023

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Panguila, Angola

Cemitério de Navios (The Ship Cemetery)

Abandoned ships along a deserted beach feel like the set of a post-apocalyptic thriller.

Luanda, Angola

The Iron Palace

Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?

Xangongo, Angola

War Remnants of 'Operation Protea'

The abandoned tanks along this highway are all that remain of a deadly conflict.

Belas, Angola

Miradouro da Lua (Viewpoint of the Moon)

This striking otherworldly landscape outside Angola's capital city is the product of millions of years of erosion.

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Ilha dos Tigres

In 1962, the ocean severed this peninsula—and the village that sat on it—from the Angolan mainland.
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Stories About Angola

Meet Caterina Sforza and Other Warrior Queens History Forgot

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by Sarah Durn
January 26, 2023

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by Alex Bellos
September 12, 2022

6 Epic Female Warriors You Don’t Want to Mess With

From California’s mythic warrior queen to the swole women of Sparta to female hunters in ancient Peru.
by Sarah Durn
March 30, 2022

One Biologist’s 20-Year Mission to Save Angola’s Giant Sable

The curly-horned antelope is hanging in there—sometimes from a helicopter.
by Ashley Stimpson
June 8, 2021

In Angola, Conservationists Make the Case for a Massive New National Park

Newly stable countries are hotspots for wilderness protection.
by Dan Nosowitz
January 15, 2019

The Secret World Inside Tiny Fog Droplets

From the Namib Desert to Maine, fog is teeming with life.
by Jessica Leigh Hester
August 30, 2018

Portuguese Slave Traders Were No Match for Angolan Queen Nzinga Mbandi

The warrior queen fought colonizers for decades.
by Urvija Banerji
June 9, 2016

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