Things to do in Somalia

Discovered only in 2002, this cave art is estimated to be up to 5,000 years old, among the best-preserved and least-known prehistoric sites in Africa.

Somalia's capital holds significant Italian colonial-era and older Arab-influenced architecture, much of it damaged by decades of conflict but still visible in places.

Somalia has the longest coastline on mainland Africa, historically holding some of the most pristine and undeveloped Indian Ocean beaches on the continent.

Spiced rice served with meat, typically goat or camel, considered a genuine centerpiece of Somali home cooking and celebration meals.