Not your average tourist destination, Somalia is strictly a place for the most seasoned of travellers. Travel is possible in the northern districts of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, but travellers should avoid visiting other areas.

The anarchic turmoil of the country hides a country with a hugely varied landscape of mountains, deserts, tropical forests, undiscovered beaches and coral reefs along the Gulf of Aden. Sadly, much of it is being destroyed through unregulated logging, droughts and civil war and the future doesn't bode well for this war-torn country.