Browsing the "africa" Tag

Sahara, North Africa

March 16th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

The Sahara is the world’s hottest desert, the third largest desert afterAntarctica and the Arctic.  At over 9,400,000 square kilometres (3,600,000 sq mi), it covers most of North Africa,…


Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

March 16th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcanic mountain in Kilimanjaro National Park, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Tanzania, the…


Maldives

March 16th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

Maldives, officially the Republic of the Maldives and also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls, oriented…


Zanzibar, East Africa

March 15th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of  Tanzania, in  East Africa. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres (16–31 mi) off…


Karnak, Egypt

March 15th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

The Karnak Temple Complex—usually called Karnak comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began in…


Sphinx and Pyramid, Egypt

March 15th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

The Great Sphinx of Giza  commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestonestatue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion’s body and a human head)…


Abu Simbel, Egypt

March 15th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

The Abu Simbel temples are two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel  in Nubia, southern Egypt. They are situated on the western bank of Lake Nasser, about…


Isalo Park, Madagascar

March 13th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

Isalo National Park is a National Park in the Ihorombe Region of Madagascar. The park is known for its wide variety of terrain, includingsandstone formations, deep canyons, palm-lined…


Victoria Falls, Zambia & Zimbabwe

March 13th, 2013 | by Amazing Traveler

Victoria Falls is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall in…



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