Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category

Victoria Falls - The Smoke that Thunders

posted in: Africa  |  posted by: Dave Emery on June 20, 2009  |  No Comments

Looking at it from the Northern side, the Victoria Falls seem like a curled cloud on the sky of Africa, shouting at its own immensity. “The Smoke that Thunders” is the name that a local tribe gave to this natural wonder.

Victoria Falls is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. [...]

5 Not-to-Be-Missed Attractions of Madagascar

posted in: Africa  |  posted by: Florin Nedelcu on June 19, 2009  |  No Comments

Also known as the Great Red Island, due to the predominant color of its soil, Madagascar is a unique ecosystem. Located 600 km away from the East-African Coast, this giant island split away from the Black Continent over 120 million years ago. Isolated from the rest of the world, Madagascar gave birth to some [...]

Luxor, Egypt - World’s Greatest Open Air Museum

posted in: Africa  |  posted by: Alex Ion on June 10, 2009  |  2 Comments

Located in the upper region of Egypt, Luxor is renowned as the World’s Greatest Open Air museum. Also known worldwide for its extremely stunning and beautiful tourist sights, the city is a delightful location constructed around the ancient Thebes site.
From museums and temples, to shopping in customary souks or sailing the Nile River, the old [...]

Kalahari - Africa’s Living Desert

posted in: Africa, FCS  |  posted by: Dave Emery on May 14, 2009  |  No Comments

Beyond the vast and rocky areas in the North West of Southern Africa, the fields are easily leaning down for discovering one of the ageless natural masterpieces: an old sea of sand, having the color of a peach and looking like it never ends. This is Kalahari, a titanic territory on the African continent - [...]

Rwenzori - the Moon’s Mountains

posted in: Africa, FCS  |  posted by: Dave Emery on May 04, 2009  |  No Comments

Rwenzori, also called the “Moon’s Mountains” hide their cliffs’ grandeur under a permanent wall of clouds. The wild beauty of the peaks covered by snow can be observed only when the cold winds clear the fog around them. The unique African mountain chain was discovered by the Europeans by Henry Morton Stanley, in 1888. This [...]

The Scintillating Crater of Ngorongoro

posted in: Africa, FCS  |  posted by: Alex Ion on March 28, 2009  |  1 Comment

Image courtesy of wwarby
The wildlife abundance of the African continent and the astonishing natural wonders that it houses in its dark depths are delights that greet anyone and everyone who pays a trip to this amazing land. Despite human interference, indiscriminate hunting and colonial exploitation of resources, the indomitable spirit of the ancient land never [...]