The most spectacular places in Africa -> Destinations

The pyramids of Egypt, all the monumental remains that we have inherited from the ancient Egyptians, including three Great Pyramids of Giza, are both more impressive and more emblematic of this civilization. If it was in its origin, for the king, the idea of a burial pyramid was quickly taken up by relatives of the sovereign. Khufu may have been the first to allow its women to be raising such a tomb. Tombs of kings, queens and great officers of state, whose construct...

   The desert occupies one third of Africa's surface and continues to expand. With an area of at least 9 million square miles, the Sahara lies between the Red Sea and the Atlantic coast of Morocco, between the Mediterranean and the Sahel. Desert is composed mainly of sand dunes but also of rocky canyons, stretches of gravel, volcanic craters, green islands and a few oases....

   Africa's highest mountain, which is covered by snow all year round, the lodges nature reserve located at the foot of the mountain many wild animal species. Kilimandjaro called Africans "brilliant white mountain, reaches a height of 5895 meters. It is located in northeastern Tanzania, about 500 km from Dar es Salaam, Nairobi 200 km and 560 km from Lake Victoria....

   Metropolis of Upper Egypt, located on the right bank of the Nile, was considered "earth navel, a center of power". Temple of Luxor, 260 meters long, was built by Egyptian leaders who wanted to immortalize in stone country and their personal fame....

   In northern Tanzania, Ngorongoro volcanic activity created the plateau, 250 km square, with the crater walls as a natural boundary. The plateau is covered with tall grassland and acacia trees, and swampy portion of the Salt Lake Magadi....

    Victoria Falls lies on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The locals call it Mosi-oa-Tunya = thundering smoke, caused by spraying water due to fog, mist which rises to over 30 meters were observed at distances greater than 30 km. Cataracts fall into the Zambezi river from a height of 110 m, but Victoria is the largest waterfall in the world, due to its width of 1708 m. Some say that, in competition with the pyramids of Egypt, with Safari in Kenya and other wonders, Nia...

   The archeological complex of Abu Simbel, situated in Nubia (Egypt), consists of two temples cut directly in stone during the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II. Complex, remarkable massive stone statues of Ramses and his wife, Nefertari, is part of the Nubian Monuments UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built by Ramses II in the 13th century BC, to intimidate rivals nubieni and to commemorate the famous Battle of Kadesh.       Temple of Abu Simbel is guar...

    Intellectual capital, Fez is the pearl of the Arab world. If you arrive in Fez you'll get praise you for visiting the oldest city in the Islamic world. The town surrounded by forests and the desert was for a thousand years the political, religious and cultural North Africa. Is divided into three: new town, built in 1912, the medieval town built in XIII century and the old city, the first document in the year 809. In different moments of time, Fez has served as the capital o...