Sossusvlei

sossusvlei
You might not have heard of the Sossusvlei but its iconic landscape is often seen in film. It lies in Namibia in the southern Namib Desert a region of dry lake clay pan and orange and red sand dunes. Its name combines the Afrikaans word 'vlei' meaning 'marsh' and the local Nama word meaning 'of-no-return'. The area has a remarkably spare clean beauty dead acacia trees the deep blue of the sky and the shifting burnished red of the sands make for a stunning vision.
nairobi national park kenya

Located just seven miles south of the city center (so close you can actually see the towering skyscrapers in the distance) is Nairobi National Park the world's only game reserve within the precepts of

musanze in rwanda

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stone town (tanzania)

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majorelle garden, marrakesh, morocco

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