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African Natural Wonders Guide

The document describes several famous natural landmarks across Africa, including Victoria Falls located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Fish River Canyon in Namibia, Avenue of the Baobabs in Madagascar, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and Ngorongoro Crater also in Tanzania. It provides details about the size and significance of each location, noting that they are popular tourist attractions for their natural beauty and wildlife.

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African Natural Wonders Guide

The document describes several famous natural landmarks across Africa, including Victoria Falls located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, Fish River Canyon in Namibia, Avenue of the Baobabs in Madagascar, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, and Ngorongoro Crater also in Tanzania. It provides details about the size and significance of each location, noting that they are popular tourist attractions for their natural beauty and wildlife.

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Victoria Falls, Zambia

and Zimbabwe

The Victoria falls are without a doubt among the most amazing and breathtaking
waterfalls in the world, along with the Iguazu falls and the Niagara falls. It is located on
the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, in Southern Africa. The
Victoria falls is the largest singular waterfall in the world spanning a width of 1.7km, a
height of 108 meters (355 ft) and an average flow of 1 million liters per second! It was
declared an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1989

Fish River Canyon, Namibia

Fish River Canyon is located in the south of Namibia. It is definitely one of the most
beautiful canyons in the world, as well as the second largest canyon in the world and the
largest in Africa. The Fish River canyon is one of Namibia’s most visited tourist
attractions, featuring a gigantic ravine, in total about 100 miles (160 km) long, up to 27
km wide and in places almost 550 metres deep.
Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar

The Avenue of the Baobabs is a group of big baobab trees lining a dirt road in western
Madagascar. This amazing and unique landscape draws many tourists from all around the
world, making the Avenue of the Baobabs one of the most popular attractions in the area.

Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing
mountain in the world at a height of 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. The
mountain is also one of the most famous mountains in the world, probably thanks to the
Ernest Hemingway’s famous short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro. Climbing the
mountain and reaching the top of Africa has become a popular attraction among the more
adventurous tourists from all over the world.

Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

The Ngorongoro Crater is a conservation area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The
crater itself stretches 19 km (11.8 miles) across and is 600 meters (1,968 ft) deep. It is the
world’s largest unspoiled, dry volcanic caldera. The Ngorongoro crater acts as a
protective enclosure for over 25,000 of large animals, including black rhinoceros, hippos,
wildebeest, zebras, elands and gazelles – all of which live on the large crater floor. The
Ngorongoro conservation area attracts many tourists that come to see the wildlife in its
natural habitat

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