Photo source: SmallCapNews.co.uk
When celebrating African World Heritage Day this Wednesday, it is appropriate to emphasize, as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reiterated, the need for the countries of the continent and the rest of the planet to preserve such wonders.
Source: Africa and its rich cultural and natural heritage (+ photos) – Prensa Latina
From the largest to the tallest, here’s Ipsita Kabiraj’s pick of some of the most stunning waterfalls that you can bookmark for your next trip.
Source: The most stunning waterfalls to visit at least once in your lifetime
For many travellers, a visit to Victoria Falls is nothing more than a pit stop on a wider tour of Africa — warranting a day trip and nothing more. That is a mistake. Locals call this raging expanse of water “Mosi-oa-Tunya,” or “The Smoke That Thunders.”
Victoria Falls is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site but is running dry…
Source: Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world, is running dry due to climate change
The Royal Livingstone sits within the 46-hectare Unesco World Heritage-listed Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Wildlife Park, which fringes the Zambezi River…
Source: Hotel insider: The Royal Livingstone Victoria Falls Zambia Hotel by Anantara
Zambia – Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls
Photo: Travelling King
The Victoria Falls is the world’s largest waterfall. In peak season the entire yearly water consumption of New York flows over its edge every three and a half days. The Victoria Falls is neither the widest or tallest waterfall on earth, but its combination of the two makes it the biggest.
Source: The Magnificent Victoria Falls
Photo: Telegraph
Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the explorer David Livingstone, Lisa Grainger explores the best ways to view the awe-inspiring Victoria Falls.
Photo: Errol Barnett/CNN
“Stop the car, stop the car! There’s a bull elephant in the road!” Words Errol Barnett listened to closely as they’re being shouted by a man sitting next to him clutching an AK-47.
Source: Zebras, rhinos and close encounters of a Zambian kind
If you find this website helpful and gives a lot of information about each of these wonderful heritage sites, I hope that you can donate some tiny amount which will come in handy in helping me maintaining this website. Donation link via WordPress here:
OR to maizudin@gmail.com via PayPal.
Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, we may earn a commission.
Aizudin Zainal
IU7. UNL.
All About World Heritage Sites 