African Experiences
Visit the lush, breathtaking sites on the African plains!
Sahara
The Sahara Desert is the world's largest desert, spanning 3,500,000 miles, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. The desert plains consist of stone deserts and dunes, and encapsulates one of the world's harshest climates, with unforgiving gusts of wind and unbearable sunlight. Every once in awhile, though, you might run across a rich, luxuriant oasis filled with tasty fruits and fresh desert spring water.
Oasis
Lucky travelers may encounter an oasis, a pool of fresh desert water surrounded by lush vegetation, fruits, and palm trees. Travelers often rest or stock up on supplied at oases,
Camel Trek
Trekkers like these are most likely professionals at traveling through long distances like the Sahara. They travel in caravans, a line of camels carrying supplements for the travelers' journey.
Unforgiving Desert
Deserts may be barren and desolate, but the Sahara is one of the most unforgiving, isolated places in the world. WIth unbearable heat and dust storms, many people dying in the Sahara isn't unusual.
Madagascar
Madagascar is a 2005 animated film directed by Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell. Separated by the East African coast and the Mozambique channel, Madagascar consists of a lowland coastal strip filled with forests and lagoons. The island is no short of diversity. It is filled with all kinds of weird wildlife, including hundreds of species of birds, fish, and mammals. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world.
Like a Resort
Madagascar's coastal strip consists of picturesque beaches like this one, a popular vacation destination.
Standing Tall
Grassy plains dominate the Western landscape, with patches of desert, deciduous forests, and baobab trees like this one.
Landscape Contrasts
Madagascar is a land of contrasts, from deserts to beaches, and even highland tropical rainforests like this one that line the coastline.
Nile
The Nile River, located in northwest Africa, is one of the longest rivers in the world, flowing into the delta in the Mediterranean Sea. The river winds through several countries including Sudan, Uganda, and most iconically, through Egypt. The Nile supports much of the agriculture in dense populated areas of Egypt and is 20% of Sudan's crops. The river has changed location and size over millions of years.
Evening Scenery
In this image, the Nile flows through the forests of Uganda in the evening just as the sun sets.
Blue Nile Falls
The Nile flows into the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia, one of the several outlets of the river.
Oh, the Egyptians
The river as is flows through the capital city of Cairo in Egypt, a source of travel and economics.
Victoria
Lake Victoria, one of the "Great African Lakes", and in fact Africa's largest lake, is a freshwater body of water with a wealth of fish. With 50 miles of shoreline, the great lake supplements several million people. Victoria falls fills a depression in the lower plateau amidst Lake Victoria, one of the most densely populated locations in the area.
Evening Lights
As the sun sets, Lake Victoria looms over the terrain, making the Earth in the distance look like a mere landmass.
The Hills
With a forest as the humble backdrop, Lake Victoria is picture perfect as an island shadows in the distance.
"Tourists."
As hikers gaze at the towering monstrosity and stand in awe at its strength, Victoria Falls dumps millions of gallons of water down into the plateau.