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Winter Migrants At Djoudj SanctuaryCommon Info
Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary is located in the extreme north-western part of Senegal in west Africa, near the Mauritania border and in the delta of River Senegal. It is 60 kilometres north-east to Saint Louis. It is a wetland habitat that supports a wide range of migratory avifauna including those across the Sahara. Set up in 1962, the area was declared a national bird sanctuary in 1971. In 1977, it was designated as the Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. The sanctuary has been designated as a World Heritage Site in 2001. It was also added to the World Heritage Site in Danger in 2006 but was later de-tagged in 2006. The local Wolof, Halpulaar, Haratin and Sarakolé people live in human settlements in Ddoudj National Bird Sanctuary.
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Senegal is located located to the south of the Senegal [...]
Spreading over 110 miles, with over 17, 00 islands, the Islands of Florida Keys are America’s key to a tropical vacation. It is about 15 miles to the south west of Miami city in Florida in the south east of United States. The islands of Florida Keys all are connected by bridges and causeways.
The Islands lie along the Florida Straits with the Atlantic Ocean on its east and the Gulf of Mexico to its west. The southern tip of the Key West Island is about 94 miles away from Cuba.
The first Island here is Key Largo, a popular tourist destination famous for its diving sites. Next comes the Islamorada Island, to the south of Key Largo. Known as a destination for sport fishing, it holds fishing tournaments and angling opportunities throughout the year. Bone fishing as well as fishing sailfish in the winter months here offer thrilling experiences [...]
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Black River is one of the longest rivers in St Elizabeth region Jamaica in Central America after Rio Minho. It is 53 kilometres long. The name of Black River is derived from the darkness of the riverbed caused by thick layers of rotting vegetation. The source of the river is in Cockpit Country and it flows southwest-wards to meet the Caribbean Sea in the city of Black River, capital of St Elizabeth.
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One of the island states of Greater Antilles (one of the four island groups in the Caribbean including Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Haspaniola). The area of Jamaica is 11,100 square kilometres. The island is located in the Caribbean Sea and is 145 kilometres south of Cuba. Jamaica has a population of 2.8 million people. Kingston is the national capital.
St Elizabeth
St Elizabeth, which is the second largest parish of [...]
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Australia is the world’s smallest continent with an area of 7,618,000 square kilometers and is located in the Southern Hemisphere. The island nation comprises the mainland, island of Tasmania and several other islands in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. To its north lie countries like Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea while to its north-east lie countries like Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. New Zealand is the south-eastern neighbor of Australia.
Western Australia
Western Australia is the western most state of Australia and covers the entire western third. It is the largest state of Australia and has 2.2 million people. Capital is Perth.
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Ningaloo Reef is located off the west coast of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is roughly 1200 kilometres north of the capital of Westren Australia, Perth. [...]
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South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent. Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe are its northern neighbours while Mozambique and Swaziland lie to its east. Lesotho is wholly surrounded by South Africa. To the east, south and west, South Africa is flanked by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The area of South Africa is 12,21,037 square kilometers. South Africa has three national territories namely, Pretoria (executive), cape Town (legislative) and Bloemfontein (judicial).
Madikwe Game Reserve
Madikwe game Reserve, one of South Africa’s largest wildlife destinations, is located 90 kilometres north of the small commercial town of Zeerust in the North West Province of South Africa bordering Botswana. The reserve is spread over an area of 75,000 hectares and features a rich flora diversity. The game [...]
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Australia is the world’s smallest continent with an area of 7,618,000 square kilometers and is located in the Southern Hemisphere. The island nation comprises the mainland, island of Tasmania and several other islands in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. To its north lie countries like Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea while to its north-east lie countries like Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. New Zealand is the south-eastern neighbor of Australia.
Tasmania is a wild and beautiful island state of Australia which is located about 250 kilometres off the southeastern coast off mainland Australia. The Bass Strait separates the two. The area of Tasmania is 68,401 square kilometers and is the largest among all islands located in the adjacent region. Tasmania is often termed as the ‘Island of inspiration’ because [...]
The Copacabana Beach is perhaps one of the most happening places in Brazil as well as the world, with luxury hotels, nightclubs, bars and restaurants lined up there. It is certainly one of the top most attractive beached of the world.
Location
Stretching over 4 kilometers in the region of Copacabana in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the Copacabana Beach. At one end of it is a 700 foot Pao De Acucar or the Sugarloaf of Mountain and the old Copacabana Fort on the other end.
The beach is located between Avoca Beach and MacMasters Beach, north of the mouth of Cokrane Lagoon.
When to visit
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro because of its location almost on the Tropic of Capricorn, the city has a southern hemisphere tropical climate. Summers last from December to March and are hot and humid, with the average temperatures ranging [...]
The charming Edwardian garden Hestercombe featured in BBC TV’s Garden Through Time series is feast to the eyes of visitors. Garden that blossoms the love and romance in you when you visit it. Its magnificient Georgian landscape, scenic Victorian Shruberry and terrace and Edwardian gardens combine to make the picturesque and breathe taking exquisite garden for you. The garden is located at Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset, England, TA2 8LG.
The Oxford Companion to Gardens observes that ‘Hestercombe is remarkable for the bold, concise pattern of its layout, and for the minute attention to detail everywhere to be seen in the variety and imaginative handling of contrasting materials, whether cobble, tile, flint, or thinly coursed local stone’.
These marvelous garden’s conception and handiwork is by Sir Edwin Luytens and Gertrude [...]
The 4 kilometer long White Beach welcomes tourist with water sports, along with restaurants, resorts, and other tourist- related centers lined up on it. It is one of the most popular beaches of the world.
This beach has a two kilometer long footpath in its central portion, connected to the main road through several paths and roads. The White Beach is connected with Diniwid Beach at its northern end, through a footpath.
While the serenity of the beach has been affected by over tourism, there still is a charm intact that attracts tourists here and needs to be preserved.
Location
The island of Boracay is in South East Asia, about 2 kilometers off the northwest tip of the Island of Panay in the western Visavas region of the Philippines and about 315 kilometers south of Manila.
The White Beach is on of the two popular beaches of the Island of Boracay, [...]
There are two most excellent very old spiritual cities in Southeast Asia
Angkor in Cambodia and Bagan in Burma. Both sites are prominent for their span of blessed natural features and the amount as well as the size of their entity temples. For a huge number of tourists Bagan is the more astonishing among the two great cities. The remains of the many hundreds Angkor temples stand all alone as well as isolated in thick jungles. It becomes easy to see some other parts of the site only if you climb the peak of the tallest temple. Expanding diagonally a gigantic grimy plain, the remains of Bagan are not hidden anywhere. You will find no trees that could obstruct your view. You can easily fix your eyes across the countryside which covers an area of around forty square miles. In this area around thousands of temples are being located. You will witness [...]

















