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 Discover Lebanon
Country: Lebanon
Article from www.discoverlebanon.com
Lebanon, country of peaceful genius, humanism and love, has an eight-thousand-year history of producing philosophers, thinkers, mathematicians, magistrates, soldiers, atomists, navigators, historians, scholars, and pioneers in the fields of research, discovery, metallurgy, industry and agriculture, serving humanity in the past, the present and the future. Jus ... |
Muriwai BeachCountry: New Zealand
City: Auckland
Muriwai, also called Muriwai Beach, is a coastal community located on the west coast of North island, New Zealand.
It is approximately 17km West of Kumeu, 42 kilometres Northwest of Auckland city, at the southern end of an unbroken 50 kilometre stretch of beach which extends up the Tasman Sea coast to the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour. One of several popular resorts in the area (others include Pih ... |
Alcatraz IslandCountry: United States
City: San Francisco
Sitting like a beacon in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, between San Francisco and Oakland, California, is Alcatraz Island. Though most prominently known for the years it served as a maximum security prison, the “Rock’s” history stretches far beyond those infamous days, and its legends and stories continue to find their way into American lore, complete with a number of ghosts who are sa ... |
Techtonic setting in AzerbaijanCountry: Azerbaijan
City: San Francisco
The territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan forms a constituent geological part of the Alpine folded belt. Sedimentary deposits embracing the southwestern parts of the Major and Minor Caucasus, including the intermountain Kur-River trough, as well as the Mid- and South Caspian basins consist of diversity fold systems. The Earth's crust thickness in Azerbaijan varies in the range from 38 to 55 km. ... |
Savaii IslandCountry: American Samoa
City: San Francisco
Savaii Island is one of the most down to earth destinations in the South Pacific. Here you'll find a great range of sights from volcanic craters and lava tubes, rain forest canopy walks, blowholes and some lovely beach settings alongside traditional Polynesian villages which are even more laid back than on Upolu.
Savaii is in fact the largest of the Samoan Islands and ranks the largest Polynesian ... |
El Kala National ParkCountry: Algeria
City: El Kala
Algeria may lack the creature comforts of a vacation on the either side of the Mediterranean, but it has a rare collection of sights which you may not find anywhere else. The country is a virtual treasure house of our shared heritage. Algeria travel offers marvelous opportunities for entirely new experiences. General security concerns are somewhat exaggerated and Algeria does have a goodly number ... |
Mar del PlataCountry: Argentina
City: Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, 400 km south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina. With a population of 541,733 as per the 2001 census, it's the 7th largest town in Argentina.
As an important fishing port, industry concentrates on fish processin ... |
Crooked Tree Wildlife SanctuaryCountry: Belize
City: Mar del Plata
What To See
This mosaic of elongated lagoons, connected by creeks, savannas and logwood thickets is excellent for birds. As the dry season gets underway, they arrive in huge numbers from the Peten and Yucatan as swamps in these areas dry up. By April, the Crooked Tree landscape is alive with flocks of different water birds. Huge congregations of Double Crested Cormorants, Egrets, Herons, and diff ... |
Tortuguero National ParkCountry: Costa Rica
City: Mar del Plata
Parque Nacional Tortuguero extends north along the coast for 22 km from Jaloba, six km north of Parismina, to Tortuguero village. The 19,000-hectare park is a mosaic of deltas on an alluvial plain nestled between the Caribbean coast on the east and the low-lying volcanic hills of Coronel, Caño Moreno, and 300-meter-high Las Lomas de Sierpe--the Sierpe Peaks--on the west. The park protects the nest ... |
A week of adventureCountry: Australia
City: Mar del Plata
Kayaking never-ending rivers, exploring rockpools and caves, snorkelling in tropical waters, mountain biking through undiscovered rainforests, sailing unchartered seas… give your kids memories they can treasure for a lifetime with an Aussie adventure holiday like no other.
Calling all explorers where: Fraser Island, Queensland, 45 minutes by ferry from Hervey Bay. what: Ev ... |
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