Lake Shala is located in the southern part of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, within the Abijatta-Shalla National Park. Lake Shala is approximately 28 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide, with a surface area of 329 square kilometers. It reaches a depth of 266 meters and sits at an altitude of 1558 meters, making…

Mount Meru is located 70 kilometers west of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It is a complex volcano with an altitude of 4566 meters. On a clear day, Mount Meru can be seen from Mount Kilimanjaro, making it the tenth highest mountain in Africa. Most of Mount Meru’s mountain body collapsed due to a volcanic eruption…

Kitulo National Park is a highland plateau and mountain forest conservation area located in southern Tanzania, covering an area of 412.9 square kilometers. Part of the park is in the Mbeya region, while the other part is in the Iringa region. The protected area mainly includes the Kitulo plateau and the nearby Livingston Forest. The…

Gombe Stream National Park is the smallest national park in Tanzania, covering an area of only 52 square kilometers. It is a narrow strip of land where chimpanzees can often be seen standing on steep slopes and in low-lying river valleys, with Lake Tanganyika embracing the northern bank of the valley. The chimpanzees in Gombe…

Murr’s Volcano, originally known as Trou aux Cerfs, but often referred to as Murr’s Volcano by locals, is a dormant volcano located in the town of Curepipe in the Plaines Wilhems District of Mauritius. With an elevation of 605 meters, its towering silhouette can be seen from afar in the small town. The crater of…

Lake Mburo National Park is located in the Mbarara District of Western Uganda, just 30 kilometers away from the largest city in the region, Mbarara, making it very accessible. Although the park covers an area of only 260 square kilometers, it is rich in flora and fauna, with beautiful scenery, and is also a famous…

Lake Edward is located on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, with its northern shore just a few kilometers from the equator. The lake surface is at an altitude of 920 meters, stretching 77 kilometers from north to south and 40 kilometers from east to west, covering an area of…

Victoria Botanical Gardens, also known as Mont Fleuri Botanical Gardens Seychelles, was established in 1901 by Mr. Paul Evenor Rivalz Dupont, the director of the Seychelles Agricultural and Nature Conservation Center. Today, the Seychelles Ministry of Environment is responsible for managing the botanical gardens, overseeing operations such as introducing new species and cultivating plants. Located…

The Namib Desert is a desert located in western Namibia, within Africa’s largest national park, the Namib-Naukluft National Park. Covering an area of 50,000 square kilometers, it stretches along Namibia’s 1600-kilometer Atlantic coastline, with a width varying from 50 to 160 kilometers, and extends into the southwest of Angola. This region is considered the oldest…