Rwanda presents to you one of the wonders of Africa with irresistible beauty and a virgin economy. It is famous for gorilla safaris and tours and wonderful culture in Africa. The movie hotel Rwanda presents the fact that the 1994 Rwanda genocide history is phased out of Rwanda. The economy is rising rapidly and the natives have left the past behind for new developments.

On the fore fronts of economy, Rwanda is gaining considerably in the tourism sector. The national parks, mountains and lakes provide numerous habitats for a diversity of wildlife, birds and other safari attractions.

Hotel provide luxury and cheap accommodation to all travelers and the experienced personnels working their offer quality services. Indeed, a safari to Rwanda is truly rewarding!

Transport and communication section has built up standard road network from the different provinces of Rwanda to Kigali main stream.

The education system is improving starting from the grassroots far in the villages to the urban areas. The country is divided into administrative areas according to regions including Kigali province which embraces the capital city of the country in addition to the northern, southern, eastern and western provinces.

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Once you mention Egypt, most folks have antiquities in mind , but the Arab Republic of Egypt provides  more great luxury and cheat travel  deals. Certainly it’s a premier Africa holiday destination to watch our  heritage  from the past ancient world, with  Great Pyramids and fantastic  synagogues or temples. Besides that, it is part of the  Holy Land in the bible with several religious monuments, making it a popular tour destination for  Christian.

There are the charming, amazing tombs of the Pharaoh of Egypt and mighty  temples of the Nile River Valley – a hypnotic old parade  in Luxor, the sightseeing heaven. Then as if  designedly formed by nature for  convenience is the perfect  contrastive beaches of the Red Sea. On an Egypt holiday, you will notice the idyllic sands  and astonishing plunging on offer at glitzy Sharm El Sheikh, the  crystal-clear waters of Hurghada, the family-oriented magic of  Makadi Bay or even the luxurious seclusion of Taba. The  Mediterranean and Red Sea coast present opportunities for relaxation  and fun on Egypt holidays. Popular pastimes include diving and  snorkelling in the warm coastal waters that teem with the colourful  marine life swimming among the coral.

In addition, Egypt holidays tours offers  nature and  desert treks, great scuba diving and even golf, fishing and  birding  expeditions. One may choose to relax on the wondrous Egypt Red Sea or  Sinai coasts, take in the high culture of Cairo, or even leisurely  float down the Egyptian Nile on a luxurious  river boat.

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• Day trips from Cairo, Egypt
• 14 day Egypt Holiday-Tours to Cairo Pyramids, Sphinx, Saqqara, Museum, Citadel and Coptic Cairo.
• MIRAGE: Egypt holidays to Cairo, Bahariya

While the main attraction of the Etosha national park is the wildlife it is home to, the main attraction of the Namib Naukluft national park is the beautiful scenery. The landscape varies considerably within the park, from the towering sand dunes around Sossusvlei and Sesriem, to gravel plains, and the “moon landscape” hills and valleys.

Visiting the park requires a permit, available from MET offices.

In the northern part of the park is Welwitschia drive, a route through parts of the park which takes several hours to go round. Unlike Etosha, you are free to stop and get out of your vehicle as you go round the park.

The moon landscape is an area you will pass through as you drive along Welwitschia drive. Sometimes referred to as the moonscape, it is an area whose landscape was formed by the valleys of the swakop river
The “moon landscape” area of the Namib Naukluft national park

The Welwitschia drive route takes its name from the Welwitschia mirabilis plant, and at one of the recommended stopping points you can see one of the largest known examples of this plant, which is estimated to be over 1500 years old.

A welwitschia mirabilis
The Welwitschia mirabilis is a plant that is highly adapted to life in the harsh conditions of the Namib desert. It looks at a first glance to be a mass of leaves emanating from a short stump, but in actuality the plant only has two leaves which are extremely long and form a tangled mass. They have deep roots as well as shallow ones and the root structure is designed to extract any available water from the soil. It is believed that the leaves help condense the fog that occurs in the desert to help gain more moisture.

The Welwitschia plants are dioeceous – i.e. there are separate male and female plants. The female plants can be identified by the pin-cone like seed carriers.

Travelling to Sossusvlei involves visiting the MET (Ministry of Environment and Tourism) office at Sesriem to obtain an entry permit.  Sesriem is the entry to this part of the Namib-Naukluft national park, and there is a petrol station here as well as the MET office.  The road from there to Sossusvlei has in recent years been upgraded to a tar road which takes you to within a short distance of the dunes.  The road ends at a car park which has trees for shade, toilet facilities, and is the furthest you can go in a 2WD vehicle – beyond this point is strictly for 4WD vehicles, but you can walk from the carpark to the dunes and the pans – the nearest pan is only around 500 metres beyond the car park, but walking to the furthest pan (Sossusvlei itself) can take around an hour, so if you do decide to walk in, take some water with you.

Near to Sesriem itself is Sesriem canyon – a narrow canyon carved in the Sandstone by the Tsauchob river and for much of the year the canyon contains pools of water.  Visitors can walk down into the canyon.

Once you reach Twyfelfontein you will have to pay an entry fee and hire a local guide to take you round the rocks. It is advisable to wear good footwear (ideally boots) as there is a lot of clambering up rocky paths which could cause a twisted ankle if you slip in inadequate footwear. The guides can be very variable in their knowledge – some good some bad.

Visitors are asked not to climb on the rocks as this will damage the engravings and paintings – sadly some ignorant tourists ignore these rules and clamber on the rock art to take photos or to pose for them.

An area of dunes near the town has been set aside for leisure use, and horse riding and quad biking trips are run here as well as Sand boarding, where participants slide down the high sand dunes on boards at speeds of up to 80km/hr.

For those wishing to take things a little more sedately, Swakopmund has plenty of shops and places to eat and drink.

Swakopmund has plenty of choice in terms of accommodation. Two of the best known hotels are the Hansa hotel and the Swakopmund hotel.

The Swakopmund Hotel is built in what was the old railway station, and has a good restaurant (its buffets are well worth a visit), a swimming pool, and has a casino attached.

The Hansa is a very good hotel with large comfortable rooms with televisions and an excellent restaurant

Walvis Bay
Walvis bay is Namibia’s only deep water port, and after Namibia gained independence, it remained part of South Africa until 1994 when it was finally handed over to Namibia.

From the abundant game and bird life to the diverse fish and seal population on the coast, Namibia offers something for everyone. Highlights include some of the highest sand dunes in the world, at Sossusvlei, historical and cultural experiences, a variety of geological formations and ecosystems, and abundant wildlife, adapted in unique ways to the desert climate and conditions. Namibia is home to one of Africa’s greatest wild animal sanctuaries, Etosha National Park. In addition, Namibia boasts one of the most stunning nature and game reserves in the world, Namib Naukluft Park. Namibia is like no other country in Africa, offering visitors an intense encounter with nature, the environment and wildlife.

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Young People in Tourism Meet in Namibia

All young people in the southern African region taking part in the tourism tourism industry met in Windhoek to discuss issues of common concern.

The sixth annual Cross Border Tourism Youth Empowerment (CBTYE) conference was opened by Environment Minister Willem Konjore and Youth Minister John Mutorwa of Namibia.

“I hope that this initiative will help young people to network, exchange experiences and work towards addressing challenges faced by the youth in the tourism industry” said Konjore.

The occasion was attended by representatives from Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

Konjore told the participants that tourism was Namibia’s third largest revenue earner and has created about 10 000 jobs.

“It is a vital industry with enormous benefits. It does not only strengthen the local economic development of rural areas but adds to the improved living standards of our people,” said Konjore.

The CBTYE initiative started in South Africa and later spread to other SADC countries.

In distinction the Makgadikgadi is the biggest salt pans Africa containing a large prospect of vast unbroken disc of pewter coloured sand, ostensibly barren and undistinguished, shimmering with atmospheric tension. The isolated Tsodilo Hills guards are the greatest concentrations of rockart in the world, some huge and obvious, others tiny, delicate and almost secretive.

Much of the country is covered with ancient windblown Kalahari sands and the fossilised remains of a former desert. Landlocked, and roughly central to the southern African sub-continent, Botswana extends through nine degrees of latitude. A very flat country with hilly areas along the Limpopo valley in the east, Botswana is semi-arid with rainfall figures of between 600 mm in the north to 200 mm in the south-west.