Wonders of Ascension Island

Boatswain Bird Island with natural arch, Ascension Island

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Africa 🢖 Wonders of Ascension Island Territory Wonders of Ascension Island   Highlights Ascension Island is a part of British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena. This remote island is neither part of Africa nor South America – but in order to keep files in some order, Wondermondo lists Ascension Island as a part of Africa. Map […]

Great Sphinx of Giza

Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt

The largest monolithic statue in the world, most likely built around 2550 BC. 73.5 m long and up to 20.22 m high, one of the most iconic sculptures in the world, the central object of numerous legends and stories.

Wonders of Egypt

Giza Pyramids at night

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Africa 🢖 Wonders of Egypt Territory Wonders of Egypt   Highlights Egypt is home to many of the most important and impressive archaeological monuments in the world. Here, in the valley of Nile developed one of the first and greatest civilization – Ancient Egypt (3150 – 332 BC), leaving countless larger and smaller monuments. Some of […]

Kagem Emerald Mines

Emeralds from Kagem Mines, Zambia

Here and in the other Kafubu Emerald mines are mined some of the best emeralds in the world, in some aspects surpassing the famous Colombian emeralds. Zambian emeralds have a rich, deep green color, crystals have very high quality.

Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar

Avenue of the Baobabs near Morondava

Beautiful alignment of Madagascaran baobabs Adansonia grandidieri Baillon. A group of stout, majestic, up to 30 meters high baobabs are located around a dirt road, creating a unique landscape. The landscape is not natural – initially the roughly 800 years old trees were growing in a dense forest that has been cleared away.

Great Mosque of Djenne (Djenné)

Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali

The largest adobe building in the world with a unique design. The first mosque here since the 13th century. The current structure was built in 1907 or 1909.

Wonders of Mali

The mysterious Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Africa 🢖 Wonders of Mali Territory Wonders of Mali   Highlights It is well possible that the most romantic African country is Mali. Like many countries in this beautiful continent, Mali nowadays has complex times, but in the past, it has seen prosperity, flourishing of science, and political importance. Here developed several empires, were built enormous […]

Adjoura Falls (Ajora Falls)

Two falls, plunging approximately 250 m down the vertical cliff into forested canyon. There are several more impressive waterfalls nearby.

Jinbar Falls (Jin Bahir Falls)

Jinbar Falls, Ethiopia

Jin Bahir stream falls into a giant, 800 m deep abyss in Simien Mountains. Falls are starting from deep canyon – thus their height is less than the depth of abyss but nevertheless – more than 500 m.

Wonders of Sudan

Jebel Barkal pyramids, Sudan

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Africa 🢖 Wonders of Sudan Territory Wonders of Sudan   Highlights Sudan is enormous and extremely interesting but, alas, a rather little-known country. Unfortunately, several parts of the country for decades are suffering from warfare and there is little known about them. The most exciting wonders of Sudan are its unique archaeological monuments. Sudan has been […]