Lalibela. Church in Ethiopia

The main shrine Lalibela - 11 monolithic, carved in volcanic tuff nave churches.

Built these churches - King Gebre Meskel Lalibela of the dynasty Zagwe

According to the calculations of archeologists, so he drew about 40,000 people.

Lalibela tried to build a New Jerusalem in response to the capture of the "old" Israel, Muslims in 1187.

That is why many objects in town are of biblical names: flowing in a river called the Jordan, although Jordan is very birthplace of Christ removed from the capital.

Is there and such churches as Bete Golgota - Holy Sepulcher and the Bat Medhane Alem - Church of the Savior.

First Church of Christ the Savior Cathedral, Bet Medhane Alem (Beta Medan Alem).

It contains the cross of Lalibela.

Underground tunnel goes into the next temple, Maryum. Church of Our Lady.

It is a rectangular church is the most ornate church of Lalibela.

Beta Golgotha ​​(Calvary Bethe) (home of the tomb of King Lalibela), Debre Sina.

The Church of St. George - built in the shape of a cross at the top and has a beautiful view - in a deep pit is a building height of forty feet, carved into the rock cross.

The church which is located in a cave.

Luxor

Luxor, a city on the site where a few thousand years ago was the capital of ancient Egypt - Thebes. This and a number of various antiquities, which attract millions of tourists. Generally ancient Thebes consisted of two parts - the "city living", where the pharaohs ruled, and "City of the Dead", where they were buried.

Statues of Amenhotep III. Earlier they were standing in front of the funerary temple of Pharaoh, but for three thousand years, the Nile washed away the temple, and statues themselves in the 27th BC damaged by the earthquake. One statue obtained from cracks in the ancient world has earned the reputation of a "singing", so that even in those years here were pulled crowds.

Temple of Hatshepsut.

The view from the temple in the neighborhood

Valley of the King It is a place where thousands of years buried their dead pharaohs. The most famous is the tomb was discovered the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922, together with all the gold ornaments. All other tombs were looted long ago. What is interesting, as it now appears, looting engaged contemporaries pharaohs. They simply bribed officials, who had to watch the graves, and were left there to dig the treasure.

The last point of the program - funerary temple of Ramses III - Medinget Abu. The temple is quite well preserved, and is particularly well preserved inscriptions on its walls depicting the attack on Egypt some "Sea Peoples" and the victory of Ramesses III over them.

Tsavo National Park. Kenya

Tsavo -  is the largest national park in Kenya (Tsavo East Area - 13,747 sq.km. and Western - 9,065 sq km)

The park occupies a strategic position halfway between two major cities in Kenya - Nairobi and Mombasa. This makes it possible to include the park in full safari tour of Kenya's national parks and in the options for the lazy - beach vacation on the coast + 2 - 3 day safari.

"King Kong is alive" or "In search of mountain gorillas in the heart of Africa"

Total in the world today there are about 800 species of mountain gorillas (all in central Africa - Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo). In the forests of Virunga National Park, inhabited by several families that are visited by tourists. The family consists of a leader, several females and young animals. To one family can come for a visit a day up to 6 people and only 1 hour.

Gorillas do not sit in one place. Every day, the family moved to a new location. Park rangers track these movements, so a successful visit by the guest is almost guaranteed.