We started very early in the morning from Arusha to reach Iringa by evening. Covering 681 kilometres in 12.5 hours, we found the road to Dodoma to be excellent tarmac. Beyond Dodoma, however, the journey became more challenging, with narrower roads winding through Tanzania’s southern...
After visiting Kivalo, we arrived just in time at the iconic Avenue of the Baobabs, a famous dirt road lined with nearly two dozen majestic Adansonia grandidieri trees, some more than 800 years old and reaching heights of up to 30 meters. These extraordinary baobabs are the last remnants...
After the second overnight under the stars, we drove very early in the morning to the Dallol pools, a unique and extremely harsh hydrothermal system in Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression. It lies in one of the lowest land points on Earth, over 100 meters below sea level, and holds the...
We hired a small car (130000 UGX) to drive narrow, dirty roads around Fort Portal. Our first stop today was the reputed birthplace of King Ndahura (🎟️50400 UGX), 8km northwest of Fort Portal. This small cave offers more cultural significance than a natural wonder. The water dripping from...
We arrived at the charming 15th-century stone village of Dana, which dangles beneath the King’s Highway on a precipice, commanding exceptional views of the valley below. That valley and the surrounding area make up the Dana Biosphere Reserve. The village of Dana has been occupied...
Cliffs of The Edge of the World (1131 m) dramatically rise from the desert just around 80 kilometers northwest of Riyadh. The Edge of the World (Jebel Fihrayn) is an unexpected and dramatic geological wonder in the rocky desert. It earned its nickname because you have an uninterrupted...
In Northern Oman, just off the road between Dibab and Bimmah, a limestone hole (known as Bimmah Sinkhole) is formed six hundred meters from the sea in an otherwise flat area, resulting in a turquoise mix of fresh and salt water. Geologists have confirmed the 20-meter deep pool is, in...
We stopped next to the deep sinkhole (100 meters wide and 211 meters deep), known as the Well of Birds, discovered in 1997 by a team of Slovenian explorers. It gapes without warning in a corrugated landscape of rock covered in thicket. A small path leads from the car park to a viewing...
We spent one night in Oman’s most spectacular bay with the azure sea, which ends in a set of sheer cliffs that reach towards the Yemeni border. We wandered towards Al Marneef Cave, where the rock pavement leads down to Mughsail Blowholes. There, seawater jets dramatically erupt from vents...
It is a fascinating place to witness the production of raw salt from a vast area of land bordered to its west by the massive dunes of the Ad Dahna desert. Although it has been famous since ancient times for its high-quality salt, it produces about 200,000 tons of salt annually and is...