History and Mystery: Timbuktu – Africa’s El Dorado
During the fourteenth century the legend of Timbuktu as a rich cultural centre spread through the world.
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Facts
White cliffs, ghosts, and military tunnels: Dover Castle
No fortress in England can boast a longer history than Dover Castle. Commanding the shortest sea crossing between England and the Continent, it has served from the Iron Age onwards as a vital strategic centre.
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The Lost City of Atlantis: Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is the largest land locked lake in the world and the highest in terms of the navigability for large vessels. It lies at 12,500 feet above sea level and sits across the border of Peru and Bolivia and at such an immense size and sheer beauty it is a sight of awe and wonder.
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Shrines and Temples of Kamakura
With no less than 65 Buddhist temples and 19 Shinto shrines, set in a dramatic natural amphitheater amongst woods on three sides and the sea taking centre stage, Kamakura, a populous resort town and historic center, makes for a great day trip from nearby Tokyo…
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Ramses II Temple in Abu Simbel
Ramses II Temple located in Abu Simbel is a top attraction for visitors. Despite its great distance from Cairo and the fact visiting it from Aswan involves travelling by land from Aswan in a police convoy, it’s a site not to be missed because the statues of Ramses II are some of the most awe inspiring in all of Egypt
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