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David Livingstone first saw Victoria Falls in 1855. In awe, he wrote that 'angels in their flight for his queen, the Kolala name, 'the smoke that thunders, is more evocative. Here, the Zambezi races over a cliff barely 2 km (1.2 ...

Way up in northern Sweden, 140 km (87 mi) north of the Arctic Circle, is the Town of Kiruna. Situated amidst stunning scenery, this area encompasses some of Europe's last surviving wilderness. Beautiful at any time of year. Kiruna comes into ...

In Maori Legend, if North Island was once the great fish and South Island the canoe, then Stewart Island was its anchor. Due south of Invercargill, the Maori name for the third largest island in New Zealand is Rakiura or Glowing ...

Every year in early December the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) tops off its annual programme of nearly 700 sanctioned rodeo events with the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas. Only the best of the best may compete - the ...

Named after a Russian navigator who visited in the 1780s, this group of four volcanic islands (five if you count Sea Lion Rock) in the Bering Sea is 320 km (200 mi) north of Unalaska Island in the Aleutians and the ...

This classic long-distance rail journey crosses the Australian continent from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Indian Ocean in the west. Running twice weekly in each direction, trains are hauled by huge diesel locomotives and can be up to ...

The Kackar Mountains are part of the Pacific Alps, the formidable range running along the Black Sea coast, which for centuries provided defence against invasion and a refuge for minorities. The coast enjoys a damp climate and the lower slopes of ...

A self-governing province of Denmark, Greenland is the world's biggest island. An ice sheet up to 3 km (1.9 mi) thick, 2,500 km (1,553 mi) long, and up to 1,000 km (600 mi) wide covers 81per cent of it. That represents ...

Off the southwestern tip of the Beara Peninsula, lies the island of Dursey, seperated from the mainland by the narrow Dursey Sound, a stretch of water with an extreme tidal race. The most westerly of Cork's inhabited islands, Dursey is home ...

You may well puzzle over the idea of a train running all the way from Rome, in mainland Italy, to Catania in Sicily, but this is a rare journey where the train boards a ship across the sea. It may be ...

The twin cataracts of the American and Horseshoe Falls that makeup Niagara Falls provide one of the most astounding natural spectacles on earth. Stunning all year round, they have a special aura in winter, when the surrounding hillsides are covered with ...

This is the largest island among many in St Mary's River where it ends its journey from Lake Superior by flowing into northern Lake Huron in upper Michigan. It is also the second-largest freshwater island in the USA. Drummond Island in ...